[hatenberg]

There is good evidence the initial cases in Italy were tourism related.

As for praising the Chinese response - I think the reasons will be very clear soon to most people - without a very decisive and heavy handed response the health care systems in most developed countries will face very severe consequences or collapse.

We are at the denial stage still with people finding excuses why Italy is different, etc, etc

The US is 8 days behind Italy is 8 days behind Korea.

[dx034]

Yes, not only are Chinese and Italian cases related, most southern German cases are also related to those in Italy.