While I didn't fully trust China's stats, in the beginning, there were no other figures to use to calculate things. When S. Korea began reporting, I trusted their stats more than those of China. Still, according to the numbers, it didn't look good. I trust Italy's numbers, and they're fairly in line with S. Korea's stats. With decent data from 2 countries, it made it a lot easier to get a clearer idea on things.
From the onset of it in Germany, either they already have a vaccine, OR already have effective medicines to treat it, OR they are not reporting the numbers accurately. I don't include Germany's stats either.
When I began looking at our stats, I was showing my daughter, and told her when we got to 200 new cases a day, we needed to start addressing slowing down human movement, and contact. I told her that within a short time period, if we followed suit like the other countries, it would suddenly jump from 200 cases a day, to 500. When it jumped to 500 cases a day, we had 6 - 10 days, and that figure would double. If we did not get it slowed down, before it jumped, it would be too late, and we would not get it slowed down in time to stop it from overwhelming our healthcare system. It was the very next day, when things ramped up, and measures taken to slow down movement, and contact. I think most take it seriously, and are restricting their movement.
In case anyone missed it, Chloroquine, an anti-malaria drug that's been around for years, has shown promising results against the new virus. That's good news.
