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Old 11-12-2020, 10:33 AM   #60
poison
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Originally Posted by ForceFed4 View Post
One thing the general public seems to have a really hard time with is that viruses do not spread synchronously. Europe and N America are different frikken continents with no contiguous landmass. The initial spikes when this first emerged were separated by weeks and even months of time, around the world.

Europe could be a week (or two) ahead of us on the curve, easily. No one should be drawing ANY conclusions about the relative "size" of the current peaks, while both places are still in the midst of exponential growth. You can't look at the data today and conclude in any way that we are going to have a smaller peak than Europe. Or vice versa. Anyone doing so is feeding you a false narrative. That's it.
No comparison needs to be drawn besides 'we are experiencing <an increase> and they are experiencing <an increase>' in similar manners, no matter who is ahead a week or behind. I mean you pretty much say 'America sucks'; the graph easily shows that while that may or may not be true, either everyone else sucks too, or there's something else at play here beyond your ****ty political darts thrown at the other 50% of the population. Maybe we suck. Maybe they suck. Or maybe, just maybe, it's a product of loosening restrictions which CANNOT be maintained indefinitely; the onset of winter, and staying indoors; increased testing; many other things. Of course you head straight for the 'why I hate America' aisle though....
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