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Scientists warned that the United States someday would become the country hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic. That moment arrived on Thursday.
In the United States, at least 81,321 people are known to have been infected with the coronavirus, including more than 1,000 deaths more cases than China, Italy or any other country has seen, according to data gathered by The New York Times.
With 330 million residents, the United States is the worlds third most populous nation, meaning it provides a vast pool of people who can potentially get Covid-19, the disease caused by the virus.
And it is a sprawling, cacophonous democracy, where states set their own policies and President Trump has sent mixed messages about the scale of the danger and how to fight it, ensuring there was no coherent, unified response to a grave public health threat.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/26/health/usa-coronavirus-cases.html
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(15,088 posts)Thats terrifying considering how many people cant even get tested. Almost 14,000 cases just today.