I believe that the United States is downplaying this, and even news outlets are playing the "game". People are not ready to accept the threat and reality of a pandemic.
Am I the only one who thinks that we are on the Titanic, and the band is still playing?
Whatever they're saying, I truly believe that they're doing, and going to do, whatever they can to reduce the probability of this turning out like the Titanic.
And I really don't think it 'has' to be that bad, even if there are more cases than there are now. In some ways it's not so much what it is, but how we deal with it. I think that's the message that the WHO and governments around the world are trying to get across.