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Pandemic Is Overwhelming U.S. Public Health Capacity In Many States. What Now?
https://www.npr.org/sections/health...ublic-health-capacity-in-many-states-what-now
When the coronavirus pandemic began, public health experts had high hopes for the United States. After all, the U.S. literally invented the tactics that have been used for decades to quash outbreaks around the world: Quickly identify everyone who gets infected. Track down everyone exposed to the virus. Test everyone. Isolate the sick and quarantine the exposed to stop the virus from spreading.
The hope was that a wealthy country like the United States would deploy those tried-and-true measures to rapidly contain the virus — like quickly dousing every ember from a campfire to keep it from erupting into a forest fire.
Today, that hope has been extinguished — not the fire. A return to more restrictive shutdowns of businesses and public gatherings is likely necessary in many places, public health leaders say, to bring the number of cases low enough that "test, trace and isolate" can be used to douse epidemic embers.
"Right now we are experiencing a national forest fire of COVID that is readily consuming any human wood that's available to burn," says
Michael Osterholm, director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota.
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https://www.npr.org/sections/health...ublic-health-capacity-in-many-states-what-now
When the coronavirus pandemic began, public health experts had high hopes for the United States. After all, the U.S. literally invented the tactics that have been used for decades to quash outbreaks around the world: Quickly identify everyone who gets infected. Track down everyone exposed to the virus. Test everyone. Isolate the sick and quarantine the exposed to stop the virus from spreading.
The hope was that a wealthy country like the United States would deploy those tried-and-true measures to rapidly contain the virus — like quickly dousing every ember from a campfire to keep it from erupting into a forest fire.
Today, that hope has been extinguished — not the fire. A return to more restrictive shutdowns of businesses and public gatherings is likely necessary in many places, public health leaders say, to bring the number of cases low enough that "test, trace and isolate" can be used to douse epidemic embers.
"Right now we are experiencing a national forest fire of COVID that is readily consuming any human wood that's available to burn," says
Michael Osterholm, director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota.
(More at above url)
'American Catastrophe: How Did We Get Here?': 5 key takeaways
https://abcnews.go.com/Health/american-catastrophe-key-takeaways/story?id=72010774
Tens of thousands dead. Millions more infected. An economy crippled. How did we get here?
When an outbreak of the novel coronavirus emerged late last year in Wuhan, China, few could have imagined the depth of its devastation. The virus crossed borders and oceans, eventually spreading throughout the United States and forever reshaping the lives of those left in its wake.
Now, months later, a wide-ranging ABC News investigation examines the evolution of the global pandemic through extensive interviews with current and former public health and national security officials.
Their collective voice tells the story of a viral infection that exposed gaps in leadership that left millions of Americans vulnerable.
Here are five key takeaways from the ABC News investigation:
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https://abcnews.go.com/Health/american-catastrophe-key-takeaways/story?id=72010774
Tens of thousands dead. Millions more infected. An economy crippled. How did we get here?
When an outbreak of the novel coronavirus emerged late last year in Wuhan, China, few could have imagined the depth of its devastation. The virus crossed borders and oceans, eventually spreading throughout the United States and forever reshaping the lives of those left in its wake.
Now, months later, a wide-ranging ABC News investigation examines the evolution of the global pandemic through extensive interviews with current and former public health and national security officials.
Their collective voice tells the story of a viral infection that exposed gaps in leadership that left millions of Americans vulnerable.
Here are five key takeaways from the ABC News investigation:
(More at above url)
Not even close. Death rates have been going down. Infection rates do not matter as a lot of those testing positive are asymptomatic who suffer little if any effects of Corona Virus. Most do not know they have it and have gotten cured on their own. In California, there are just 4 new deaths.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/coronavirus/country/united-states/
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/coronavirus/country/united-states/
Deaths are going down.... explain that to the people in Florida.
He said "death rates" are going down. As in the deaths per 1m populace. And Florida ranks 24 out of 50 in that regard.
Any data on cases coming out of this admin is now compromised BS
What? Are you drunk? More people have died in New York 32,710 and New Jersey 15,889 compared to Florida 6,119. Even California which was shutdown because of recent infections had only 4 recent deaths?
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/coronavirus/country/united-states/
So tell us how many deaths were reported in Florida today? Does it represent deaths going up or down in the state for Florida?
So, what does that prove? 184 deaths? That it is going up or down? Doesn't prove anything. Most states had no new deaths per the Real Clear Politics website.