<html><head></head><body><div class="yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Back in March, I started plotting the number of new cases each day. At first it was just a simple DIY project, then the data got more interesting. I emailed my plots to selected people. Today, I put it all together and posted it on Linked In.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">At first the number of cases was growing at an exponential rate. Then, in mid-March there was a kink in the curve, still exponential, but at a slower rate. Two more slow downs can be seen in the data. Each is about 2 weeks after a change in public policy.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">This data is all from Santa Clara County. Keeping up with the reformatting of their website and revising data has been quite enough for one person.<br></div><div><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/flattening-curve-santa-clara-county-paul-zander" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" class="">https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/flattening-curve-santa-clara-county-paul-zander</a></div><div><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">This is the first place I am posting the link. <br></div><div><br></div></div></body></html>