FWIW, I didn’t really think about what Rob meant when I read his first comment, but when I read Linch’s question, I thought “Eh, Rob probably meant something like ‘the point at which interest, confusion, and urgency seemed especially high, as people were now realising this was huge but hadn’t yet formed clear views on what to do about it’.” So Linch’s question felt somewhat off topic or unnecessary, but also not like it had an obvious answer (and apparently my guess about the answer was wrong).
(But I can also see why Linch saw the question as important, and didn’t think Linch’s question sounded snarky or whatever.)
As Michael says, common sense would indicate I must have been referring to the initial peak, or the peak in interest/panic/policy response, or the peak in the UK/Europe, or peak where our readers are located, or — this being a brief comment on an unrelated topic — just speaking loosely and not putting much thought into my wording.
FWIW it looks like globally the rate of new cases hasn’t peaked yet. I don’t expect the UK or Europe will return to a situation as bad as the one they went through in late March and early April. Unfortunately the US and Latin America are already doing worse than it was then.
This sounds like a status move. I asked a sincere question and maybe I didn’t think too carefully when I asked it, but there’s no need to rub it in.
FWIW it looks like globally the rate of new cases hasn’t peaked yet. I don’t expect the UK or Europe will return to a situation as bad as the one they went through in late March and early April. Unfortunately the US and Latin America are already doing worse than it was then.Neither the US or Latin America could plausibly be said to peak then.
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FWIW, I didn’t really think about what Rob meant when I read his first comment, but when I read Linch’s question, I thought “Eh, Rob probably meant something like ‘the point at which interest, confusion, and urgency seemed especially high, as people were now realising this was huge but hadn’t yet formed clear views on what to do about it’.” So Linch’s question felt somewhat off topic or unnecessary, but also not like it had an obvious answer (and apparently my guess about the answer was wrong).
(But I can also see why Linch saw the question as important, and didn’t think Linch’s question sounded snarky or whatever.)
As Michael says, common sense would indicate I must have been referring to the initial peak, or the peak in interest/panic/policy response, or the peak in the UK/Europe, or peak where our readers are located, or — this being a brief comment on an unrelated topic — just speaking loosely and not putting much thought into my wording.
FWIW it looks like globally the rate of new cases hasn’t peaked yet. I don’t expect the UK or Europe will return to a situation as bad as the one they went through in late March and early April. Unfortunately the US and Latin America are already doing worse than it was then.
This sounds like a status move. I asked a sincere question and maybe I didn’t think too carefully when I asked it, but there’s no need to rub it in.
Thanks, I appreciate the clarification! :)
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