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Very admirable candor from @CDCDirector here:

- COVID19 likely to persist beyond this season
- Not at all under control
- Community transmission is likely
- May become endemic like seasonal flu
- But we lack the kind of countermeasures we have for flu edition.cnn.com/2020/02/13/hea…
@CDCDirector In perspective: best available data suggest this virus is ~2x as transmissible as flu and ~10-20x as deadly. Community transmission could be extremely dangerous.

@CGDev and expert colleagues propose priority measures here:
@CDCDirector @CGDev Over the past few days there has been a distinct shift in USG messaging on COVID19 - no longer "risk to the US is low." Much more frankness on what could be coming - very constructive. Kudos.
What I still do wish they’d say more explicitly is that this is the bat-signal (pun definitely intended) to frontline health systems to begin gearing up for a coming surge. And that Congress should urgently pony up money to facilitate that.
* (In case it wasn't clear, the 10-20x CFR is compared to seasonal flu, not pandemic flu)
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