3 coronavirus facts Americans must know before returning to work and school

<p>"We can’t un-bungle our nation’s COVID-19 response. Political leaders acted too slowly; health agencies committed unforced errors with testing kits and, amid the confusion, an information fog settled over the land.</p> <p>Americans remain afraid, perplexed, and chronically misinformed (despite wall-to-wall coronavirus coverage across the leading cable news programs and print publications).</p> <p>To counter the uncertainty, any plan to get us out of the coronavirus crisis must first acknowledge and broadly communicate three immutable, scientific facts."</p> <p><a href= "https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/faculty-research/faculty/robert-m-pearl" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Robert Pearl</a> is a plastic surgeon and author of <a href= "https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1610397657/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=kevcom-20&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=1610397657&linkId=b2e4043fe1513a84bc4d496d0171aefe" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Mistreated: Why We Think We’re Getting Good Health Care–And Why We’re Usually Wrong</a>. He can be reached on Twitter <a href= "https://twitter.com/robertpearlmd" target="_blank" rel= "noopener noreferrer">@RobertPearlMD</a>.</p> <p>He shares his story and discusses his KevinMD article, "<a href= "https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2020/05/3-coronavirus-facts-americans-must-know-before-returning-to-work-and-school.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">3 coronavirus facts Americans must know before returning to work and school</a>." (<a href= "https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2020/05/3-coronavirus-facts-americans-must-know-before-returning-to-work-and-school.html">https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2020/05/3-coronavirus-facts-americans-must-know-before-returning-to-work-and-school.html</a>)</p>