I was perusing the statistics on https://ourworldindata.org/coronavirus I'm in shock because they are reporting that the USA had almost 5,000 deaths yesterday. I sincerely hope it is an error or an artefact of the Easter weekend (delayed reporting perhaps).
I've bookmarked the link. The problem with the US is Trump and his GOP State cohorts have done everything to stop both testing (Trump does not want accurate numbers because of how it might negatively affect the Stock Market) and accurate data on deaths. I've read where hospitals in conservative states (like Florida here) are complaining that their reports on the COVID related deaths are not being counted. I follow the John's Hopkins data, but even there, they are limited to what's available.
The only government official I listen to is Andrew Cuomo, governor of New York. He holds daily briefings on New York, but his information shows just how effective a government official can be when lives are more important than the stock market, but also when trying to keep the economy from senselessly suffering. On the latter, he was the first to mention how an antibody test could allow people who have had COVID and recovered to return to the workplace, and also possibly help be part of a cure or treatment by donating their blood plasma. Oh, how I wish someone like him was in charge of the federal government. (I'll bet he wishes the same thing.)
