The fact that cases are increasing faster than deaths indicates that COVID-19 has already taken care of most of the low-hanging fruit - at least to me it does.
I totally agree with you but can you imagine Trump using the phrase “low hanging fruit”? Especially when that “low hanging fruit” was picked off by the governors of NY., Pa. and NJ?
Just so I don’t sound too crass, I would qualify as “low hanging fruit”.