So only 108 COVID cases so far in USA......

[USALiberal]

Or is it low because the lack of testing or test kits?

[getagrip_already]

1. winner-winner, chicken pox dinner.....

Of course it's due to lack of testing. It has to be in every major city at this point.

[brewens]

2. If the death rate is really 2% and we have nine dead, that's 450 cases. Since the deaths are

all in Washington state, most of those 450 must be there.

[Mike 03]

6. The W.H.O. just updated the fatality rate to 3.4.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100213041215

Link to tweet

[Johnny2X2X]

13. This would be catastrophic

3.4% would mean we all will know people or have loved ones who die from this.

[CentralMass]

12. WA went from 0 deaths 9 in 4 days

[spanone]

3. Does anyone think our government under donald j trump is telling us the truth????

[wishstar]

4. Yes, reports of many more suspected cases sent home to stay under quarantine

Officials have been declining requests for testing of suspected coronovirus patients whose symptoms don't require immediate medical care so they have been just sent home

[louis-t]

10. They are only testing those with a temp of over 101.4

from what I read. A story is out about a lady that had a temp of 101.1 and they would't test her. She ended up being positive for COVID.

[Renew Deal]

5. There were 100 2 days ago.

We're 11th on the list of all time cases. It's growing rapidly

[BootinUp]

7. That's a number that will grow.

I think quite a bit.

[pwb]

8. Republicans take care of them that voted for them?

Then they will announce for the rest of us.

[SiliconValley_Dem]

9. Way higher than that. There are at least hundreds or couple of thousand just in

Seattle metro area according to what health officials predict based on current cases, number of deaths, etc.

[Maeve]

11. They don't count if you don't count them!!!

Never expected to be so sure we're being lied to...

[Act_of_Reparation]

14. If most cases are mild...

...most infected won't even think to get tested.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

15. It's like the Chernobyl dosimeters that only went up to 3.6 roentgens.

When the actual radiation was close to 15,000 roentgens.

[uponit7771]

16. This whole thing reminds me of the Chernobyl movie when people in the government were ignoring the r

[USALiberal]

21. I thought that show was amazing! nt

[muriel_volestrangler]

17. US death rate (deaths/total cases) is more than twice any other major country

over 8%; nearest is China at 3.7%. Italy is 3.2%. France, Germany, Spain and UK added together are under 1% - 616 cases, and just 5 deaths.

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#countries

Seems very strange.

[USALiberal]

20. Good point. nt

[muriel_volestrangler]

22. 6 of the 9 US deaths are connected with one care home

https://www.nbc-2.com/story/41847980/death-toll-reaches-nine-in-washington-state

That would account for it; it shows how much it affects the vulnerable, and how it can spread in a close environment. Utmost hygiene needed in care homes and hospitals now.

[Coventina]

18. 118 as of 10 minutes ago. It's going up by the hour. n/t

[flibbitygiblets]

19. Doctors are begging for more test kits, without which we don't know the true extent of spread

I vacillate between "it's due to incompetence and greed" and "it's intentional". Based on watching Dump trying to get the pharma execs to say there's a vaccine coming in a matter of months (there is NOT); I'm leaning heavily toward the incompetence angle.

Putting Pence in charge gives him a scapegoat though so that part is almost certainly intentional.

[ananda]

23. That is low.

It's much higher than that.