To be fair, one should look at as many of the reporting regions as possible. I've heard some people say they are suspicious of reports from other countries than China, so I would like to see if their hunches hold up.
I also wouldn't be surprised if some US state level data were fudged, just so some officials could say they are reporting the data in a timely way.
We all have our pet hypotheses, let's put them to the test.
