As of April 9, there were just under 15,000 reported deaths in the United States attributed to coronavirus. A much deadlier statistic was the...

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As of April 9, there were just under 15,000 ([link removed]) reported deaths in the United States attributed to coronavirus. A much deadlier statistic was the number of reported deaths attributed to the annual flu season: an estimated 24,000 and 63,000 ([link removed]) Americans died from the flu between October 1, 2019 and March 28, 2020.

Project 21 ([link removed]) Co-Chairman Horace Cooper ([link removed]) told talk radio host Joe Messina ([link removed]) about how – when he got the flu in a previous year – “it knocked me out – it put me on my back.” But for all too many people and their families, the results can be much worse, and even deadly.

That’s why Horace took the time to talk with Joe – actually losing the opportunity to talk about their scheduled topic, NEPA reform ([link removed]) , in the process – about how the Trump Administration is dealing with increasingly difficult problems of the coronavirus outbreak. And, more importantly, they discussed how Americans can manage their fears and expectations so that the pressures and panic that could hurt relief efforts can be as limited as possible.

Discussing the coronavirus response in relation to how the government and the public deal with the flu, Horace said:

[W]e’ve experienced this happening every year. And all that this administration has been attempting to do is help people understand there is no reason to panic and to assume that we are in a dire situation...

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