"It took 67 days from the first reported case to reach the 1st 100,000 cases, 11 days for the 2nd

[Swede]

and just four days for the third 100,000 cases."

Despite an alarming rush past 300,000 cases worldwide, the WHO's leader says, "We're not helpless bystanders. We can change the trajectory of this pandemic."

https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/03/23/820290984/coronavirus-who-head-says-nations-must-attack-as-pandemic-is-accelerating?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews

[dchill]

1. Rec, rec, REC!

Balloonatic-in-chief wants to re-open the country for business. Tantamount to manslaughter.

[alwaysinasnit]

2. I think 'depraved heart' murder might be a more appropriate descriptor.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depraved-heart_murder

In United States law, depraved-heart murder, also known as depraved-indifference murder, is a type of murder where an individual acts with a "depraved indifference" to human life and where such act results in a death, despite that individual not explicitly intending to kill. In a depraved-heart murder, defendants commit an act even though they know their act runs an unusually high risk of causing death or serious bodily harm to a person. If the risk of death or bodily harm is great enough, ignoring it demonstrates a "depraved indifference" to human life and the resulting death is considered to have been committed with malice aforethought.[1][2] In some states, depraved-heart killings constitute second-degree murder,[3] while in others, the act would be charged with varying degrees of manslaughter.[4]

[dchill]

4. I'll not disagree.

I'd never heard of depraved-heart murder. That's clearly descriptive.

[msongs]

3. 300,000 cases in a world with over 7 billion people nt

[dchill]

5. Known cases. And graph that curve.

[Swede]

6. And 400,000 in 2 days, and 500,000 in 1 day

and million in 12 hours etc. Exponential growth.

[VMA131Marine]

7. It's all fine of course until one of those 300,000 is someone you know

Like a friend, a parent, a spouse, a child ....

[fierywoman]

8. And on how many of those 67 days was the POS at a golf course?