Did you read the NPR article? The very first chart shows that there is a big difference between the various countries. The logarithmic scale allows for much better visualisation than the almost nonsensical charts on the John Hopkins statistics page. The circles are also a completely inadequate visualisation. I.e. much better would be coloring countries by incident rate per 100.000 inhabitants.
They do a good job collecting all the data but a seriously bad job visualising them.
They do a good job collecting all the data but a seriously bad job visualising them.