Brutal April ends with US facing difficult May

More than 53,000 Americans lost their lives to the coronavirus in April, marking the worst single month for public health in the nation’s history and inviting comparisons to the Spanish flu a century ago that killed more than 50 million people worldwide.

But public health experts say the nation’s stutter-step response has failed to adequately bend the curve of new cases, putting tens if not hundreds of thousands of Americans at risk.

While other nations have begun to see the number of new cases decrease, the United States has at best reached a plateau that will perpetuate the disease’s spread for months to come. Continue reading.