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Just a quick follow-up on this morning’s post urging you to cancel everything and stay home as much as possible.
Today, Dr. Anthony Fauci told Congress that America is “failing” to test at the levels necessary to track and mitigate the coronavirus pandemic.
Today, NYC has declared a state of emergency for what Mayor de Blasio says “could easily be a six-month crisis.”
Just this evening, President Obama tweeted this article from Vox:
As Eliza Barclay and Dylan Scott write:
A disastrous inundation of hospitals can likely be averted with protective measures we’re now seeing more of — closing schools, canceling mass gatherings, working from home, self-quarantine, self-isolation, avoiding crowds — to keep the virus from spreading fast.
Young, healthy people are not at the same risk from COVID-19 as older Americans and those with pre-existing conditions. But everyone—young, old and in-between— can play a part in helping slow down the rate of transmission.
Right now—and especially because symptoms can be spread by people before they show symptoms—we the people need to take immediate, drastic action to “flatten the curve” as much as possible. Cancel everything now. Before our hospitals get overwhelmed. Before doctors must start deciding who lives and who dies.
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