“Daily new cases” used to be an indicator of things being bad. But only because that’s all we had.

Five months into this thing, we now have better metrics. And testing. So comparing new cases now to new cases four months ago is stupid.

And in the media’s case, dishonest.

The only measure that matters is deaths from COVID. After that is hospitalizations.

Why? Because if you get it and don’t get sick enough to go to the hospital you’re almost certainly going to live.

And even if you go to the hospital, you have a good chance.

Getting new cases down to nearly zero is nice, but the cost of doing it will be outweighed by the economic and social costs of a government-imposed economic depression.

If your complaint right now, in July, is centered around “daily new cases” you are either letting yourself get manipulated by media, or you think you’re in on the con.

Here’s an example:

Based on what we know now, there’s 100% chance that at New York’s highest “daily new cases” peak, the actual number of new cases was easily 10 times that number.

Why?

You can’t get to NY’s death totals with those daily new cases numbers.

Any comparison today to New York’s numbers back then is ridiculous. And yet, that’s almost the entire focus of media right now. How everyone is “spiking” to where New York was.

No. They’re nowhere near where New York REALLY was. And never will be.

Anyway, the bottom line is this:

If you’re a person who feels the need to compare the US to the rest of the world, the only relevant measure to do that with is deaths. And then you have to adjust for population.

Deaths per million.

Because that’s the only true equalizer. Death.

Testing etc varies wildly around the globe.

Only thing you can really compare is how many people are dying.