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The US seems like it's pretty screwed at this point. All the recent cases here in Australia have been people returning from the US. Just look at the exponentia

The US seems like it's pretty screwed at this point. All the recent cases here in Australia have been people returning from the US. Just look at the exponential growth on this plot: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_coronavirus_outbreak_in_the_United_States#Timeline https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_coronavirus_outbreak_in_t... That's not a trend that's going to reverse quickly.

Polylactic_acid 7y ago
Yep, this looks completely out of control. I imagine in 2 weeks the entire country will have pretty much shut down like how china did a few months ago.
networkimprov 7y ago
It looks that way because it's almost certainly been circulating in the US since January [1], and testing was hardly available until recently (and is still ramping). Despite the long, largely unchecked circulation period, there's no hospitalization crisis here. And another record-hot Spring/Summer are on the way... take heart! [1] https://www.latimes.com/science/story/2020-03-10/us-coronavirus-cases-far-above-official-tally-scientists https://www.latimes.com/science/story/2020-03-10/us-coronavi...
- Benjammer 7y ago
  "there's no hospitalization crisis here." Yeah, there wasn't a crisis in Italy 3 weeks ago either.
DarthGhandi 7y ago
Why Australia is blocking South Korean travelers and not US travelers is mind boggling at this point. The smallest amount of intel sharing can stop the infected from traveling. Virtually every case to date in SK has been caught by now, their testing regime is incredibly comprehensive and free for everyone person in the country, even illegal immigrants. By comparison the US is willfully not testing people presenting symptoms coming back from infected areas, even insurance covered citizens will pay absurd amounts for an on-demand test and it's clear to anyone watching the government is putting it's head in the sand.
lioeters 7y ago
That graph is sure sobering, and alarming to think of the slow rate of testing and quarantine so far. Here's to hoping that they get "over the hill" during this month or April..

Polylactic_acid 7y ago

Yep, this looks completely out of control. I imagine in 2 weeks the entire country will have pretty much shut down like how china did a few months ago.

networkimprov 7y ago

It looks that way because it's almost certainly been circulating in the US since January [1], and testing was hardly available until recently (and is still ramping). Despite the long, largely unchecked circulation period, there's no hospitalization crisis here. And another record-hot Spring/Summer are on the way... take heart! [1] https://www.latimes.com/science/story/2020-03-10/us-coronavirus-cases-far-above-official-tally-scientists https://www.latimes.com/science/story/2020-03-10/us-coronavi...

Benjammer 7y ago
"there's no hospitalization crisis here." Yeah, there wasn't a crisis in Italy 3 weeks ago either.

DarthGhandi 7y ago

Why Australia is blocking South Korean travelers and not US travelers is mind boggling at this point. The smallest amount of intel sharing can stop the infected from traveling. Virtually every case to date in SK has been caught by now, their testing regime is incredibly comprehensive and free for everyone person in the country, even illegal immigrants. By comparison the US is willfully not testing people presenting symptoms coming back from infected areas, even insurance covered citizens will pay absurd amounts for an on-demand test and it's clear to anyone watching the government is putting it's head in the sand.

lioeters 7y ago

That graph is sure sobering, and alarming to think of the slow rate of testing and quarantine so far. Here's to hoping that they get "over the hill" during this month or April..