Global summary - 21st March 2020

Mostly more of the same in the data overnight.  Outbreaks across Europe and US expanding rapidly, whilst politicians scrabble to catch up.  Lock down hard and lock down early is the right response, but few have grasped this nettle.  
In Australia, ambivalence on measures and foolish complacency by some in government has contributed to an accelerating growth rate, as shown below. This is a log scale chart, so a straight line = exponential growth.  If the slope of the line increases, then the growth rate is increasing.  Stay home, keep your kids out of school.  The policy will catch up pretty quickly.  
Click the image above for a more detailed analysis.

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