It's really hard, if not impossible, to say just how high those numbers are with the limited testing that has been done. Were they testing on a level similar to NY even was a week ago? I mean, what this chart basically says is that the virus is EVERYWHERE, whether it's North, South, East, or West. So, that said, ANY state that has taken limited action is going to be hurting. Like, all of us on here know the virus is everywhere, and we all agree that testing hasn't been nearly expansive enough to know just how much its penetrated certain states. The Coronavirus Act Now website basically says anything other than shelter-in-place orders won't be enough to keep the spike underneath available hospital beds. According to that website, if all else stays the same, LA is currently good. And, NY may miraculously pull through, despite running out of almost everything, which f-cking sucks. Obviously, as the website itself points out, it's just a predictive model, not a guarantee of what will transpire.
I know I've read in a few different places that it's hard to distinguish what exactly constitutes a shelter-in-place order. I know my governor, Andy Beshear, has said his order is basically a shelter-in-place order, but that he wants to call it "Healthy At Home" instead. But, according to the Coronavirus Act Now website, Kentucky is considered a social distancing state, not a shelter-in-place state, despite closing all non-essential businesses and strongly encouraging people to stay at home for anything other than essential jobs or essential shopping. Does the governor actually have to call it "shelter-in-place" for it to be interpreted that way?