20/6/20: EU vs USA Covid19 Update

Currently, compared to the pre-lockdown dynamics, daily cases and deaths in the U.S. warrant continued, if not accelerated severity of lockdowns, as opposed to relaxation of restrictions:

In Europe, in contrast, new cases are relatively benign and currently running (on a sustained medium term basis) below the levels at which the wide-spread lockdowns have been introduced.

On a per-capita basis, the U.S. now performing consistently worse than the EU27 in terms of new cases, daily deaths counts and dynamics in both:

In summary, the U.S. is currently the worst global basket case in managing the COVID19 pandemic. My take on the underlying causes: https://twitter.com/GTCost/status/1273999784089497606?s=20