If we applied this reasoning a week or 10 days ago, when there were ~4000 cases in the United States ("we're looking at a worst case of 800 people across all th

If we applied this reasoning a week or 10 days ago, when there were ~4000 cases in the United States ("we're looking at a worst case of 800 people across all the hospitals in the country"), would we not reach this conclusion: "Bad situation in Italy. No need to say it's like that in the United States." And should that not make us concerned about this thought process?