As Coronavirus Grips The US, Americans Get A Taste Of Life Under Sanctions

http://www.mintpressnews.com/coronvirus-americans-taste-life-under-sanctions/265757/
Date Written:  2020-03-16
Publisher:  MintPress News
Year Published:  2020
Resource Type:  Article
Cx Number:  CX25145

Across fifty states, Americans are collectively bracing for the incoming COVID-19 pandemic to hit. In the face of the virus, people are resorting to panic buying, stocking up on vital foods and goods, leading to pressing shortages of key products like hand sanitizer and toilet paper.

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perhaps more concerning, however, is that health experts all agree that the country is ill-equipped for the coming medical emergency. "We are not prepared, nor is any place prepared for a Wuhan-like outbreak," said Dr. Eric Toner of Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security. "And we would see the same sort of bad outcomes that they saw in Wuhan – with a very high case fatality rate, due largely to people not being able to access the needed intensive care." Chief among the problems is a lack of ventilators, a crucial machine to help critically ill patients breathe properly. New York City, for example, has barely one sixth of the ventilators it would need for a critical outbreak. If things get truly bad, the city has drafted laws to compel prisoners at Rikers Island jail to dig mass graves.