Many of us remember 9/11. Similarly, Covid-19 will shape our world for the next decade and beyond.

Today, the ever-optimistic Trump acknowledged that covid-19 could kill as many as 100,000 Americans. (The truth is no one knows, but that’s the best estimate we have.) If we stay below that, according to Trump, we will have done a “very good job.”

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2020/03/29/politics/trump-deaths-coronavirus/index.html

For comparison’s sake:

—seasonal flu deaths in America this year are estimated at 20,000 thus far.

—The H1N1 (“swine flu”) virus killed roughly 12,500 Americans. (2009)

—The SARS virus killed about 300 people worldwide and 0 Americans. (2003)

—Spanish Influenza, the worst outbreak in our modern history, killed an estimated 675,000 Americans. (1918-1919)

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.news4jax.com/health/2020/03/29/100000-us-deaths-from-covid-19-how-does-that-compare-to-sars-swine-flu-and-other-pandemics/%3foutputType=amp

—And 2,605 U.S. citizens died in the 9/11 attacks.

Remarkable candor from our President

A telltale sign things are very bad, and if patterns hold true, then in the end it may be even worse than that

I don't see how. The number of cases, while increasing, was expected, and is likely still under counted. This means the death rate is overstated. Also, there have been Nationwide efforts to combat the spread and "flatten the curve" (so tired reading that catch phrase) ahead of what is expected to be the peak.

We cope fine, with the understanding we all but certainly don't have the full story yet.

For either.

WWIII is not what we need right now