COVID-19 Outbreak (Update: More than 2.9M cases and 132,313 deaths in US)

I actually think there are more serious cases than the authorities are letting on. I don't think everyone with a mild case is trying to go. It's been stated time and time again by authorities that anyone with mild symptoms should stay home and not go in for testing. And fwiw, I believe the numbers here are far higher than being reported, here in the US and elsewhere. That's just my opinion based on discussions I've had with a few people in the industry.

I agree that the number overall are worthless, but I see no reason to start getting conspiratorial about there actually being more serious cases than we're being told. Data, much of it independent, has been pretty consistent with the severity percentages and, like he said in the link in the post, local numbers bear that out.