In the US, Coronavirus has already killed more than 9/11

With the passing of the hours, with the spread of the Pandemic, there seems to be less and less room for optimism in the United States of America. And for the first time the stars and stripes president Donald Trump, who in recent weeks had not concealed his proverbial arrogance, admitted that the virus could return after the summer, commenting on the words of virologist Anthony Fauci who, once he returned the escalation of these days has hypothesized a possible new wave in the autumn.

“We hope not, but then – assured Trump – we will be more prepared to respond, both on the test and on the vaccine front”.

In the meantime, it is difficult to understand when the current situation will peak. “Someone wanted to reopen the country at Easter …”, said Andrew Cuomo, ironically on the statements of the American president: “In reality nobody knows when it will return to normal, and in New York it certainly won’t be soon, with the peak expected perhaps in 14-21 days, “added the governor, whose brother, Chris Cuomo, the well-known face of CNN, tested positive.

For the first time, over 700 people died in the United States in one day, one every two minutes, from Coronavirus. Half of the deaths occurred in New York State, which remains the American epicenter of the pandemic.

The Big Apple mayor, Bill del Blasio, has asked President Donald Trump for reinforcements, signaling that the worst is yet to come. “For the next week we expect a huge increase in infections. What I asked for is very clear: the deployment of military medical personnel here, “explained de Blasio, signaling that he is waiting for the White House’s response to the 1000 nurses, 300 respiratory therapists, and 150 doctors required by April 5.

The total number of infections in the United States has reached 186,265 and the deaths are 3,837. Over 30 US states have ordered the lockdown to counter the spread of the epidemic.

“We will go through two very, very painful weeks,” said Donald Trump, illustrating for the first time the statistical models and the projections of the experts of the government task force: in the United States from 100 thousand to 240 thousand deaths are expected if the measures of social distancing will be respected, while on Sunday the fork stopped at 200 thousand victims.

Without any restrictions, however, they would be from 1.5 to 2.2 million. The data also say that the peak will be in mid-April, with an average of over 2,000 deaths per day, compared to around 800 today.

Evidently cynical and resolute, President Trump, who went from “it’s just an influence” to the expectation of having over 200 thousand dead.

“I want all Americans to be ready for the difficult days ahead,” warned the President in serious tones, predicting that after the next two to three weeks it will be possible “to start seeing the light at the bottom of the tunnel” of this pandemic.

“It is not a flu,” he admitted after having defined it for a long time, minimizing the danger, so much so that last week he thought of reopening the country for Easter. Sunday, on the other hand, extended the guidelines on social distancing for a month and today announced that it is considering stopping travel from Brazil and several other countries.

Then he intervened in the ongoing debate in the US on the opportunity to switch to the mask for everyone: “if people want to use it certainly does not harm,” he explained, however advising to use for a certain period “a scarf or something else” to make the masks go to the hospitals. Scientifically ineffective advice.

What is certain, at the moment, is that Coronavirus, in the USA, has now caused many more deaths than 9/11 (just under 3,000) and many more victims of the pandemic in China: over 3,500, of which almost half in New York.

The figure, highly symbolic for every American, is recorded on the blackest day since the epidemic broke out overseas, with about 900 new victims between Monday and Tuesday. While the cases have jumped to over 175 thousand, more than double the number of infections counted by Beijing.

The most painful images of an America on its knees once again came from Manhattan. After the passage of the huge white ship docked on the Hudson River, sent by the navy to the rescue of a metropolis to the extreme, it made a certain impression to see Central Park transformed into a gigantic field hospital.

A war scenario, without exaggeration, with 14 large tents mounted in record time and an equipment of 10 respirators, equipment for making slabs and a pharmacy. This will end the patients of Mount Sinai hospital now close to collapse, like the other large hospitals in the city.