Italy case count continues to surge

A week ago, cases were at 10,009 and a week before that at 5372 and a week before that at 2499. That's nearly 100% week-over-week growth for three weeks straight.

The problem with all the healthcare advances to make COVID less-lethal is that it makes people more cavalier. In turn, more people get it and you end up with the same amount of deaths.

The chart doesn't include today:

Italy reports record cases.

There's no way Q4 European GDP meets estimates.