Thread by @DrDenaGrayson, Nee model shows—if @realDonaldTrump had enacted #PhysicalDistancing 2 weeks earlier than @CDCgov [...]

Dena Grayson, MD, PhD

DrDenaGrayson

Nee model shows—if @realDonaldTrump had enacted #PhysicalDistancing 2 weeks earlier than @CDCgov finally did—90% of #COVID19 deaths could have been prevented.

As I warned: in the face of this highly contagious #coronavirus, INACTION = more people DIE

On 3/16, the WH recommended #PhysicalDistancing. ~90% of the cumulative #COVID19 deaths in the US could’ve been prevented by acting 2 weeks earlier, when there were only 11 deaths. If imposed 1 week earlier on 3/9, ~60% of deaths could’ve been avoided.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/14/opinion/covid-social-distancing.html

Opinion | The Huge Cost of Waiting to Contain the Pandemic

As the numbers show, the timing of social distancing can have an enormous impact on death tolls.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/14/opinion/covid-social-distancing.html

Dr. Tony Fauci told @CNNSotu: “Obviously, you could logically say that if you had a process that was ongoing and you started mitigation earlier, you could have saved lives,” but “there was a lot of pushback about shutting things” early in the outbreak.

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https://twitter.com/drdenagrayson/status/1249350914743427074?s=21

Starting in late February, I repeatedly called for lockdowns, finally writing this piece in the Boston @GlobeOpinion.

In the face of a this highly contagious deadly #coronavirus, INACTION = more people DIE.

#COVID19 #CoronavirusPandemic
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