[FITZ]

Yes they should have done it last week. There's no good excuse for the delays. Sure they wanted to prevent fear but more people dying isn't going to accomplish that.

[Trust but Verify]

The people who died in the past two days were most likely infected long before last week. The incubation period is in the range of weeks, not days. Sounds like they waited until they were damn near dead before getting ot the hospital. I pray for their families.