What I Read: Dismal Spring Awaits Unless We Slow Covid-19

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/17/opinion/covid-19-precautions.html

A Dismal Spring Awaits Unless We Slow the Spread of Covid-19
How soon life returns to normal depends on what we do now.
By Ezekiel J. Emanuel, Rick Bright and Céline Gounder
The authors were members of President Biden’s advisory board on Covid-19, which counseled him during the presidential transition period on how to respond to the pandemic.
Feb. 17, 2021, 5:00 a.m. ET


“When Covid-19 rates begin to creep up, the surge is inevitable and imminent unless we take decisive action. Waiting until the spike occurs is thousands of deaths too late…. We may be done with Covid-19, but the virus is not done with us…. We desperately want life to go back to normal. But how soon we get there depends on the actions we take today.”