The Economist Covid-19 has transformed American life in a few short weeks

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From: The Economist today - Thursday Mar 19, 2020 09:14 pm
The country’s health system is plagued by structural problems that make pandemic response difficult. Such shortcomings cannot be fixed overnight
   
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