[seba_dos1]

> Contrast this with developments in the few days since Italy put its entire country under quarantine, active cases have risen from between 5,000 and 6,000 to over 8,500.

Stopped reading there, it's not worth my time. It takes up to two weeks to develop any symptoms, so remarks like that are either misguided or intentionally misleading.

[d1str0]

Yes. It’s comparing apples to oranges. Basing your argument on “Well South Korea has decreasing number of cases, the US is increasing” is an unfair argument. China’s cases are decreasing as well and they used the martial law options.

[kps]

Median is 5 days¹, and they've maintained <1.5% growth for more than a week.

¹ https://annals.org/aim/fullarticle/2762808/incubation-period...