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The U.S. doesn’t just need to flatten the curve. It needs to “raise the line” (Vox)

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Covid-19 deaths in the US have risen dramatically, and experts warn the coming days and weeks will be extremely grim. “This is going to be the hardest and the saddest week of most Americans’ lives, quite frankly,” U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams said on Fox News Sunday.

After failing to avert the Covid-19 crisis or offering a coherent response or plan to end it, the Trump administration is resigned to a prediction of 100,000 or more total deaths from the coronavirus.

As of April 7, there were nearly 11,000 reported deaths nationwide, and many experts say that’s actually an undercount. A steep rise is now expected, particularly in hot spots like New York, New Jersey, Louisiana, and Michigan…

To read the entire article from Vox, click https://www.vox.com/2020/4/7/21201260/coronavirus-usa-chart-mask-shortage-ventilators-flatten-the-curve