[M T]

That's the magic of exponential growth.  Cases increase slowly and then all of a sudden.  This estimate of Rt (to be fair, encompassing all of California, but mostly driven by LA) suggests that the peak in growth actually happened a week before Thanksgiving:

https://rt.live/us/CA

We've been growing since then (Rt > 1) but transmission doesn't seem to have been enhanced by Thanksgiving.

BC

Don't you just love data that has 3 significant digits that is 30% off of another just-as-reputable site?

https://rt.live/us/CA   California Dec. 22      1.07
https://ca-covid-r.info/  California Dec. 24   1.37

What makes one right and not the other?

[M T]

That's the magic of exponential growth.  Cases increase slowly and then all of a sudden.  This estimate of Rt (to be fair, encompassing all of California, but mostly driven by LA) suggests that the peak in growth actually happened a week before Thanksgiving:

https://rt.live/us/CA

We've been growing since then (Rt > 1) but transmission doesn't seem to have been enhanced by Thanksgiving.

BC

Don't you just love data that has 3 significant digits that is 30% off of another just-as-reputable site?

https://rt.live/us/CA   California Dec. 22      1.07
https://ca-covid-r.info/  California Dec. 24   1.37

What makes one right and not the other?