Did you not read on? If we 'pursued more-ambitious measures

Posted on: March 18, 2020 at 14:40:43 CT

to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus, to slow but not necessarily stop the epidemic over the coming few months, they could reduce mortality by half, to 260,000 people in the United Kingdom and 1.1 million in the United States.'

The article was detailing the behind the scenes story on why our governments suddenly jumped into such high gear in such a short time. It also gave the then current estimates of what would happen with even more extreme measures... and how drastic and long lasting those measures could be.