Coronaviruses are a family of fairly common viruses that affect both people and animals. Coronaviruses can, on rare occasion, be transmitted from animal to human hosts. This occurred in 2003 for Sudden Acute Respitory Syndrome (SARS), in 2012 for Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), and is believed to be the cause of COVID-19.

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The Novel (“new”) Coronavirus is a previously unidentified coronavirus strain that causes COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019).

• CO – “Corona”
• VI – “Virus”
• D – “Disease”

Optimistically – Memorial Day. Realistically – Late June / Early July

China implemented draconian lockdown measures whereby citizens couldn’t even leave their homes (China installs door monitors to alert authorities when people try to leave their home). Even after nearly 3 months of these draconian measures China has yet to lift its lockdown of Wuhan Province and will likely only do so sometime next month. In contrast, the U.S. and western countries have implemented much less drastic measures with little enforcement.

If our less intensive measures were to somehow miraculously be as effective as China’s hardline measures then we’d be looking at Memorial Day with regard to lifting lockdowns. However, it follows logically that our efforts won’t be as effective as China’s which would mean that we’d be in lockdown for longer than them.