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Pandemic ‘Headed in the Wrong Direction at Top Speed’
Ostrich-like federal response blamed as new cases soar
The Covid-19 pandemic in the United States is no longer a potential disaster looming on the horizon. It’s a full-blown national crisis that has forced even the most reluctant governors to tacitly admit their failure to recognize the seriousness of the problem and increase efforts to contain a virus that experts now say is totally out of control, all while the White House has offered virtually no help at all, critics charge.
Scientists who know what will happen next, if something serious isn’t done soon to slow the spread, are sounding alarm bells like never before.
“The acceleration of outbreaks in a number of states is very serious. This should be our number one national priority right now,” says Caitlin Rivers, PhD, an epidemiologist at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security and assistant professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. “We are headed in the wrong direction at top speed.”
