Are the deaths actually "spiking" or have they just gone up a little?

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Jul 2, 2020
10:50:32am

gwalker All-American

Are the deaths actually "spiking" or have they just gone up a little?

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gwalker

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Dodd has clickbaited you guys.

Corn Pop

7/2/20 10:43am

It's more fun to rage against the machine.

SandYFan

7/2/20 10:46am

As an aside, are deaths spiking? I was under the impression that deaths weren't

7/2/20 10:50am

In SC, they are spiking. Outside of an extreme outlier day back in April,

Corn Pop

7/2/20 10:53am

In the overall context, the data for new deaths in SC look to be at most a modest increase, but more a plateau over

Bob Vance

7/2/20 1:05pm

They're going down nationally, but that's thanks to NY, NJ, CT, and MA having

jreid191

7/2/20 10:59am

Are the deaths actually "spiking" or have they just gone up a little?

gwalker

7/2/20 10:50am

I thought they were decreasing overall...

7/2/20 10:51am

They are. For about twelve straight weeks now. It's possible that in a few

gwalker

7/2/20 10:52am

The “we” in the OP is “we South Carolinians”. Our cases and deaths are

Corn Pop

7/2/20 10:56am

Ah, gotcha

7/2/20 11:01am

What numbers of deaths represents “spiking.” For example, in Utah deaths are

gwalker

7/2/20 11:52am

I look at the graph for SC. Clearly the graph right now is spiking up.

Corn Pop

7/2/20 12:02pm

I’m not trying to be argumentative. I get that cases are

gwalker

7/2/20 12:06pm

Deaths lag the cases, so I’ve been watching the two. Until a few days ago

Corn Pop

7/2/20 12:35pm

True. In looking at Southwest Utah (which is what I have been paying attention

gwalker

7/2/20 1:02pm

I think that is only looking at day to day. Yes, there is daily noise that seems slightly upward on average, but

Bob Vance

7/2/20 1:07pm

They've gone up a little

Indy Coug

7/2/20 12:07pm

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