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by asveikau 2303 days ago
3,000 / 80,000 = 0.0375

34,000 / 36,000,000 = ~0.00094

36,000,000 * 0.0375 = 1,350,000

That's the concern.

China also had some pretty extreme measures to get their low number of cases, measures I don't think will play out too well in the US. And probably won't have a full count yet.

We can hope for the best, we can wash hands etc., but it's not unrealistic to say this can get bad.