{"id":23488,"date":"2020-07-31T08:23:15","date_gmt":"2020-07-31T08:23:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/?p=23488"},"modified":"2020-07-31T08:23:15","modified_gmt":"2020-07-31T08:23:15","slug":"grim-optimistic-and-brutally-realistic-scenarios-for-americas-covid-19-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/2020\/07\/31\/grim-optimistic-and-brutally-realistic-scenarios-for-americas-covid-19-future\/","title":{"rendered":"Grim, Optimistic, and Brutally Realistic Scenarios for America\u2019s COVID-19 Future"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-23489\" src=\"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/statuof-liberty-masked-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/statuof-liberty-masked-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/statuof-liberty-masked-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/statuof-liberty-masked-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/statuof-liberty-masked-600x337.jpg 600w, https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/statuof-liberty-masked-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/statuof-liberty-masked.jpg 1170w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Since the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/four-ways-experts-say-coronavirus-nightmare-could-end\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-id=\"134\" data-m=\"{&quot;i&quot;:134,&quot;p&quot;:71,&quot;n&quot;:&quot;partnerLink&quot;,&quot;y&quot;:24,&quot;o&quot;:3}\">novel coronavirus exploded<\/a>\u00a0in the United States, it\u2019s been linked to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/america-is-on-track-for-a-million-coronavirus-cases-a-day-and-at-least-800000-deaths-by-the-end-of-2020\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-id=\"135\" data-m=\"{&quot;i&quot;:135,&quot;p&quot;:71,&quot;n&quot;:&quot;partnerLink&quot;,&quot;y&quot;:24,&quot;o&quot;:4}\">deaths<\/a>\u00a0of over 150,000 Americans and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/texas-erases-covid-cases-and-fans-conspiracy-theory-flames\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-id=\"136\" data-m=\"{&quot;i&quot;:136,&quot;p&quot;:71,&quot;n&quot;:&quot;partnerLink&quot;,&quot;y&quot;:24,&quot;o&quot;:5}\">infected<\/a> over 4.5 million. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/news\/us\/grim-optimistic-and-brutally-realistic-scenarios-for-america-e2-80-99s-covid-19-future\/ar-BB17oZwI?fullscreen=true#image=1\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>Since the\u00a0novel coronavirus exploded\u00a0in the United States, it\u2019s been linked to the\u00a0deaths\u00a0of over 150,000 Americans and\u00a0infected over 4.5 million. 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