How coronavirus is changing America

The coronavirus is altering American life as we have never seen before. New York City’s restaurants and bars can now only offer take-out and delivery service. Night clubs, movie theatres, and gyms in Los Angeles are closed until further notice. The same orders are being issued by the authorities in Chicago and Washington, DC. The Centers for Disease Control have recommended Americans cancel any social gatherings of more than 50 people over the next eight weeks, a measure that will hit social butterflies across the nation hard. Dr Anthony Fauci, a leading authority on infectious diseases and a member of the Trump administration’s coronavirus task force, would like far more self-isolation from individuals than he’s seeing to date.

Through it all, President Donald Trump’s strategy for managing and mitigating this public health crisis has been a combination of ad hoc bridge measures meant to convince the American people that he is doing something about the problem alongside public relations messaging to protect himself from accusations of indecisive leadership.