Recall that South Korea & US had their 1st patient diagnosed on Jan 21/22 (within 24 hrs). The Δ for SK vs US was testing + tracing
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and cdc.go.kr/board/board.es…
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South Korea >70,000
United States 352
@BmcNoldy, ironically a tropical cyclone scientist, had noted yesterday "it's accelerating above the best-fit exponential curve"
Indeed it has.
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