I didn’t realize that the US testing is limited to those who traveled to China or knew they had contact with someone who had the virus. This explains the low number of cases here.
http://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/27/he...alifornia.html
A California coronavirus patient had to wait days to be tested because of restrictive federal criteria, despite doctors’ suggestions.
The C.D.C. has restricted testing to patients who either traveled to China recently or who know they had contact with someone infected with the coronavirus.
And I keep hearing that we’re close to a vaccine (3 months), when even if we are, it won’t be through testing for a year.