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

I keep seeing the phrase 'too soon'. But i have to ask what it is too soon for? Will something change if we wait longer?

Yes - improved logistics planning, prep, vetting of new policies, education of citizens, medical supply inventory, testing inventory, a more downward curve than a mere flattened-curve, etc.