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Coronavirus – Mon 23 Mar 2020 – start of the second week of home isolation, failed stimulus, HCQ lies, sacrifice old people

The Republicans on Sunday night tried to pass a stimulus package that in large part give money to corporations with no oversight or transparency for six months, no restriction on executive bonuses (?!?), and only a one-time payment to individuals. Sen. Warren Explains Why She Voted Against Stimulus Plan from Morning Edition explains:

Coronavirus – Sat 21 Mar 2020 – more lies and media response, Google docs, new graphs

Updated with chart the next day

Updated Wed 25 Mar 2020: These number became too aggressive after two day. Bad math or good luck?

Data taken from The COVID Tracking Project spreadsheet and extrapolated two weeks into the future.

Date	Current	Projection
20200315	3173	2981
20200316	4019	4181
20200317	5723	5865
20200318	7731	8227
20200319	11723	11539
20200320	17038	16186
20200321	23203	22703
20200322	31057	31845
20200323		44668
20200324		62654
20200325		87883
20200326		123270
20200327		172906
20200328		242530
20200329		340188
20200330		477170
20200331		669310
20200401		938818
20200402		1316848
20200403		1847097
20200404		2590859

Original post

People are getting scared and angry about Trumps lies about the virus and the country’s status in combating it. From Maddow (via @jayrosen_nyu), re Trump:

Coronavirus – Thu 19 Mar 2020 – press conference lies and racism, homemade masks, Peter Watts, drugs

I can’t watch Trump’s press conferences. The frustration with their worthlessness is amplified by the danger we’re all in. Today was the first day that the only trusted voice, Dr. Fauci, was not present. People noticed. Why we shouldn’t listen:

Coronavirus – Wed 18 Mar 2020 – first pass at growth prediction, SARS and MERS

Posted by Kurt Eichenwald yesterday at 5:17 PM:

Day 1: 15 cases
Next 25 days: Grew to 1,000
Next 3 days: 2,000
Next 3 days: 3,000
Next day: 4,000
Next 20 hrs: 5,000
Next 5 hours: 6,000

To which I’ll add: 7,769 (Johns Hopkins) at 5:00 PM today. Walking backwards with the day counts he gives, the first day is 14 Feb 2020 (ikr) and those values pretty much match what can be found in other sites. The trend is, as expected, exponential:

Coronavirus – Mon 16 Mar 2020 – the day of the DJIA drop, sites that aggregate case counts

The markets tanked. DJIA dropped almost 13% by end of day. S&P 500 down almost 12%.

Trump told state governors to basically fend for themselves. “Respirators, ventilators, all of the equipment–try getting it yourselves.”