> The US is not a very densely populated country, and density seems to have the biggest impact on the spread of this thing. You might be right, and I hope you

> The US is not a very densely populated country, and density seems to have the biggest impact on the spread of this thing. You might be right, and I hope you are. But at least 'intuitively' my experience is that the more insular a community is, the more exposed those /within/ that community are because of frequent interaction. So, basically, a big city is not very insular, but people spread the virus via public transit and whatnot. A small, rural town is insular, but the locals interact much more than the city-folk. All it would take is one infected out-of-towner to trigger rapid spread locally. I wouldn't be surprised if the problem that, for now, seems to be contained to liberal metropolises, will find their way into all sorts of rural communities because just one person passed it on. I hope I'm wrong.