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said during an interview with NBC that “this week, it’s going to get bad.” And Dr. Leana Wen, an emergency physician and visiting professor at George Washington School of Public Health, agreed with the surgeon general’s comments but noted that “things have already been bad.” ‘ data-reactid=”17″>On Monday, Surgeon General Jerome Adams said during an interview with NBC that “this week, it’s going to get bad.” And Dr. Leana Wen, an emergency physician and visiting professor at George Washington School of Public Health, agreed with the surgeon general’s comments but noted that “things have already been bad.”

Two health care employees show homemade masks in a YouTube video titled “DIY Mask for Coronavirus.” (Source: screenshot/YouTube/Henry Ford)

So far, 591 people have died of coronavirus in the U.S. (Graphic: David Foster/Yahoo Finance)

A health care professional wearing a protective face mask walks into a hospital following the outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., March 18, 2020. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri

‘This is a pandemic … we have not seen in our lifetimes’

announced on Twitter that his company would be donating millions of masks for health care workers in the U.S. and Europe. Chinese billionaire Jack Ma also donated 1 million masks, along with 500,000 coronavirus testing kits, to the U.S. to help with the shortfall. ‘ data-reactid=”95″>And Apple CEO Tim Cook announced on Twitter that his company would be donating millions of masks for health care workers in the U.S. and Europe. Chinese billionaire Jack Ma also donated 1 million masks, along with 500,000 coronavirus testing kits, to the U.S. to help with the shortfall.

“We have a very serious situation,” Wen said. “State and local officials have stepped up in major ways during this epidemic, and I hope that the federal government will also follow suit because this is a national emergency. I mean, this is a pandemic, the likes of which we have not seen in our lifetimes, and we can’t just have individual efforts here.”

Philadelphia Medical Reserve Corps volunteers, from left, Marina Spitkovskaya, Megan Boyle, and Stephen Bonett , all of whom are nurses, put on their protective outfits. (Tim Tai/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP)

The importance of social distancing

People stand spaced apart while waiting outside a Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles location, Tuesday, March 24, 2020, in Boston. People observe social distancing out of concern about the spread of the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Flattening the curve helps prevent the spread of more cases. (Chart: FlattenTheCurve.com)

Over 17,000 people around the world have died from coronavirus. (Graphic: David Foster/Yahoo Finance)

Wen stressed that she does “understand” the economic trade offs, but said this isn’t the time to ease up on restrictions.

“We’re talking about the blood of tens of thousands, if not more, of our citizens on our hands,” she said, adding: “We keep on talking about this as a war against the virus. Well, then we need wartime mobilization. We need the president to put into effect the Defense Production Act. We need every resource of the federal government because we can’t do this on our own. And why is this even called a national emergency if we’re not putting the full weight of our national resources and political power behind it?”

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