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		ivalm on March 21, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Effect of economic crisis on America’s small busin... I mean, italy is no longer exponential, China clearly contained their issues. The doom and gloom is somewhat overblown.

megous on March 21, 2020 [–]

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/italy/

Looks fairly exponential to me. (log y axis) And that's just confirmed cases.

ivalm on March 21, 2020 | [–]

Try to fit it. More easier is to look at daily new cases. For past 4 days they are increasing linearly (meaning total is quadratic)

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