In some ways, it already is. If New York State were a country with it's 26k+ cases, it would rank #6 in total cases, ahead of Iran and behind Germany. And I'm a

In some ways, it already is. If New York State were a country with it's 26k+ cases, it would rank #6 in total cases, ahead of Iran and behind Germany. And I'm assuming that of those cases, the vast majority are in the New York City metropolitan area, which covers a tiny fraction of the state by area. The city is on track to surpass Wuhan in just a few days and we're still lagging behind in our ability to test.