Yearly US deaths:
Uninsurance:
– under Trump: 60,000
– under BidenCare: 10,000
– with #MedicareForAll: 0
COVID19:
– no social distancing: 1,500,000
– voluntary social distancing: 500,000
– lockdown: 150,000
We need a #COVID19LockdownNow, and we're #SaferWithSanders later.
These are all estimates from modeling, which is limited and combining models is admittedly less than ideal, I'm basing this off of modeling from @IDMOD_ORG and from...
... @CDCgov modeling on worst case scenarios to have a sense of what the ceiling is. And...
nymag.com/intelligencer/…
... it's admittedly hard to make assumptions for the different rates of contact reduction for some combinations of:
– voluntary social distancing
– local mandated school/events/public space closures
– local lockdowns
– more widespread lockdowns
But...
... we don't have time for perfect data or assumptions.
The critical moment is here.
The window of opportunity for more effective early lockdowns is closing.
The estimated lives saved are gigantic.
We can't be reluctant when so much is at stake.
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