Let's review:

1/ We have very little idea what positive tests mean (we're over 300,000, but they rise more or less linearly with the number we conduct - does that mean the epidemic is spreading or we're just running more tests?)
2/ We have very little idea why the regional differences in the ratio of positive tests to hospitalizations/deaths (both among states and internationally) are so profound and persistent...
3/ We have very little real-world evidence (if any) that lockdowns slow transmission, at least over any period short enough to reduce health-system strain - in fact, @DrMikeRyan of @WHO acknowledges that they mostly seem to push it inside families...
4/ The most prominent models we've created don't seem to work at all and in fact have blown up in days after their release, producing hospitalization estimates that far outstrip reality...
5/ And @CDCgov has now issued death coding rules that mean that #COVID death counts in the United States are likely be wildly higher than similar counts for other respiratory infections, making the epidemic look far deadlier than flu epidemics, whatever the reality...
6/ And in the face of all of this uncertainty, instead of considering backing off on the lockdown measures that have closed schools and at this point probably put close to 20,000,000 Americans out of work, we are doubling down and looking to lengthen them.

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