Social distancing a week earlier could have saved 36,000 US lives, study finds

Had the US begun social distancing just one week earlier, the country would have prevented 36,000 deaths through early May, according to researchers at Columbia University.  Had action been taken two weeks earlier, by 1 March, 54,000 fewer Americans would have died of the virus, the researchers determined.....
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/21/us-social-distancing-lives-lost-coronavirus-lockdown-study