Yes, western countries should not deceive themselves about the standard of care. Bruce Aylward of WHO says that they rapidly scaled up to world-leading capability [1]:

> they find cases fast, get them isolated, in treatment, and supported early. Second thing they do is ventilate dozens in the average hospital; they use extracorporeal membrane oxygenation [removing blood from a person’s body and oxygenating their red blood cells] when ventilation doesn’t work. This is sophisticated health care. They have a survival rate for this disease I would not extrapolate to the rest of the world. What you’ve seen in Italy and Iran is that a lot of people are dying.

[1] https://www.vox.com/2020/3/2/21161067/coronavirus-covid19-ch...

The more that comes out about China's response, the more I fear that it will be hard for anyone else to follow, and not just or primarily due to the severe quarantine. China snapped its fingers and went to a wartime footing.