The United States has reached a grim milestone: the coronavirus death toll has climbed to a staggering 200,000, just over 6 months after the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic.
“It's sobering. It's a large number, and clearly it tells us that everything we're doing right now to contain it needs to continue,” says Erica Shenoy, MD, associate chief of the Infection Control Unit at Massachusetts General Hospital. “Especially heading into the fall, where we don't know if there will be a second surge, or if this will be compounded by other respiratory illnesses.
Doctors and scientists say the number sends a clear message: Although people are itching to return to pre-pandemic life, Americans should continue to wear masks, practice hand-washing hygiene, and keep physicalWhile the high death toll is a bleak glimpse into how severe the illness is, there are two silver linings: The numbers seem to be trending in the right direction, and researchers have had time to discover more about a virus that at first baffled even the world’s leading scientists.
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