* Dr. Anthony Fauci testified today that the death rate from COVID-19 is 10x that if the normal flu.
* Dr. Brian Monahan, attending physician to Congress & SCOTUS, held a closed-door meeting for Senate staff yesterday. 1/
* Let's take low-end estimates--70 million cases w/a 1% death rate (10x the normal flu). 2/
* That number rises dramatically if there are more than 70 million infections, or if the death rate is more than 1%. 3/
* Because of the awful Trump regime testing response, we have no idea how many people in the US already have the coronavirus.
* A conservative epidemiological estimate is 2,000 cases. 4/
* At that rate, by around May 11, there will be over 11million cases
* By May 16, it's almost 23 million
* By May 21, 45.5 million
* By May 26, 91 million cases 5/
* A vaccine for it won't be ready until 2021
* COVID-19 is a form of SARS, and kills (mostly people over 60 & the immune-compromised) through a vicious pneumonia leading to respiratory failure. 6/
* The US has led that parade. A hyper-partisan US administration spent six weeks of valuable planning & response time declaring it a "hoax" by the President's "enemies". 7/
* The best defense is keeping 6 ft from others, scrupulous hand washing, disinfecting all touched surfaces, & N95 or above-rated masks. 8/
* This won't go away this month, or next. Make long-term plans now
* While COVID-19 is exceptionally virulent, 99% of people who catch it won't die. 9/
* We have to hope Federal officials develop a competent response. So far, there's no sign of that. 10/-end