Dana Milbank stirs up a deal of worry as America faces the coronavirus (“Alternative facts won’t stop virus,” Feb. 15). Sixty cases have been found to date, with 80 percent of cases being mild enough that they might go unreported. Let’s see, that means we could have 300 cases. Say 600 cases, if you think only 10 percent of cases are reported. We should do something! Expand reporting! Quarantine! Develop a vaccine!
Meanwhile, 39,773 people died from gun violence in 2019 (up 14 percent from 2016) with an additional 100,000 people injured, and the U.S. stares at the ground. What will it take for America to consider gun violence as the public health crisis that it is?
