Ever since experts began calling for social distancing to reduce transmission of the respiratory virus, people in the United States have demonstrated they were listening. The response is all the more remarkable given the absence of credible leadership from President Trump. ADADOr at least, beginning to navigate the crisis — because this is only the early start of the challenge. A looming danger is that the covid-19 illness will swamp hospitals in the United States, as it has in Italy and China. There’s no way to know how long the test will last, but we have the capacity, as a nation and a society, to make it through.

Source: Washington Post March 13, 2020 20:51 UTC