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I presume those tested were selected as being from the high risk group, so 9 out of 100 is not such a bad figure.

That does not mean of course that 9% of population at large is infected.

It doesn't mean it doesn't either.

Of course, but even 9% of people at high risk is huge and scary.  I assume most people with the symptoms have a cold or the flu.  The fact that only 100 people have been tested in a medium-sized state is criminal/insane.  THAT is the problem.

Take them golfing

I would put mine to work in the yard on spring cleanup.

We've done three puzzles already.  I've always loved them, my wife hates them, but now the oldest loves them, so Ive got a partner.

Also, can't lie, I'm watching each and every one of these basketball sims.

Puzzles sound good. We got a decent amount of snow today so they had fun playing in that

In 7-10 days, the number of confirmed cases may be peaking....

Sure, I don't know.  The number of asymptomatic folks walking around could be enormous.  I'm making a GUESS  based on little more than hope and experience with past viral pandemics.  Americans may decide "it's not that bad" even if it is that bad for many folks.

As we get more folks analyzed, we'll see a climb obviously.  At some point, people will poke their heads out and sniff the air and decide it's OK out there.  Alternatively, this could well be horrendous and the country virtually shuts down for weeks.  That would be a grim scenario indeed.  We already have had calls in our building for folks to help older residents get groceries.

An old saying is "A recession is when your neighbor loses his job, a depression is when you lose your job."

Statistics for most are largely meaningless unless personal.  If a LOT of us knew people killed in car accidents each year, folks would be more upset.  No one I've ever known has been killed in a car accident.  The figure used to be 50-60,000 a year.  It's the same with all categories of risk.  Few humans deal well with probabilities of that ilk.

We say that driving is more dangerous than flying.  Each flight disaster makes the news, a car accident makes the 11 PM news, perhaps, unless it's a busload of kids.  A shooting of 3-4 people barely makes the local news, a mass shooting of 50 is news for a week, or more, even if they are somewhat rare (thankfully).

When I was a kid, quicksand worried the heck out of me.  I've never seen any.  Most of us die of issues associated with obesity or pulmonary issues.  Think how dangerous smoking is for your health, and 20% of us do it routinely.  My Grandad smoked for 60 years and just died of old age, they think.