Italy has been under a nationwide lockdown for about four weeks and the country has begun to flatten the curve. "It is fair to say, some form of social distancing will be required until we have a vaccine or effective treatment identified," Morrato said. On March 16, 2020, the Trump administration released a 15-day plan to slow the spread of the coronavirus in the US. "Look, we have to make a very tough calculation here about how much, how long we can keep this economy from functioning, because if we don't, the carnage to our economy people's lives might be greater than the health risk of putting people back on the job," Moore explained in an interview with NPR. How Trump Decided To Extend Social Distancing Guidelines : NPR - NPR.org To comply, many states have temporarily closed public schools, and many businesses have advised employees to work from home if possible. [17], By 2021, the phrase "flatten the curve" had largely fallen out of medical messaging etymology.[18][19]. Even Disney World and Disneyland are set to close. "Within 48, 72 hours, thousands of people around the Philadelphia region started to die," Harris notes. "I haven't seen my friends, I haven't seen anybody. "Unfortunately, it's not. For the latest coronavirus case total and death toll, see. The redder the background, the bigger the upward trend of new cases in this state. Flattening the curve will work as the basic premise is simply to slow the spread so the number of people needing hospital care remains below that countries ability to provide it. We're going to be opening up our country, and we're going to be watching certain areas," he said, suggesting that parts of the country with fewer cases of the virus could resume normal economic activity. It all started with UK PM talk on the herd immunity and flattening the curve. "Pennsylvanians have sacrificed a year of celebrating holidays, birthdays and other life events without their friends, family and loved ones," Barton said. It's done, over, finished. On March 26, the country passed China to rise to the top of . April 3, 2020 12:19 PM EDT. YouTubes privacy policy is available here and YouTubes terms of service is available here. November:Cases rise again as cold weather drives more people indoorsthe U.S. begins to break records for daily cases/deaths. The Trump administration has released a 15-day plan to slow the spread of the coronavirus in the US. We can look toward May as month when we carefully transition to new posture. Thankfully, they'll all miss. "Simply put, 15 days is not enough to address so much of what we were facing in March 2020 and this plan really reveals an administration and national plan that was quite superficial in response," Popescu said in an email. For instance, health officials at first insisted that masks wouldn't help the general public, since there was so little knowledge on whether the virus was transmitted on surfaces or through the air. "But it is tough because we can't fully express ourselves. That infection rate, scary as it sounds, hides just how much the out-of control virus has spread, especially in the hardest-hit communities. This total economic shutdown will kill people.". She added that early on, officials should have acted more swiftly when cases were detected to prevent spread through the closure of businesses. The next day in the briefing room, Trump had a new message. Though public-health officials view social distancing as a necessary measure to contain the outbreak, work-from-home and no-travel rules are already having a profound effect on the national economy. hide caption. "With several of weeks of focused action we can turn the tide and turn it quickly.". But there were also communication issues, she said, and the politicization of the virus. "Truly, for many of us in public health, this was a red flag an indication that the administration had an unrealistic view of pandemic control measures and was not aware of the reality a pandemic cannot be solved in 15 days and any strategy needs to include a serious amount of work resource, and personnel," she added.
