99-43-28
The number of days it took the Unites States to add one million cases of coronavirus to its total - 99 for the first million, 43 for the second, 28 for the third million, the fruits of heedlessly 're-opening'.
He stared at the numbers. 99-43-28. Not a football play. Not the combination of a safe. It was exponential, viral spread of the disease. And he understood that this is what viral' means, and that they could reasonably expect another million to accrue in the next two weeks or so.
99-43-28-14
The number of days it took the United States to add one million cases of Covid-19 to its total. 99 for the first million, 43 for the second, 28 for the third, 14 days for the fourth million, the fruits of heedlessly 're-opening'.
He stared at the numbers. 99-43-28-14. Not a football play. Not the combination to a safe. It was the exponential, viral spread of the disease. He understood that they could reasonably expect the next million cases to accrue in a week.