Tuesday, March 31, 2020

31 March 2020: Forecasting the Cresting Wave

New York governor says brother, CNN anchor Chris Cuomo, has coronavirus

While this article is primarily about Governor Cuomo's brother, journalist Chris Cuomo, the host of CNN's "Cuomo Prime Time" weekday evening broadcast, it also confirms the coronavirus epidemic forecast models Governor Cuomo was using in making his decisions were pointing to the peak of infections still being ahead:

Cuomo said various predictive models being used by New York indicate the apex of the surge for hospitals will come anywhere from 7 to 21 days from now.

“The virus is more powerful, more dangerous than we expected,” Cuomo said. “We’re still going up the mountain. The main battle is on top of the mountain.”