"As many of you well know, President Nelson has called for a global fast to help in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. It's a very well timed call because the scientific data is telling us that in the next week or two, rates of infection will begin slowing in many countries, including the US. This will be ENTIRELY due to the science-led introduction of social distancing rules, but get ready to hear Mormons claiming it happened because they skipped two meals.
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"This same slow down can be seen in many countries. We will almost certainly see a flattening of the curve in new cases in the next week or two. The death curve will flatten out a week or two later. To keep it low we will need to keep isolating, but we could probably start to see some restrictions being lifted.
"Let's not forget who REALLY helped the world avoid a major catastrophe here. The flattening of the curve that we will soon see is due to honest, hardworking scientists in a wide range of fields. It will not be due to a sadistic being who allowed the pandemic to kick off and then jumped in at the last minute to save us."