The death statistics from China is not a truly reliable indicator, for one simple reason: that Wuhan was hit with a massive onslaught, a denial-of-service, that

The death statistics from China is not a truly reliable indicator, for one simple reason: that Wuhan was hit with a massive onslaught, a denial-of-service, that overwhelmed their medical system. There was simply not enough resources to service everyone, and those that came later, probably fared worse, and lost their lives. In a normal situation, the sick people would be more evenly spread out across the country, that all the hospitals and clinics should be able to handle them, and provide them with medical care in a timely manner. The key indicator to realize how deadly this virus is, might actually be Italy. There, the virus diffused evenly throughout the country, that their medical system should be able to handle the caseload. We shall see how well this theory plays out in 2 weeks.