american life    andrew noymer    better position    better sense    coming weeks    continued need    country’s hospitals    covid-19    current oncoming spike    disease’s spread    early stage    end goal    enormous numbers of people    enough people reach teflon status    face interaction    fall wave    false alarm    fewer tables    first wave of infections    good time    hanage said.another path    health-care system    infected people    keeping people    large gatherings    large-scale outbreaks    late spring    lax social distancing    major league baseball    months    much strain    new coronavirus    normal circumstances    normal life    population-level immunity    public-health authorities    public-health professor    rough draft    safe means    series of possible timelines    severe social distancing    short term    short-term resolution    small businesses    smaller number of people    social distancing    social distancing measures    spread of the virus    turning points    william hanage