Coronavirus social-distancing rules are being lifted across a swathe of US states.<br />But the Department of Health and Human Services says 300,000-plus people could die of COVID-19 in the absence of such measures.<br />According to Business Insider, HHS documents reveal Florida would be hardest hit, with over 23,000 deaths.<br />Maine, Puerto Rico, West Virginia, and Vermont would also fare poorly in terms of death per capita.<br />In a worst-case scenario, the documents suggest up to 1.8 million people could die.<br />We have at this moment the finger on the spring. If we remove the finger, the spring jumps. So we will see a lot of cases. Mathematical Biology Prof. Juan Gutierrez University of Texas in San Antonio
