March 16th, 2020

Another day, and new data that still tells more or less the same story - European outbreaks are expanding rapidly.  Transmission rates in Italy have slowed slightly, but remain high.  Spain is even more concerning (blue bars below) - tellingly it is now on a materially worse track than Korea.  
All of this points to the urgent need for complete lock-downs in any country with more than a handful of cases.   Much of the action seems to be happening bottom up - NYC schools were encouraging kids to stay home before the system was officially closed on Sunday evening. 
Click the image below or here for a more detailed summary. 

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