There is a growing sense in the U.S. that the epidemic is now unstoppable. Each state, city and rural area has their own crisis. Hot spots can suddenly turn up anywhere. A small outbreak in Alaska has been one of the country’s fastest-spreading for three weeks, while transmission in Texas and Arizona has slowed.
Perhaps 10% of the infected account for 80% of new cases. Unpredictable super spreading events in nursing homes, meatpacking plants, churches and bars are major drivers of the epidemic.
Contact tracing is moot, there are too many cases to track.
None of the medicines for which hopes were once high (AIDS drugs, antivirals and malaria drugs) have proved to be cures. Experts familiar with vaccine and drug manufacturing are disappointed that, thus far, only dexamethasone and remdesivir have proved to be effective treatments, and they are limited to special circumstances.
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