The virus is winning

So how do we escape this mess? 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To me that’s a reflection of how badly the Trump administration has flubbed the coronavirus response. About half of states are now easing restrictions and reopening, and I understand that impulse: People are impatient, and many families are desperate to earn an income. A new study finds that young children in one in six households do not have enough to eat. Imagine that you’re a day laborer with hungry kids, and the government checks haven’t arrived: What are you going to do? Depending on the part of the country, it may make sense to ease some restrictions, particularly in areas of the country with few cases and particularly involving the outdoors. Epidemiologists tell me that the risks of allowing people outside to parks and beaches are small and probably worth it. But the problem is that to ease up safely, we need testing and contact tracing — and we still don’t have it. [My column today](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRgldSaP0TYaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMC8wNS8wNi9vcGluaW9uL2Nvcm9uYXZpcnVzLXVzLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NDUmZW1jPWVkaXRfbmtfMjAyMDA1MDcmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTgyNzcmbmw9bmljaG9sYXMta3Jpc3RvZiZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MjY3NjQmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCgApmk-zXlwNZX9SG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) argues that we continue to bungle the coronavirus response — we’ve just spent five weeks floundering, with new cases hovering between 25,000 and 30,000 a day, although partly that’s a function of increased testing — and I’m afraid that May will be a lost month as well. One new study cited in my column foresees a rebound in deaths late this month in response to the easing of restrictions. In two months, we’ve already lost more Americans to the coronavirus than died in the Vietnam, Gulf, Afghanistan and Iraq wars, and this is just the beginning. Michael Osterholm, an epidemiologist at the University of Minnesota, told me that we’re in the second inning, and we could have a second wave in the fall that swamps anything so far. Osterholm, by the way, heard the other day that the White House was “ramping up” the Covid-19 task force, and he was elated. Finally, we were going to tackle the issue more seriously. Then he realized that he had misheard, and the task force was “wrapping up,” not “ramping up.” “I was shocked,” he told me. President Trump today said that he wasn’t closing down the task force after all, but the episode underscored the disarray of America’s coronavirus response. I’m afraid that for now the virus is winning. 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Back in January and February, I wrote a [couple of columns](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRgldSaP0TmaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMC8wMS8yOS9vcGluaW9uL2Nvcm9uYXZpcnVzLWNoaW5hLWdvdmVybm1lbnQuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD00NSZlbWM9ZWRpdF9ua18yMDIwMDUwNyZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xODI3NyZubD1uaWNob2xhcy1rcmlzdG9mJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0yNjc2NCZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKACmaT7NeXA1lf1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA) very critical of China’s initial response in Wuhan to the coronavirus, and about its efforts to[muzzle doctors](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRgldSaP0TiaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMC8wMi8xNS9vcGluaW9uL3N1bmRheS9jaGluYS1jb3JvbmF2aXJ1cy5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTQ1JmVtYz1lZGl0X25rXzIwMjAwNTA3Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTE4Mjc3Jm5sPW5pY2hvbGFzLWtyaXN0b2YmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTI2NzY0JnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgoAKZpPs15cDWV_Uht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~) there. At that time, President Trump was defending Xi Jinping and praising him for fine work handling the virus. Now Trump has gone overboard in the other direction, and there’s a widespread accusation that China inflicted this misery on the entire world. One point to make is that the virus almost certainly was not created in a lab; virologists looking at its genome are sure of that. Second, it is possible that it is a natural virus that was being studied in a lab in Wuhan and escaped (perhaps when a bat was being disposed of). But there’s no evidence of that, and it seems more likely that a bat gave the virus to a person who explored a cave, or that the bat lived in a villager’s home and gave it to someone there. We don’t know, but bat coronaviruses do periodically migrate to Chinese villagers (based on the antibodies in the villagers’ blood). That’s why everybody was expecting that an outbreak at some point was inevitable. 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Maybe if the Chinese authorities had acted quickly when they became aware of it in late December it could have been halted, but I think that’s unlikely. Meanwhile, the world’s scientists need to work together to tackle the virus. We benefited a great deal from early research by Wuhan doctors and scientists, and China is developing several promising vaccines. I’m all for holding China accountable for its repression, its brutality in Xinjiang, its taking of Canadian hostages “the two Michaels,” and many other offenses, but I find the Trump administration’s stretching of intelligence to accuse China of creating the virus or negligently releasing it to be disingenuous and childish. Further Proof I Have the Best Readers Ten days ago I published a column in response to readers asking how they could help ease the pain caused by the coronavirus pandemic. I listed [five terrific organizations](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRgldSaP0TpaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMC8wNC8yNS9vcGluaW9uL3N1bmRheS9jb3JvbmF2aXJ1cy1naXZpbmctZ3VpZGUuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD00NSZlbWM9ZWRpdF9ua18yMDIwMDUwNyZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xODI3NyZubD1uaWNob2xhcy1rcmlzdG9mJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0yNjc2NCZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKACmaT7NeXA1lf1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA) working at home or abroad on the coronavirus response — everything from providing meals to the hungry in the U.S. to bringing water to clinics abroad — and established a website, [www.KristofC19ImpactInitiative.org](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRgldSaP0TEaHR0cDovL3d3dy5rcmlzdG9mYzE5aW1wYWN0aW5pdGlhdGl2ZS5vcmcvP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTQ1JmVtYz1lZGl0X25rXzIwMjAwNTA3Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTE4Mjc3Jm5sPW5pY2hvbGFzLWtyaXN0b2YmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTI2NzY0JnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgoAKZpPs15cDWV_Uht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~), through which readers could donate to those five organizations. A nonprofit covered credit card fees for donations made through the site, so that 100 cents on the dollar would go to the recipient organization. I wasn’t quite sure what to expect. I know my readers are generous and eager to help, but I’m also sure that many are themselves going through difficult times. 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I’m truly thankful, and I know the organizations are too. I heard of several people donating their federal stimulus checks. In a difficult, often depressing time, the result warms my heart! If you have the resources and inclination, feel free to join in! The Path Ahead I’ve been on the phone a great deal with epidemiologists and virologists, and I’m struck by their humility. One told me that he’s still baffled by the 1918 flu: Why did it go away after the first wave, and then why did it come back worse than ever for a second wave? Nobody fully understands that. We still don’t clearly understand so much about how the coronavirus kills, or its impact on children. One new study cited in my column suggests that children have similar viral loads as adults, even if the kids are not symptomatic, which might mean that kids can spread the contagion as much as anyone else. But for all we don’t know, there tends to be some skepticism among the experts that warm weather will slow the virus by all that much, that vaccines will be widely available by next year, if then. There are mixed views about therapies and treatments. I do think that we’re gradually coming to get a better understanding of how to tackle the virus in a clinical setting, and this may increase survival rates. For example, doctors are experimenting with blood thinners to reduce clotting in coronavirus patients. Something similar happened with Ebola: In West Africa in the fall of 2014, 70 percent of patients died, but by the next spring 70 percent lived. I’m not sure it’ll be that dramatic an improvement for Covid-19, but we will make progress at the margins. But I feel that we in the United States have squandered month after month without ramping up (not wrapping up!) testing, contact tracing, research funding and a broad strategy. Look at this chart showing how Italy and Spain enjoyed falling cases after their outbreaks, while the U.S. is in more of a plateau. And the cost is seen in those young children in one in six households who are left hungry. I fear many Americans are still too optimistic about how we can get through this, thinking that it’s a terrible episode but that soon we’ll be out the other side. 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