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Minnesota might just be flattening that coronavirus curve

There are days when we feel like very little can get us through this wild, weird time, so hopefully this will help.

This quarantined, self-isolated thing we’re doing as a state? It’s working.

The University of Washington’s Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) has been modeling possible outcomes for the coronavirus outbreak in order to help policymakers and health professionals prepare. At this early stage, nothing is certain.

But current data show that Minnesota’s fatal cases have not been increasing at an exponential rate. We were up to 30 total deaths and just shy of 1,000 confirmed cases as of Monday afternoon. Continue reading.

The Memo: Signs of optimism in coronavirus fight bring new dilemma

The Hill logoThe first moderately hopeful signs are emerging regarding the coronavirus crisis — but those will also bring new challenges, both in public health and in politics.

In Europe, the two worst hot spots, Italy and Spain, are beginning to cool, even though their problems remain severe.

In New York, by far the worst-hit U.S. state, there has been a notable drop in new hospitalizations related to the coronavirus — even as the Empire State recorded its highest one-day death toll, with 731 new deaths, on Monday. Continue reading.