Published in the Hill, Saturday April 11, 2020
While the number of cases in hard-hit areas like New York, New Orleans and Detroit may slump, the virus will find new fuel in other areas. On Thursday, at least a dozen states reported their highest one-day case counts. They included both states like Massachusetts, Minnesota and Colorado, which took early and aggressive steps to enforce social distancing rules, and states like Alabama, Arizona, Iowa and Texas, where governors resisted early calls to order lockdowns.
“This is a four-quarter game. We’re probably now getting to be toward the latter part of the first quarter. New York City is in the middle of the second quarter. Asia is getting past halftime, and Europe may be at halftime,” said Clay Marsh, the vice president and executive dean for health sciences at West Virginia University, who has been tapped to lead his state’s coronavirus response team.
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“We know that when we come back out of this, rejoin each other, then we’re going to have to do that with some caution and some thought and we’re going to have to look at physical distancing, and we’re probably going to be wearing masks,” Marsh said.