[/QUOTE]Yes and I don't know anyone who does not expect the numbers to rapidly accelerate in the near future. The question is will the number of cases and deaths exponentially start to double, triple, quadruple every day with no end in sight. Or will the number of cases and deaths accelerate rapidly, level off, and then start to decline. Much like China has presumably done and we are starting to see from some other countries.
The situation in China showed you can choke out the virus. The coming weeks will tell the much more important tale of what happens when you resume life? How much societal restriction is necessary to keep it in check?
Of course, little of this is overly relevant to the US because I doubt we ever would or could go to the extremes China did. I could be wrong.
At this point the best we can do is pray like hell the virus IS seasonal in terms of contagiousness and severity, and anti viral drugs are looming in the horizon. This isn’t just going away.