The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said Tuesday that seven recent computer models show COVID-19-related deaths will indeed rise in coming months. How many people will succumb depends largely on how well the general public practices “contact reduction,” AKA, no hugs, no kisses, no handshakes, while maintaining a six-foot distance from all but your immediate family.
Computer models that include strong contact reduction “suggests deaths will continue to occur over the coming months, but will slow substantially over the next four weeks,” according to the CDC. Even the good news (with strong contact reduction) shows the death rate at ...