[Sooth2222]

“I would say between 100,000 and 200,000 cases,” he said, correcting himself to say he meant deaths. “We’re going to have millions of cases.” But he added “I don’t want to be held to that” because the pandemic is “such a moving target.”

Okay, so if you "don't want to be held to that", why say anything? (And how should we interpret this prediction in the context of the 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic, which the CDC says killed 675,000 in the US, when the US population was 1/3 of its present size?)

[DannyTN]

"Why say anything?"

Because giving your best informed estimate helps drive policy decsions and could save lives. Why should he be silent?

And how should we interpret this prediction in the context of the 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic,

Well the Spanish flu is proof that deadly pandemics can and do occur. This pandemic is much worse than the seasonal flu, but not expected to be as bad as the Spanish flu.

[MeneMeneTekelUpharsin]

“I don’t want to be held to that” because the pandemic is “such a moving target.”

One of these days Fauci, your tongue is going to become a moving target.