Chinese New Year was from 1/25/20 through 1/30/20. The first reported death in Italy was 2/21/20. I updated my chart showing side by side Italy and US deaths from first day adding on the increase from the day before.
Italy/USA reported deaths days 1-16
1/1
2/6 +1/+5
3/9 +1/+3
7/11 +4/+3
11/12 +4/+1
12/15 +1/+3
17/19 +5/+4
21/22 +4/+3
29/26 +8/+4
41/30 +12/+4
52/38 +11/+8
79/41 +27/+3
107/49 +28/+8
148/57 +41/+8
197/68 +49/+11
233/73 +36/5
Tomorrow will be very telling because Italy jumped to 133 deaths on day 17.
Not only do we need to flatten the curve, but expand our medical resources, crank out those ventilators. Get Amazon with their superior logistical capabilities involved.