To the earlier vaccine discussion, there are major downsides to fast-tracking a vaccine that isn't fully tested, says this Politico story.
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/20/why-the-push-for-a-quick-coronavirus-vaccine-could-backfire-139854
Illinois had 128 new COVID-19 cases confirmed just today, bringing our total to 288. A few days ago, we only had a dozen or so. The math of the future, at this pace, is frightening.
I agree that we all need to pull together, suck it up, and follow what our governmental, scientific and medical...
The "worst-case scenario" seems to be 1.7 million deaths in the USA alone.
From The New York Times:
"Epidemiologists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently prepared four scenarios. Their calculations showed a large range of possible fatalities in the United States: between...
I am the father of a 9 year old who's now playing a year up, at 10U, for a travel team in the Chicago suburbs. I am an assistant coach on the team and a member of the nonprofit softball organization's board of directors. I helped to coach my son's baseball teams from 10U through 16U, so I've...