I agree the Chinese numbers may not be accurate, but it does seem like the virus did NOT spread throughout China and cause a nationwide pandemic (the way that seems to be happening in most impacted countries throughout the rest of the world).

It's not easy to hide dead bodies. Beijing reports 8 deaths on the J Hopkins site. 8 deaths is nothing. It could be a bad traffic accident. Maybe it was really 25? That's still nothing in a city the size of Beijing.

I guess the main takeaway I get when comparing the US curve to China's reported (although perhaps false) curve, is the US isn't going to get the new case count down to where it was when China re-opened for a LONG TIME. I think. So.....if you've got 1,000 new cases per day, and you re-open, how in the world does the count NOT rocket back up until 75% of the population has contracted the disease and gained immunity or done the other thing?

The US shutdown began about March 14th? On March 14th there were 740 new cases. So.....if 740 new cases merits a shut down, we shouldn't open again until there are LESS than 740 new cases in a single day, right?That's at least 2 months away, methinks. Maybe more.