[ThrowawayR2]

> "Hospital ICU units are not overwhelmed which puts a limit to total infections."

I wouldn't say that; reports coming out of Seattle look pretty grim.

"...Reports from the Seattle area, the epicenter of the U.S. outbreak, indicate that some of the city’s hospitals are nearly overwhelmed. One hospital’s note to staff, shared with New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof, says the “local COVID-19 trajectory is likely to be similar to that of Northern Italy.” The hospital is down to a four-day supply of gloves..."

https://www.statnews.com/2020/03/14/coronavirus-hospital-wor...