A lot of people focused solely on the models, but we can look at actual data by now. We've gone from 1K to 16K deaths in 2 weeks. That's the type of exponential growth that would have continued without drastic action and behavior changes.

People downplaying this threat are intentionally misleading their audiences into thinking we could have just done nothing and had similar results. It isn't true.

There is a lot of economic harm that comes with our mitigation efforts, but indisputable we saved many lives.

Further, their proposed strategy was unlikely to have less economic impact because if you had millions being infected over a short time and massive deaths, you'd have the same shutdown later in the cycle.

We are facing an unprecedented threat. We can win, but not by ignoring it.

I'll be the first one to say there needs to be a balance between the economic threat and the health threat. We need to find a solution to both, but it's not a choice between dealing with one or the other. We must find a solution to both.