Most of the posters doing those predictions were using pretty straight forward forecasting tools. The problem is the number of variables used in the tools varies widely and there is a certain level of “chaos” involved here.
It remains a hot zone. It remains the largest outbreak of its kind. And it appears to still be out of control.
Goofy predictions, one thread had 100% of the earth’s population infected by December of next year.
The left does this all the time, they ignore variables and intervention and give us predictions that are silly.