been here awhile wrote:
This virus has been in the United States since January, I assure you. People weren’t being tested. I had a friend return from a cruise in February. She was sick with a cough for 3 weeks. Went to doctor and said she was ON A CRUISE and doctor only asked if she had been to China. Her flu test was negative. There a million people in the country with a story like hers. We’re seeing big numbers now because we are actually testing. And they should be big, because this thing has been circulating for 2 months now.
Virus got to the US, and particularly NY, in January. Because of no testing, cases and deaths were attributed to other causes. That's the reason number of deaths is increasing at a higher rate than in other places. This growth rate will stabilize in the next week.
We're fully exponential now. This will be a huge tragedy. We will have death AND the economy will tank.