Friday, July 24, 2020

COVID19 Update - Day 136

US Tests: 49,724,808*
US Cases: 4,092,928*
US Deaths: 137,655*
Worldwide Cases: 15,672,841*
Worldwide Deaths: 638,352*

* - Numbers are a lower bound.  True numbers are being suppressed by the Trump administration

Trump and his administration are a failure.  But don't take my word for it:
More than 150 prominent US medical experts, scientists, teachers, nurses and others have signed a letter urging political leaders to shut down the country and start over to contain the surging coronavirus pandemic.

"The best thing for the nation is not to reopen as quickly as possible, it's to save as many lives as possible," they wrote in the document, which was sent Thursday to the Trump administration, leading members of Congress and state governors.

"Right now, we are on a path to lose more than 200,000 American lives by November 1st. Yet, in many states people can drink in bars, get a haircut, eat inside a restaurant, get a tattoo, get a massage, and do myriad other normal, pleasant, but non-essential activities."

Their recommendations come as the United States crossed the 4 million mark on Thursday, with at least 4,028,741 cases of coronavirus and 144,072 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University's count.

Covid-19 "will end up as a Top 10 leading cause of death" this year, statisticians from US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention predicted in a Thursday email to CNN.
150 medical experts asking for a do-over is hardly a ringing endorsement of Trump's leadership. 

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