A depressing precedent: Washington state, the first to get infected, has never really managed to bend its curve. It looked like infections were falling, but...nope. Bounced right back up.

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New Jersey has been on a plateau for more than 3 weeks. The state is "locked down", yet it gets a steady 3000-4000 infections per day with no sign of decrease.

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California has a low case growth rate, but has still been plateaued for more than 3 weeks, with about 900 new cases every day. No sign of curve-bending.

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Massachusetts, same story.

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The U.S. epidemic as a whole might be slightly declining, but at a pretty glacial rate.

It seems possible that our half-assed lockdowns are simply not capable of suppressing the rate of infection in any reasonable time, as Italy and Spain managed. https://twitter.com/Noahpinion/status/1252051392543387649">https://twitter.com/Noahpinio...

The U.S.& #39; coronavirus response thus continues to look like the worst in the developed world. Our economy is suffering just as much as others& #39;, but unlike others, we& #39;re not actually suppressing the epidemic.

Hope this changes soon.

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