What a surprise, the numbers are starting to slow down thanks to extreme measures and we're back to, it's not as bad as the flu lol. When did the flu ever kill 2.2 million people in the US in one year...
@NightlyPoe Did Social distancing in the US start on March 11th? That's news to me. March 11th is when Trump suspended travel from 26 European countries (excluding the UK) Nothing about social distancing on US soil yet. Lock down orders started on March 22nd
https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-pandemic-timeline-history-major-events-2020-3
It's only been 1.5 weeks since half of Americans have been under stay at home orders.
Now it has been extended until the end of April
https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2020/0330/Trump-extends-social-distancing-rules-states-push-quarantines
https://www.forbes.com/sites/greatspeculations/2020/04/01/us-covid-19-cases-could-peak-around-720k-as-social-distancing-guidelines-extended/#3e020d336dd1
Expected to rise to 720K cases and 100k deaths with the current measures in place.
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