COVID-19 & US healthcare system

[Dartz]

Better ICU capacity and, probably, a younger infected. Italy has a much older population.

Deaths here jumped up after it got into a nursing home and we had it double in one day - before dropping to normal rates. The Government is not expecting over a thousand fatalities when it is over. Five hundred, to a thousand, is normal for an Irish flu season

Otherwise, it seems like things are going well here. 7 day average growth is at 18% - rather than the 30% predicted - and the public health measures taken two weeks ago are only just beginning to take effect. The pubs were closed this day two weeks ago.