1) This "all is lost" NYT story is a stunning reminder of how the press keeps moving the goalposts to other planets. The lede says it is finally "dawning" on Americans that the "epidemic is now unstoppable" nytimes.com/2020/07/29/hea…
2)We've failed at "contact tracing"; a vaccine won't arrive in time; doctors are in "shock." How can we have done so "poorly" it asks, with such "wealth and medical talent"? One explanation? : "National hubris and belief in American exceptionalism."
3)Now let's reread CDC's statement from mid-March: "CDC expects that widespread transmission of COVID-19 in the United States will occur. In the coming months, most of the U.S. population will be exposed to this virus."
If anyone is surprised that we haven't "stopped" the virus, it is only because press keeps ignoring science and misinforming the public. It's a pandemic (definition: a disease prevalent all over a country or world). Let's focus on treatment/response/management.
