Originally Posted by ZCanadian

Keep in mind that US numbers have been questioned as well. And with only a little over 1% of the population having been tested, the true picture is not yet known.

Our numbers are not any clearer here. Many locations including Canada are testing largely on suspicion (for diagnosis), not the general population. Only small countries and the very rich (Gulf States) have tested better than 10% of their people.

In Italy, between the chaos and the fact that anyone not confirmed as Coronavirus positive before death did not make the count, has lead some health officials to suggest that the final death toll could be 4x the current count. Let me just repeat that - there might have been upwards of 4,000 people a day dying of this in Italy at the peak.

The biggest takeaway from up here is to protect your most vulnerable. Race is likely not (directly) a factor, but age and prior health appear to be. Lock down your nursing homes, lobby that their staff do not also work at multiple homes or hospitals, and isolate your vulnerable loved ones. These are the dry tinder stoking this fire, that even social distancing cannot help.