Fig. 1: Ominous signs in the early days of the pandemic.
From: After the pandemic: perspectives on the future trajectory of COVID-19
Towards the end of January 2020, there was an alarming increase in the reported number of SARS-CoV-2 infections (red) that contrasted not only with the growth of historical cases of SARS-CoV in 2003 (purple; counts starting from 19 March 2003), but also with growth curves for the 2009 swine H1N1 infection (blue; counts starting from 24 April 2009). However, each pandemic was probably broader than currently estimated. Data are from Github (https://github.com/CSSEGISandData/COVID-19) and the World Health Organization.
