JMO
Ive also been thinking back to what we saw and learned from China.
I agree that a lot of China's actions were largely good decisions to help slow down the virus. Especially the quick building of those new hospitals. That was amazing and I really hope Italy and the US and other hit places can ramp up the necessary beds and ventilators for the 20% of the infected that end up needing hospitalization.
That is the statistic that a lot of people that are not following the Virus news knows about.
Roughly 20% of those who catch this Coronavirus will develop more serious conditions like pneumonia and lots of those 20% end up in the hospital with serious breathing problems. Nobody wants to get sick from this virus, let alone die from it.
The other thing that is panning out from China is the death rate was "about" right. Very early estimates from China alone had it about 2.3-2.6 % from what I recall, and we wondered if their figures would ring true. So far, it appears the death rate is even higher than that but the good news is it not too far off what we were seeing in China. I was afraid it would be a lot higher.
We also did sense this virus is very contagious from the actions of China, and that is definitely panning out true. If someone is affected, they can easily transmit it to others. It is very contagious when a person is sick with it and shedding the virus.
We learned an awful lot from China. Just wish there was more preparation actions taken by the US before it hit our shores like most of us figured it would. Anybody paying attention saw what was coming about 3 or more weeks ago.