Thread by @PeterHotez

I believe this week’s #COVID19 numbers will portend what’s in store for our nation later this fall winter. I believe we might have forestalled this had I been successful in persuading the POTUS and White House CoV Task Force to adopt my Oct 1 Plan, instead they denied deflected

Ideally we could have delayed the surge long enough maybe until Feb March as vaccines became available. Of course that assumes vaccines will be available by then and we don’t know that for sure

In any case looks like the train 🚂 is coming, not helped by a White House in denial, accelerating disinformation. It will be a rough fall and winter, advising to install now your social distancing team for next few months, look after mental health. Things will improve by spring

Next year at this time our quality of life will be much better. It’s a matter of protecting you and family for this upcoming November to March period, try to avoid solitude, but maintain your social distancing unit, secure access to mental health counseling, make a plan

We might also experience some post-election violence or turmoil and potential foreign cyber attacks from wherever they come from...