1/ If the trends of the last few days weren& #39;t clear enough, @NYGovCuomo& #39;s press conference today leaves no room for doubt: new hospitalizations in New York, the center of the epidemic, fell to 358 - a 75% drop in four days.
Great. Obviously. But.
Great. Obviously. But.
2/ This is likely to unwind fast now. We will all be told how wonderful it is that we& #39;ve dodged a bullet, that the lockdowns worked. (But how we need them just a few weeks longer!) And there will every effort to count every #COVID death, to get the number as high as possible...
3/ So. When you hear all this: Remember time lags. Remember how we count (or don& #39;t bother to count) flu deaths. Remember the media and political panic of the last three weeks. Remember how we trashed the Constitution. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/rhode-island-police-troops-stopping-incoming-new-yorkers-force-quarantine-n1171106">https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-n...