If you believe China the first reported case was on 1 January 2020, as of today (19 March 2020) I read that there is no more new cases of this virus in Wuhan.
In less than 3 months this virus reached the entire world. I can see why people are skeptical about how this COVID-19 is being spread.
Italy will be a major problem, considering their culture and density of it's population comparing it to China. The USA land mass will help prevent more deaths relating to this virus, I live in Ohio and our governor did not play games from the onset. By the way the first recorded case in Italy was 31 January, they have another month of pure hell to go through.
Another issue is people playing politics with this issue, whether Republican or Democrat. I know it is an election year and everybody has an opinion, but if it is found out that ANYBODY in authority no matter who they are are willing to risk more innocent people to get votes..GOD have mercy on their souls and a price will be paid...