Posted on 03/31/2020 3:46:52 PM PDT by RaceBannon
Bingo. Fauci’s setting himself up as an “influencer” for the Democrats in this election season. If he shows up at their convention, he’ll be a rock star.
Someone please show me where Trump predicts that 100-200k people die from this virus in the next two weeks please.
I believe that the official worldwide death toll right now is less than 50,000. So this number seems ridiculous for the US alone.
i wasn’t watching the press conference rather following a thread here at FR- evidently the number of 2500 deaths each day for the next two weeks was being spoken about.
Looks like all of my trips to the store or anywhere else just got cancelled. :S
is that number over 20 days or the 30 day period ?
Not very skeptical. I anticipated 70,000. But whatever the flu was, this should about triple that number.
Sadly.
Fauci is trying to scare the public into obeying social distancing.
There still looking at this guys model....Models are nothing but guesses...
We will see if they are right or not...by then we will all be broke
His Imperial College London model was heavily cited, including by The New York Times, and has helped guide government decision-making, which has occasionally bordered on hysteria.
But Ferguson also said that things could change if governments took strong action to slow the virus and “flatten the curve” — the upward swing of the number of infected.
Earlier this week, Ferguson — who himself has contracted the virus — testified before the Houses of Parliament and said the death toll in the U.K. could be less than 20,000.
“He said that expected increases in National Health Service capacity and ongoing restrictions to people’s movements make him ‘reasonably confident’ the health service can cope when the predicted peak of the epidemic arrives in two or three weeks. UK deaths from the disease are now unlikely to exceed 20,000, he said, and could be much lower,”
I thought this had already been clarified to mean 100k - 200K deaths if we did nothing. Fauci himself says the number of deaths could be lower if we practice social distancing.
We are practicing social distancing. In many states you can’t do much except go to the grocery or get an abortion.
We are at 3,810 now. That’s a big jump.
“I’m skeptical of that number.”
It likely wont be anywhere near that number, like when people were estimating 10,000 people were killed on 9-11.
I’m here just to say, good to see you, buddy. Semper Fi
“I’m skeptical of that number.”
Me too, its been much worse in other countries that didn’t act quickly. So we’ll see...
They overshot the number. It’ll probably be more like 10,000.
Then Trump takes credit for a great job and wins 450 electoral votes.
“following a thread here at FR”
cant do that,you know the ole saying about opinions ?
If we had even 50,000 deaths, I’d be surprised.
Agreed. And I wonder if moving the social distancing date to April 30 gives them that more flexibility with the actual numbers that do come in in the next week and a half to two weeks. Because if they turn out by that time to be nowhere near the numbers predicted in this report and there may be even a declining trend in cases and deaths, that in turn could lead to restrictions being lifted that bit before April 30. However, something different might still take place (as opposed to my wishful thinking, lol).
“Someone please show me where Trump predicts that 100-200k people die from this virus in the next two weeks please.”
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No two week time frame, but that’s the numbers he offered.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkPC9c94gO4
“If we have between 100,000 and 200,000 (deaths), we all together have done a very good job.”
I thought this had already been clarified to mean 100k - 200K deaths if we did nothing
Detroit . Chicago, and New Orleans and other areas are seeing early spikes starting similar to NYC did at first
If Italy had the population of the USA they would be at an equivalent of 60,000 deaths
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