Michael Ettlinger’s blog (3/26/20): A Different COVID-19 Graph

Key takeaway: “The charts that normalize the path of the epidemics in different countries leave the impression that every country started at the same point. Not so. The United States and other countries that had the opportunity of seeing what had happened in other countries have no excuse for not being ahead of the game.”

Related readings:

• WaPo (3/20/20): U.S. intelligence reports from January and February warned about a likely pandemic
• TPM (3/26/20): The Warning of SARS by Josh Marshall