Originally Posted by
iahphx
Lots of people say that, but the dead aren't piling up in the USA. And WHO specifically says this isn't a virus that lurks in bushes. You know it when you have it, as many people get really sick and start showing up in hospitals. There are certainly more cases in the USA than have been reported, but it's just fear that's causing folks to speculate that it's already "out of hand" in America.
There is a delay in infection to dead. I imagine the numbers in the US will spike in a couple weeks.
Just look at the same pattern in Wuhan / China. By the time they reached 50 dead, they had 1k+ infections (officially, likely more)