"Months, not weeks." that's the phrase that went bouncing around in my head all day.
Modeled scenarios I've seen for spread of #COVID19 in US (eg nyti.ms/2wSDnro) dont have us past peak infections until summer, and later if we successfully in to flattening the curve.
Modeled scenarios I've seen for spread of #COVID19 in US (eg nyti.ms/2wSDnro) dont have us past peak infections until summer, and later if we successfully in to flattening the curve.
The paradox: the better we are at maintaining social distance -- work from home, closed schools, kids kept from play dates, no dinner parties, etc -- the longer until we're past peak infections. The better we do, the less "severe" things will seem, making it harder to maintain.
But the difference between a peak of infections in July vs Sept is the difference between an overloaded medical system or one that can keep pace with the strain, and literally 100s of thousands of lives saved.
So I guess it's time to figure out how to best settle in to a "new normal" that may last for the next ~6 months.
I don't know what that's going to look like yet. We are in unprecedented times.
But we have to come together as a community by, paradoxically, staying apart.
I don't know what that's going to look like yet. We are in unprecedented times.
But we have to come together as a community by, paradoxically, staying apart.
