From One to One Thousand, then Double It

As Covid-19 infections swell and deaths surge in the US of A – all eyes are on the country. And that’s because it is now the epicenter of the pandemic. 

With 330 million residents, the country is the world’s third most populous, meaning it provides a gargantuan pool of people who can potentially get infected by the coronavirus. 

A sprawling, noisy democracy, where states set their own policies and Trump sent mixed messages about the scale of the danger and how to fight it, thereby, ensuring there can be no coherent, unified response to a grave public health threat. 

But really, generally-speaking, the US was smug and dismissive about Covid-19 and Trump remained obstinately preoccupied with business as usual – until the fast-spreading pathogen arrived on the country’s shores and quickly started spreading and spreading. 

Twenty-nine days ago, a Washingtonian was the first known coronavirus fatality on American soil. 

By Thursday morning, 1,000 people have died. And by Saturday evening, the death toll reached 2,000. 

There’s no doubt about it – infections and deaths will surely spiral and soar.