Nearing 100,000 COVID-19 Deaths, U.S. Is Still ‘Early In This Outbreak’

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May 26th, 2020

Memorial Day weekend at Robert Moses State Park on Fire Island, N.Y. As the pandemic continues, says Harvard’s Dr. Ashish Jha, mask wearing, social distancing and robust strategies of testing and contact tracing will be even more important.

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The bleak milestone the U.S. is about to hit — 100,000 deaths from COVID-19 — is far above the number of deaths seen from the pandemic in any other country.

So far, the impact of the coronavirus has been felt unevenly, striking certain cities and regions and particular segments of society much harder than others.

To get a sense of how that may change, and where in the course of the epidemic the U.S. is right now, NPR’s Morning Edition host David Greene spoke Tuesday with Dr. Ashish Jha, director of the Harvard Global Health Institute and professor of health policy at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

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