[MrEdd]

The whole country does not have the population density and poor sanitation the big cities in New York have.

There is not ever going to be any “catching up” because those exacerbating conditions for transmission don’t exist in Nebraska, or the Texas prairie grasslands, or the Colorado Desert.

What New York City has isn’t inevitable or even very likely in other places.

[kabar]

Most of the health care facilities in the US are experiencing massive declines in patients. The state lockdowns, cancellations of elective surgery and other medical procedures, less people on the road, and fear of going to hospitals for minor illnesses and injuries to lessen possible exposure have reduced business to such an extent that doctors and nurses are being furloughed.

A few hot spots mask the fact that our health system has not been overwhelmed by CV.