Yep. The gradual slowing in daily growth of new cases and fatalities is directly related to, and contingent on, containment actions and behaviors. Those actions stopped a future that was rushing toward us. The big concern is that the virus may be more patient than we are. pic.twitter.com/nPNLeQAA4W
— John P. Hussman (@hussmanjp) April 8, 2020
Part of a thread on a new CDC analysis. Takehome message is that SARS-CoV-2 is really infectious, much more so than influenza strains and common colds. It's more on the level of the persistent scourges of humanity, like smallpox and polio. t.co/Y8PqHmMvB5
— Max Kennerly (@MaxKennerly) April 8, 2020
A top Yale University doctor is suggesting Americans should get used to the idea of wearing face masks well into next year to curtail COVID-19 spread. t.co/SLvJs6OMZw
— AccuWeather (@accuweather) April 8, 2020
I think people are going to be really disappointed with these results t.co/prsWqcwFmE
— Aaron J. Courtney (@FOHMaster) April 8, 2020
#covid-19 anti-body testing now up & running at @MayoClinic. Key questions – how protective is that immunity & how durable? And does having antibodies allow you to go safely back into society? Dr. William Morice, President @mayocliniclabs joins @firstmove with the answers. pic.twitter.com/Bw7Rl2OxwM
— Julia Chatterley (@jchatterleyCNN) April 7, 2020
this is Bangladesh
In all of these places there is no "social distancing" possible. There is no tool available to slow the spread. pic.twitter.com/6mOdKs4opd— Stop touching your face, Justin (@Trumpery45) April 8, 2020
Probability of recession 100% – BBG
yield curve 🌡 pic.twitter.com/ine8PXFrq5
— A.Urban (@AlessioUrban) April 8, 2020
‘By December, we are going to go through this again’
As the United States faces down the dual crises of the Covid-19 pandemic and a widespread shortage of medical supplies and equipment, Dr. Janis Orlowski is working 13-15 hours a day trying to mitigate the damage.
As the chief health care officer of the Association of American Medical Colleges, she talks with senior government officials daily. She listens to the concerns of some of the biggest hospitals in the country — the shortages of masks and ventilators and ICU beds and doctors and nurses. And she’s sober-minded about the weeks and months ahead.
“I believe that we’re going to return to a semi-normal life at the end of May — Memorial Day,” Dr. Orlowski said in an interview for a special coronavirus-focused episode of POLITICO’s Women Rule podcast. “But the other thing that I would say is that we have to prepare ourselves to go through a similar exercise in the fall, in the late fall. If you take a look at the 1918-1919 influenza pandemic, and if you take a look at how coronavirus is acting, this is not just the winter and spring of 2020. Probably late November, by December, we are going to go through this again.
On Monday, Dr. Orlowski spoke with POLITICO’s Anna Palmer. What follows are excerpts of that interview, edited for length and readability. For more, listen to the interview on the newest episode of Women Rule.
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UK house sales expected to drop to lowest level in 20 years t.co/aXqXbpSaet
— Financial Times (@FT) April 8, 2020
FRANCE'S NATIONAL LOCKDOWN WILL BE EXTENDED BEYOND APRIL 15 – PRESIDENTIAL PALACE
— *Walter Bloomberg (@DeItaOne) April 8, 2020
BREAKING: 1.5 million confirmed cases of coronavirus worldwide, death toll approaching 90,000 t.co/ACTvkkQ0g2
— BNO Newsroom (@BNODesk) April 8, 2020
Coronavirus timeline:
– January 19: 100 cases
– January 24: 1,000 cases
– February 12: 50,000 cases
– March 6: 100,000 cases
– March 18: 200,000 cases
– March 26: 500,000 cases
– April 2: 1,000,000 cases
– April 8: 1,500,000 cases— BNO Newsroom (@BNODesk) April 8, 2020