Also other possible reasons for hospitals to not be overrun in the true beginning.
I think the beginning we had a small number of localized cases. A singular match in certain areas of the country. The spread was very slow.
In March, the introduction of numerous cases happened. The inoculum was intense. And spread very fast.,
I still stand by my statement that this made landfall very early. I still predict late November and early December. Thanksgiving travel made it global imo.