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The news keeps coming. It seems we’ve all been hyper plugged-in for years, but suddenly more people are really paying attention.

A few of the developments in the last 24 hours:

• There are now 1,600 confirmed U.S. cases of coronavirus, and 41 deaths. Those numbers seem rather small, but of course it’s about the projection, not the history. (NBC News)

• Ohio public health officials say they think their state alone actually has 100,000 people infected already; they can’t prove it because of a “delay in being able to test.” (The Hill)

• Worst case scenario emerges: Up to 150 million Americans could become infected. At a 1 percent mortality rate, that would mean 1.5 million people, which would make it the leading cause of death in the U.S., vs 650k annual deaths due to heart disease and 60k flu/pneumonia. (AFP via Yahoo, but it’s widely reported.)

• It’s important to emphasize that’s worst case scenario, but for comparison’s sake, the total combined military deaths in all wars in U.S. history is slig…