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===CDC projections===

===CDC projections===

 

The CDC modeled four scenarios of the spread of the disease in a presentation in  February 2020. The worst case was 1.7 million deaths. The best was 200,000. Other infectious disease experts weren't as optimistic:

The CDC modeled four scenarios of the spread of the disease in a presentation in  February 2020. The worst case was 1.7 million deaths. The best was 200,000. Other infectious disease experts weren't as optimistic:

:Dr. Lawler’s calculations suggested 480,000 deaths, which he said was conservative. By contrast, about 20,000 to 50,000 people have died from flu-related illnesses this season, according to the C.D.C. Unlike with seasonal influenza, the entire population is thought to be susceptible to the new coronavirus.<ref>http://archive.is/QzLH5</ref>

:Dr. Lawler’s calculations suggested 480,000 deaths, which he said was conservative. By contrast, about 20,000 to 50,000 people have died from flu-related illnesses this season, according to the C.D.C. Unlike with seasonal influenza, the entire population is thought to be susceptible to the new coronavirus.<ref>http://archive.is/QzLH5</ref>

 

'''IHME projections - [[Gates Foundation]]'''

'''IHME projections - [[Gates Foundation]]'''

===Response===

===Response===

 

In the United States, fake news panic-mongers expected a top-down command-and-control response with [[big government]] dictating testing and standards. Rather than duplicate the effort under a federal bureaucracy that was unprepared, ill-equipped and would take months or years to service a nation of 327 million people, the [[Trump administration]] moved quickly to engage existing [[private sector]] laboratories, medical personnel, and suppliers to confront the crisis.

In the United States, fake news panic-mongers expected a top-down command-and-control response with [[big government]] dictating testing and standards. Rather than duplicate the effort under a federal bureaucracy that was unprepared, ill-equipped and would take months or years to service a nation of 327 million people, the [[Trump administration]] moved quickly to engage existing [[private sector]] laboratories, medical personnel, and suppliers to confront the crisis.

In violation of Article I, Sec 10 (paragraph 3) of the [[U.S. Constitution]] which reads:

In violation of Article I, Sec 10 (paragraph 3) of the [[U.S. Constitution]] which reads:

{{Cquote|<big>''No state shall, without the consent of Congress, … enter into any agreement or compact with another state,''</big>}}

{{Cquote|<big>''No state shall, without the consent of Congress, … enter into any agreement or compact with another state,''</big>}}

Democrat governors of New York (Cuomo), New Jersey (Murphy), Connecticut (Lamont), Pennsylvania (Wolfe), Delaware (Carney) and Rhode Island (Raimondo) [[collude]]d together to keep the northeast region of the U.S. shut down.  Controlling critical ports and infrastructure was a key part of their plan.<ref>https://qns.com/story/2020/04/13/task-force-between-six-states-will-deliberate-on-how-to-open-economy-again/</ref> On the West Coast, the governors of California (Newsom), Oregon (Brown) and Washington State (Inslee) also assembled an economic war council.  Together with their political northeastern allies, controlling two-thirds of U.S. ports gives them a strategic advantage to keep choking the U.S. economy until a Democrat [[commander-in-chief]] can be installed in the [[White House]].<ref>https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/492562-west-coast-governors-announce-joint-plan-for-reopening-economies</ref>  ''[[Bloomberg News]]'' published an op-ed on April 9, 2020 by Francis Wilkinson entitled, ''Gavin Newsom Declares California a ‘Nation-State’'':

Democrat governors of New York (Cuomo), New Jersey (Murphy), Connecticut (Lamont), Pennsylvania (Wolfe), Delaware (Carney) and Rhode Island (Raimondo) [[collude]]d together to keep the northeast region of the U.S. shut down.  Controlling critical ports and infrastructure was a key part of their plan.<ref>https://qns.com/story/2020/04/13/task-force-between-six-states-will-deliberate-on-how-to-open-economy-again/</ref> On the West Coast, the governors of California (Newsom), Oregon (Brown) and Washington State (Inslee) also assembled an economic war council.  Together with their political northeastern allies, controlling two-thirds of U.S. ports gives them a strategic advantage to keep choking the U.S. economy until a Democrat [[commander-in-chief]] can be installed in the [[White House]].<ref>https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/492562-west-coast-governors-announce-joint-plan-for-reopening-economies</ref>  ''[[Bloomberg News]]'' published an op-ed on April 9, 2020 by Francis Wilkinson entitled, ''Gavin Newsom Declares California a ‘Nation-State’'':

{{quotebox|California this week declared its independence from the federal government’s feeble efforts to fight Covid-19 — and perhaps from a bit more. The consequences for the fight against the pandemic are almost certainly positive. The implications for the brewing civil war between Trumpism and America’s budding 21st-century majority, embodied by California’s multiracial liberal electorate, are less clear.

{{quotebox|California this week declared its independence from the federal government’s feeble efforts to fight Covid-19 — and perhaps from a bit more. The consequences for the fight against the pandemic are almost certainly positive. The implications for the brewing civil war between Trumpism and America’s budding 21st-century majority, embodied by California’s multiracial liberal electorate, are less clear.