On Friday, 27 March 2020 15:41:14 UTC+2, wrote:
According to today's Albuquerque Journal newspaper, 8,513 people have been tested, with 136 positive instances of COVID-19 infection in New Mexico. THIRTEEN (13) have been hospitalized and one (1) has died. In a state with a population of 2 million.

If this qualifies as an "overburdened" health care system, I shudder to think what will happen when a REAL pandemic with a serious infection and fatality rate occurs. The government will once again order lockdowns and shutdowns, but the public will remember what happened the last time they cried "WOLF!" And then the S will REALLY HTF.

In my country, there is currently one confirmed corona case per 5000 inhabitants. That is 0.0002% of the population.

I know of three different offices, mine included (20-100 people working each) that have 15% of the workforce currently sick with all the corona symptoms.

The reason between this 0,0002% and 15% discrepancy is simple: they have not tested the whole population.