Covid-19: The difference between the west coast and the rest of the country:

[pnwmom]

"Where there is testing there are cases."

No cases in your state? How many people, if any, have been tested?

https://www.statnews.com/2020/02/28/california-oregon-coronavirus-case-community-spread/

The discovery that the virus may be spreading in the country should not come as a surprise, said Michael Osterholm, director of the University of Minnesota’s Center for Infectious Diseases Research and Policy.

MICHAEL OSTERHOLM. UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
“It just tells us where there is testing, there are cases. And that’s what we have to understand,” Osterholm said. “There is no such thing as a barrier containment to keep these out. It’s going to happen. And what we have to do now is get on with how we’re going to deal with them.”

[rzemanfl]

1. Exactly. n/t