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In reply to the discussion: Coronavirus Live Updates: Wuhan to Round Up the Infected for Mass Quarantine Camps [View all]The_jackalope
(1,660 posts)17. The infection rate still tracks a second-order polynomial
From Jan 21 to today, the infection data in Excel fits a second-order polynomial curve with an R-squared of 0.9996 - i.e. with 99.96% accuracy. The equation I got is (y = 132.41x^2 - 430.8x + 867.28). The first term - 132.41x^2 - determines the shape of the curve.
The projection of the curve into the near future has been showing the same thing for 5 days: if the spread stays on this curve there will be ~80,000 infections by Feb. 15, 9 days from now.
It's no wonder the Chinese authorities are getting stern about this. I hope their draconian intervention interrupts the curve.
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Devil Child
Feb 2020
OP
Holy shit. They're not providing medical treatment at the quarantine stations!
SunSeeker
Feb 2020
#35
Centers are being set up in the US as well ...Here's the link to the one near Seattle
The empressof all
Feb 2020
#2
I believe there are at least three sites being set up currently in the US
The empressof all
Feb 2020
#6
Either way, the busses have to go through Seattle Metro, or if they used Camp Murray or Ft. Lewis
AtheistCrusader
Feb 2020
#13
We have always been warned by the experts that it wasn't "if" but "when" the next..
Laffy Kat
Feb 2020
#31
There is a lot of weird possibly misinformation coming out from China.
The empressof all
Feb 2020
#12
No, this is more like what it looks like when they are trying to prevent it from
cstanleytech
Feb 2020
#25
I don't trust our "authorities" either under this Admin. We are on our own. Katrina showed us that.
Evolve Dammit
Feb 2020
#18
Hate to bust your bubble but dosing yourself with massive vitamin c will do little to
cstanleytech
Feb 2020
#27
Marshall law is already basically in place. People are forced to stay home and can't travel.
SunSeeker
Feb 2020
#34
I've been debating pulling that off the shelf and giving it another read for the past year
Devil Child
Feb 2020
#55