This Week in Coronavirus: August 7 to August 13
During the 30th week since the first coronavirus case appeared in the United States worldwide cases surpassed the 20 million mark and United States' cases surpassed 5 million with over 167,000 deaths.
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During the 30th week since the first coronavirus case appeared in the United States worldwide cases surpassed the 20 million mark and United States' cases surpassed 5 million with over 167,000 deaths.
During the 29th week since the first coronavirus case appeared in the United States it remains among the world’s leaders in daily new case reports as the country’s total cases approaches 5 million with over 160,000 deaths.
KFF's Jen Kates and Josh Michaud discuss the coronavirus outbreak and address questions such as how this epidemic compare to previous ones, how epidemiological models work and how reliable are they, and was China's approach to social distancing more effective? Kates and Michaud on March 30 were featured guests in The Commonwealth Club of California's continuing virtual series on the coronavirus outbreak.
A KHN article describes how government decisions in the early days of the nation’s coronavirus outbreak have already impacted the magnitude of the pandemic and may affect the country for months to come.
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