Note that the Y-axis is a logarithmic scale. See how the number of cases goes from 200 to 20,000 in just 15 days. Without action the number of new cases rises by 33% EVERY DAY. At some point, emergency departments are overwhelmed and then the death rate will rise sharply too from 1% to 5% in the general population and from 5% in the over 60s to 25%. When overwhelmed health systems have to choose between saving the life of an old person and of a young person they will choose the young person.
This is a catastrophe, and the US is the advanced country most incapable of dealing with the crisis because of its health system and President Trump. Note: because of too few testing kits, the number of US cases is prolly grossly understated.
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