If a modeling study by the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Washington state is right, Seattle two weeks ago was approximately in the position of Wuhan, China, on Jan. 1. The big difference, as the Fred Hutch guys also note, is that Seattle’s people have been saturated in warnings that Wuhan’s population only started receiving two months into the epidemic. Stay home, avoid crowds, wash your hands religiously. A few days ago Italians seemed not to be heeding the advice. Caitlin Rivers, a Johns Hopkins...

Source: Wall Street Journal March 13, 2020 22:40 UTC