Coronavirus spreads. But don't panic! (topical thread)

[Alan V]

CNN

An additional 100,000 more people will die from coronavirus by September, said Dr. Ashish Jha, director of the Harvard Global Health Institute.

According to the news this morning, this is a conservative rather than a worst-case projection.

If true, one bright side will be the undeniable fact that this administration has pushed for this result so that his economics numbers will help his election.  ...  They are not only going bury more people but further screw the economy when further restrictions become necessary in order to ever get to a point where we can try to open sensibly.

I was just reading this:

CNN

President Donald Trump is getting what he wants: The country is opening up come what may, despite alarming indications that the coronavirus pandemic is intensifying its assault.

Trump says the virus is now reduced to just the "embers" and "ashes" of a spent pandemic as patience for nationwide lock downs fades and states aggressively open up.

The facts say the opposite. Another 1,299 Americans died on Tuesday and more than 112,000 people in the US have died from the disease. There are now more than 2 million confirmed cases in the United States.