The good news is that it is now spring and, at least with flu, this is when the damage from typical infectious viruses tends to begin to slow down, a process which continues until the autumn (ie people continue to get infected but the nastiness of the viruses decreases).
If that happens (and we don't know it will for any new virus), the death rate will begin to lose some of its acceleration. So although the absolute death rate may continue to increase for a while, the rate of increase will reduce.
I'll be watching the death curve to see if that is happening. Hoping for a sine wave to appear and a reduction in the number of deaths per infected person until autumn. If that happens, then the science of the response is probably that we should try to achieve herd immunity over the summer (high infection rates, low death rates) - go to beaches, parties, pubs etc.
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