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We are lucky that we don’t have a U-shaped fatality curve like the spanish flu.
Also, states need testing regimes and plans in place to handle millions of tests per day.
tl;dr: We are learning a lot! Lack of preparedness is not a <5 year story.
You mean W-shaped. Regular flu is U-shapped. Covid is more of a ᜴
We are lucky that we don’t have a U-shaped fatality curve like the spanish flu.
Also, states need testing regimes and plans in place to handle millions of tests per day.
tl;dr: We are learning a lot! Lack of preparedness is not a <5 year story.