Also, we're now on day 21 since a large part of the country began serious social distancing efforts, large gatherings were canceled and then prohibited, etc. As a nation, we haven't been perfect by any means, but there's also no doubt that a very large amount of contact has been eliminated.
So IF our efforts are going to have any effect on the spread of the virus, we should start seeing those death rates bending down in the next 1-7 days, since the infection---> death timing seems to be around 3-4 weeks.
If we don't see a large bend downward over the next week, well, it means our efforts aren't helping. And THAT means, there's no point in continuing them.
