Rise and Decay of the COVID-19 Epidemics in the USA and the State of New York in the First Half of 2020: A Nonlinear Physics Perspective Yielding Novel Insights

Table 2

Order parameters and stabilization directions characterizing the rise and decay of the COVID-19 epidemics during the first half of the year 2020 in the state of New York and nationwide in the USA.

	Stage 1		Stage 3
	Order parameter		Stabilization direction
Component	State of New York	USA	State of New York	USA
	0.79	0.74	0.34	0.45
	0.47	0.47	0.45	0.46
	0.12	0.12	0.10	0.12
	0.35	0.35	0.80	0.75
	0.15	0.15	0.16	0.14