We'll probably double for two-three weeks. It really looks like with this thing it's 2 weeks to see all the cases manifest, and then an additional 2 weeks to see the deaths from it. The tougher part of this whole thing though is that there is so much unevenness in the response nation wide that when an area like let's say NY peaks, other places like FL, GA, etc, are still on their way to their peaks.
And yes, lots of people are going to learn what exponential growth looks like, and why at the beginning "this doesn't look like a big deal" gets out of hand really quickly.