You are right that our number of deaths is low, but what would they have been without social distancing, face masks, expanded medical responses, etc.? The number of deaths could have easily exceeded those flu numbers. Look at Italy, France, China, even Japan. We need to get businesses open as soon as it is safely possible, and everyone wants to get back to normal activities. If we could get our federal government to procure the number and types of testing necessary, we could start returning to normal almost immediately. To ask 50 governors to individually deal with Chinese and European suppliers for tests and testing supplies is absurd. They are bidding against each other and against other countries. The federal government needs to provide what is required for testing. If the political parties would quit worrying about the next election, and start doing their job, we would all get back to normal sooner.
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