> I may be wrong but it seems that the number of confirmed cases isn't a great indicator either Personal anecdote, but I generally avoid doctors at pretty well

> I may be wrong but it seems that the number of confirmed cases isn't a great indicator either Personal anecdote, but I generally avoid doctors at pretty well all costs. I have one, and I go for my yearly physical when they call me to schedule it. Other than that, I've found the doctor to be a great way to waste a lot of money and get an ambiguous result. Usually, "Take pain killers for a week and see if it gets better" Since I am relatively well off, I have to imagine there is an enormous portion of the population who feels similarly to me about going to the doctor, and who also don't actually have the money to pay those bills. It seems likely to me that coronavirus cases are probably just going undetected among the less well off in (American) society, especially for the portion where the illness is mild (which is literally every case I have heard about in my area for people under 40).