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Covid-19 could kill 2,900 Americans a day in December, researchers say. Here's why, and how you can make fall and winter better
CNN Digital Expansion Shoot, Holly Yan
By Holly Yan, CNN
Updated 1:25 PM ET, Mon October 5, 2020
As cases rise, experts concerned about coming flu season
(CNN)The last time Americans faced a fall and winter like this, World War I was just ending.
A months-long pandemic exploded in the fall of 1918, killing 195,000 Americans in just the month of October.
Fast-forward 102 years, and the US is on track for another devastating fall and winter. By the end of December, Covid-19 could kill more than 2,900 people a day in the US, according to projections Monday from the University of Washington's Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation.
But it doesn't have to be that way. With a smart approach to these cold-weather months, researchers say you can defy their grim projections.
Why is the fall / winter outlook so bad?
Health experts say colder weather, the flu season, reopened schools and pandemic fatigue are a recipe for the most difficult months yet in the fight against coronavirus. Here's why:
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https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/05/health/fall-winter-covid-19-surge-impact/index.html
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Covid-19 could kill 2,900 Americans a day in December... (Original Post)
babylonsister
Oct 2020
OP
Florida will be a key indicator and will be obvious in next 3-4 weeks, and BEFORE the election
beachbumbob
Oct 2020
#3
FoxNewsSucks
(10,434 posts)1. A 9/11 every day.
And MF45 calls it his "blessing from God".
Newest Reality
(12,712 posts)2. It really resembles...
It really resembles a biblical curse, if one is using that mode of reference.
beachbumbob
(9,263 posts)3. Florida will be a key indicator and will be obvious in next 3-4 weeks, and BEFORE the election
how this "2nd Wave" is going to impact. DeSantis has thrown the people in Florida to the wolves 2 weeks ago between taking off restriction and forcing in-class schooling on all public schools and colleges with few exceptions