The United States has a population of 331,002,651 as of March 211, 2020.

South Korea has a population of 51,257, 030 as of March 21, 2020.

There is no comparison and it is pure absurdity to portray the impact of the COVID 19 for both countries.

Both the WHO and John Hopkins University are world class institutions, there must be a more definitive way of comparison, i.e. by percentages, maybe better
than "absolute" numbers. It is very "messy" as is - ergo: the statistics does not lie, but there must be another way of giving the general public reading information
for consumption.

The "quote" as is does not do justice, it must be read in entirety to understand.

This is just one interpretation based on the quotes. As my professor in Statistics says, "you cannot compare an apple with bananas".

Reporters, reporters and more reporters, scribble, scribble and more scribble, rush to beat the other reporter scribble hurrying to be the first to come out before the deadline or beat
the other reporters in the room.