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I think people here (USA) see the news out of China/Italy and think it's not that bad here, without realizing we're 1-4 weeks away from starting to see how bad it will actually get.

I think it's because they read that the majority of cases are "mild" symptoms not understanding that mild symptoms includes being bed ridden for 10 days and contracting pneumonia.

People have a really hard time grasping exponential growth.

There's the famous "would you take a million dollars, or a penny doubled every day for a month" question. People reliably make the wrong choice.