Covid-2019 - 2020-08-13
Date:
Friday, August 14, 2020
Summary:
US new cases fall. But testing anomalies -- possibly political scandals -- have emerged in both Texas and Florida, driving wild day-to-day swings in test numbers and positivity-rates. In Europe, new-case reporting falls apart, with France and Spain reporting zero half the time (forcing us to smooth out their charts). Our conclusion: the institutions that have been drafted to handle this crisis are facing exhaustion.