[Genuine Realist]

OK, I’ll buy some impact to push down spread could be a result of national retailers requiring masks. However, given the rate of transmission, that doesn’t explain a 20k daily reduction.

So we have SCC’s data fiasco that it says is under reporting cases based on faulty data collection and aggregation methods. Who knows how many counties and states are similarly plagued.

But here’s some evidence of deliberate attempts to ignore the amount of spread:
https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/...423753.php

The AP also reported overall testing capacity has dropped 3.5% over the last two weeks.

But you can’t hide the deaths, which continue to climb.

I don't see why any of this should be a surprise, as the public increasingly comes to understand and accept the norms of social distancing. 

I suggestd long ago that the discipline of major retailers would be a major factor, and so it may be proving. Not only does such practice reduce places of contagion, but it also sets a powerful example for other modes of socialization. 

As to rising deaths, I only follow Santa Clara County. It has been interesting over the past two months that death rates have NOT spiked, even though case counts rose significantly. Hospitalizations rose dramatically at the start, then leveled off at about 180. But they never rose in proportion to the case census.

[Genuine Realist]

OK, I’ll buy some impact to push down spread could be a result of national retailers requiring masks. However, given the rate of transmission, that doesn’t explain a 20k daily reduction.

So we have SCC’s data fiasco that it says is under reporting cases based on faulty data collection and aggregation methods. Who knows how many counties and states are similarly plagued.

But here’s some evidence of deliberate attempts to ignore the amount of spread:
https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/...423753.php

The AP also reported overall testing capacity has dropped 3.5% over the last two weeks.

But you can’t hide the deaths, which continue to climb.

I don't see why any of this should be a surprise, as the public increasingly comes to understand and accept the norms of social distancing. 

I suggestd long ago that the discipline of major retailers would be a major factor, and so it may be proving. Not only does such practice reduce places of contagion, but it also sets a powerful example for other modes of socialization. 

As to rising deaths, I only follow Santa Clara County. It has been interesting over the past two months that death rates have NOT spiked, even though case counts rose significantly. Hospitalizations rose dramatically at the start, then leveled off at about 180. But they never rose in proportion to the case census.