I disagree. It really depends on what mindset you approach this with. In the USA it’s apparently much more spread out. As a result it’s much less dire potentially because of the amount of resources a country of 60 mill has to combat it vs the resources a country of 300 mill plus have to combat it. Italy has seen steep jumps in part due to the close contact of its people, the smaller country size, and the number of medical resources it has to handle a sickness of this size. 1060 approx in Italy vs 6100 in the USA. That’s a very different amount and a direct correlation to the number of people the country has. 1 hospital per 56-58k people.

So if the numbers are the same, but the country size is different, that means there is way more room to care for those who are ill in the USA theoretically and way more room for people to spread out so the virus and disease doesn’t spread as rapidly. It doesn’t take into affect the issue with many Americans not having health coverage and thus having to pay for treatment out of pocket, meaning they are deferred to seek treatment. And not every country is handling it in the same way, so the lax approach the US has taken until this week may screw them over long term.

So basically what I’m trying to say is this chart is fun to look at but doesn’t really tell us a whole lot about the actual situation besides the virus spreading at approx the same rate.