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Coronavirus Growth in Western Countries: February 8 Update

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Here’s the officially reported coronavirus death toll through February 8. The raw data from Johns Hopkins is here.

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  1. golack

    And we'll be having another week in the top 10.
    More states are dropped out of "active outbreak" and down to "high risk", but by definition, those numbers are still high. Only North Dakota (yes North Dakota) has dropped down to "moderate risk". (CovidActNow)
    Keep masking!

  2. ey81

    It's interesting that cases in the US have dropped sharply (like 55%) over the past four weeks, but deaths have not really. I'm not sure what it means. Back at Mother Jones, one would have expected a bunch of commenters to accuse some Republican or group of Republicans of cooking the books, but the commenters here seem saner so far. So does anyone have any good explanation?

  3. Loxley

    'This is why I continue to think that democracy in the United States is way stronger than people are giving it credit for. '

    Counter argument 1: A sitting President incited an armed insurrection to prevent the peaceful transfer of power, and he will not be convicted for any crime associated with it. Therefore- IT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN.

    Counter argument 2: the very GOP "heroes" that were identified as standing up to Trump, never stopped suppressing the vote in their own states, and continue to do so, especially if the vote went against the GOP. Over 120 voter suppression bills have been introduced since the election nationwide. This election didn't convince the GOP to stop sabotaging Democracy- it convinced them that THEY WEREN'T SABOTAGING IT ENOUGH.

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