My question is about the idea that Cal is right behind NY but not enough people have been tested to show it. Wouldn’t there still be an increase in very sick people if the only question was not enough tests? People might not be being tested but they would still be getting sick if the virus was anywhere near NY levels.
As for the accuracy of the data, deaths are presumably fairly reliable, If CA is less than NYC, IMHO that is either because the two environments are genuinely different contagion-wise or CA (and therefore the whole country) is all equally vulnerable and all we can do is wait for the hammer to come down.