The Next, Terrible Phase of This Crisis
After cancellation comes triage.
For months, health experts on the front lines of the battle against COVID-19 told the world to prepare. The coronavirus is not like influenza, they warned. It is highly transmissible, and far deadlier. It shuts down entire cities, as happened in Wuhan, China, and entire countries, as is happening now in Italy. Instead of heeding these warnings while there was time to halt the contagion, the American government downplayed the risks, and the president offered empty reassurances. “It’s going to disappear,” he said, “like a miracle.”
Absent leadership, many are” strategy can only slow the spread of this disease. It will not stop it.
