So how is it that all these protests haven't destroyed the Coronavirus fear mongering?

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[–]SuperConductiveRabbi 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Seems like a pretty clear spike to me: https://i.imgur.com/XSlbzka.png

Why wouldn't this have been caused by the masses of people mixing in protests and riots like there wasn't a pandemic going on?

# of deaths has about a 1 month latency behind infections.

[–]whereswhat 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I agree that the recent push to re-open coupled with the protests has led to an apparent spike in the number of active cases in most areas. That said, I'm not sure that metric is all that informative. What matters more to me is the mortality rate. I just don't think we have reliable enough data yet to come up with a number comparable to other illnesses such as the flu (i.e. apples to apples isn't possible yet).