Posted on 03/30/2020 1:40:44 PM PDT by Nero Germanicus
White House coronavirus response coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx on Monday warned that up to 200,000 people in the U.S. could die from the coronavirus outbreak if "we do things almost perfectly."
In an appearance on NBC's "Today," Birx stressed that the Trump administration remains "very worried" about every city in the United States and the possibility that the virus could get "out of control." She also noted that some metropolitan areas "were late in getting people to follow" social distancing requirements and that it had an effect on the virus's spread.
"If we do things together well, almost perfectly, we could get in the range of 100,000 to 200,000 fatalities," Birx said after being asked about U.S. projections related to the outbreak. "We don’t even want to see that." She added that the administration's models show a worst-case scenario of between 1.6 million and 2.2 million deaths if the U.S. were to enforce zero restrictions on travel and gathering. Asked about whether 100,000 to 200,000 deaths in the U.S. was a best-case scenario, Birx emphasized that a best-case scenario would be "100 percent of Americans doing precisely what is required."
"But we’re not sure based on the data ... that all of America is responding in a uniform way to protect one another," she added. "We have to factor that in."
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Screw you, lady.
Deaths in the US won’t begin to approach that under any scenario.
Hard to believe any facts support this spitballing..
Fauci made me say it....
Still using WHO and CDC models and predictions.
Now, if we do exceed 100,000 deaths, we won't survive.
She is wrong or lying for some reason. Deep state wanting to take down the (formerly) epic Trump economy? I do not trust her or Fauci.
*could
They don’t have facts. They don’t have data because the CDC was screwing off for a decade rather than doing their job. They are out on a limb now and are forced to gravitate towards worst-case scenarios so maintain credibility.
That means we have about 197,000 deaths to go.
Spanish Flu killed 675000 Americans by 1920, when the population was 106.5 million, a fatality rate of 0.63%, or about 21 times higher.
I would imagine even that those numbers, assuming it was true, the vast majority of deaths will be in the urban areas simply because of population density contributing to spread...and the fact the cities didn’t want to “shut down” like NYC before it got bad for them. So, even if there IS 100K deaths, it’s not going to be uniform across the country...NYC, LA, Chicago, NOLA, etc., some other pockets, but not across the entire country.
99% of them in Dem held territory ?
They have to...we, however, don’t have to buy it lock, stock and barrel...we can question...
Did she kick some kids on the way out, also? How inspiring ...
She just said, last week,that things on the ground were nothing like the model, and the numbers were overblown in Italy where deaths WITH WuFlu were in the deaths FROM WuFlu column. Why the drastic change ??
What about the meds approved ??
She has changed on a dime ~ someone has gotten to her
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Flattening the curve doesn’t change the total area under the curve.
Unless you have a robust immune system, hide away until you get a CV vaccine shot sometime next year.
I got the sniffles after leaving each of the two local Walmarts over a week ago. I got the sniffles and muscle aches forcing me into bed after buying a bottle of tonic water at the main local grocery store.
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