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1. With terrible testing, we now have 1875 cases of COVID-19 in 47 states, 41 deaths.

But the worst data: Countries with comprehensive disease management plans and testing have - in the lowest part of the range - six times the number of "infected per million" that we do...
2.. range is - excluding italy which has 250 - highest is S. Korea with 153 (and massive testing), lowest is Germany with 31.

We, with terrible testing, are 5. And we have no management plan. That means what we are reporting could be as large as 1/6 to more of the actual rate...
3...but we dont know. We cant know. However, these is nothing special about America - other than it let the disease go unchecked for months and still has no testing. If we are at German rate, there are 12,000 Americans infected.

If we are inexplicably lucky as hell, we are less.
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