nprnews_____ = ||| lubuntu at wor2|||Nearing 100, 000 COVID Deaths, U.S. Is Still ‘Early In This Outbreak’||| kickerpage = |||no kicker pagenpr for NPRNEWS||| summarynpr = |||”The speed with which this has happened is really devastating, ” says Dr. Ashish Jha, director of the Harvard Global Health Institute. He warns the outbreak will leave no part of the U.S. untouched.