Rush is spinning. Typical FluBro stat manipulation. Very sad.
That 2.2 million is the unmitigated maximum, and is arguably too low for a “let ‘er rip” approach. 60,000 is the low-end for the current mitigation effort. At this point, given the cabin fever even here among the people that understand the danger of this virus, that is very optimistic. Even with the undercounting going on in NYC and some other places.
But millions would have to die to satisfy some people.
The thing that seems lost on the flu bros is the 60,000 projected death toll is because of the measures being taken right now. If we kept society functioning as normal the death toll would be worse, much worse. Trump is in a tough spot and has been doing a decent job. Trump will open up the economy gradually and knows we can’t keep shutdown like this for an extended period.