Covid-19

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COVID -19

Corona Virus Disease, and the number 19 denotes the year it was discovered. COVID 19, or the virus, is highly transmittable. It has no cure, or treatment. It started in China and was transmitted worldwide, by travel of infected persons. It is a particularly aggressive virus that attacks the lungs. In two weeks, it went from an epidemic in China to a worldwide pandemic.

The pandemic started in China, and Italy, then infected Spain, and the United States. The states of New York, and Washington were hit hard in the beginning around the beginning of March 2020. President Donald Trump immediately took steps to control the spread of the Virus. In the beginning he restricted travel from China and Europe. Then toward the end of March 2020, he recommended and most governors in the United States enacted Center of Disease Control Social distancing protocol. Some went as far as to require all non-essential business to shut down, and the people to self-quarantine.   

The shut down of business small, and large, has caused an arguably good economy go into a downturn. With no one working the U.S. government provided stimulus money to individuals and businesses alike to keep the economy going. 48,000 plus deaths in 8 weeks in the U.S. and 195,741 worldwide.
Several problems in the beginning were dealt with. Personal Protective Equipment for first responders, breathing ventilators for the sick, a vaccine for the sick, and logistical, and political, problems. 

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