My new axe to grind on this disease is unsourced and speculation at this point. However, I think the logic is sound.
The US has a major health issue that makes us much more vulnerable to CV serious illness and deaths than China, S. Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, and Italy.
That is obesity.
I leave it as an exercise to think about what that means for the numbers....
I notice today the Flu people (brother and friends) have change to it is a Virus and media is hyping it up the outbreak to the destroy the economy to keep President Trump from being re-elected. If the Media keeps it up we will have a great depression.
I guess this is the angry stage.