Just to add to your point, infections wise:
It took 3 months to get to 100k.
Then 12 days to get to 200k.
Then 4 days to get to 300k.
We were already lagging in testing/identification of cases.
The true infection rate is said to be 5-10 times more than we are able to observe due to physical limitations such as the time it takes to confirm an infected person/patient.
The death rate is also rising.
Italy death rate is surpassing china.
Spain death rate now surpassing Italy.
These are countries that have been taking this seriously for weeks.
Spain:
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