Thread by @edyong209, I wrote about how to reopen the country, what the summer and [...]

I wrote about how to reopen the country, what the summer and the rest of 2020 will bring, why we need to stop banking on things returning to ‘normal’, and what the US needs to urgently do to steel itself for the next phases of the coronavirus pandemic. https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/04/pandemic-summer-coronavirus-reopening-back-normal/609940/

The fight against the coronavirus won’t be over when the U.S. reopens. Here’s how the nation must prepare itself.

This new piece is a sequel to last month’s story about how the pandemic will end. 2/ https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/03/how-will-coronavirus-end/608719/

The U.S. may end up with the worst COVID-19 outbreak in the industrialized world. This is how it’s going to play out.

One of the most common questions I got after that was: What exactly does the medium-term future look like? Here’s a 5000-word answer. 3/ https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/04/pandemic-summer-coronavirus-reopening-back-normal/609940/

The fight against the coronavirus won’t be over when the U.S. reopens. Here’s how the nation must prepare itself.

It covers: obstacles to widespread testing; challenges for hospitals after cases peak; the case for carefully lifting social-distancing restrictions; treatments; the problems with immunity tests; the need for psychological resilience; and more. 4/ https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/04/pandemic-summer-coronavirus-reopening-back-normal/609940/

The fight against the coronavirus won’t be over when the U.S. reopens. Here’s how the nation must prepare itself.

I'll let you read it. But one thing: I’ve written that in dealing with diseases, the US cycles through panic & neglect. The big risk now is that we'll dive headfirst into neglect *before the panic bit is even finished.* Here’s how to avoid that. /End https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/04/pandemic-summer-coronavirus-reopening-back-normal/609940/

The fight against the coronavirus won’t be over when the U.S. reopens. Here’s how the nation must prepare itself.

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