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LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 27-Mar-2020 05:13:05 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} TIME: Is the US "flattening the curve" yet? https://time.com/5809038/coronavirus-flatten-curve/ [time com]
Using these graphs this way is wrong. It will take weeks to tell when the curve started to flatten, because it takes some time before people begin to notice #COVID-19 symptoms severe enough to seek medical attention. Also, since AFAIK the US still has a shortage of test kits, the curve in the graph is probably bounded by the number of kits available, not by the number of people infected.