Tuesday, May 5, 2020

U.S. Sees Reasons for Hope in Fight Against COVID-19

Sunday and Monday saw a considerable drop in deaths (WorldoMeters/OurWorldinData).  President Trump said Americans are “starting to feel good now” (NY Post).  

rom Dr. Scott Gottlieb: Mitigation clearly flattened curve, which was its primary goal; saved lives, preserved healthcare system. But many expected the plateau to start declining. Yet we’ve been at a persistent about 30K cases, 2K deaths daily for more than month (Twitter). 

A story by Sean Trende notes “No states are on anything resembling an exponential growth trajectory, almost all states are past a peak, and most states are substantially so.”  Later: “But in the meantime, there seems to have been a subtle shift in the discourse. Some of this has been a refusal to update prior assumptions – some people seem to believe not much has changed since early March – but other analysts have subtly moved from “bend the curve” to what we might call “crush the curve.” Under the latter approach, rather than looking to keep hospitals from becoming overwhelmed, which raises the fatality rate, we should look to avoid all fatalities” (Real Clear Politics). 

And the Washington Post seems nothing short of angry that the country is opening up (Washington Post).  

The social distance police are still out there enjoying their power (Washington Examiner). 

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