Italy is 1/5th the size of the US, so the question is whether they get to 20,000 deaths.
Italy has 300,000 Chinese workers, we have almost 3 million Chinese immigrants. New York Chinese population of over 700,000. Italy was unprepared, New York is barely maybe prepared, how prepared do you think Detroit and New Orleans are?
Chinese immigrants aren’t likely traveling back and forth from China. The Italians workers likely were. Big difference.