President Trump thinks we could reach our peak in two weeks. He’s hopeful. The federal guidelines will now recommend social distancing continue until April 30. Details will be rolled out on March 31st.
Dr. Fauci said the models are not definitive. Earlier, on CNN, he told Jake Tapper we’re going to have millions of cases, 100,000 to 200,000 deaths. It’s quite a remarkable statement given there aren’t even 35,000 deaths worldwide. Watch the 2nd video below.
While Dr. Fauci said models are good, they are only as good as the assumptions put into the model. The assumptions change from one country to another. For example, our population is 8 to 9 years younger than Italy’s and we see this illness affecting younger people.
Don’t get anxious about the model, Dr. Fauci said, we are pushing the social distancing until April 30th as the extreme.
We have more cases because we are doing far more testing, the President added.
Stock futures went down on the news of the extension of social distancing.
Watch:
DR. FAUCI SAID HE EXPECTS 100,000 TO 200,000 DEATHS
Bloomberg announced that top U.S. infectious disease scientist Dr. Fauci said U.S. deaths could reach 200,000, but called it a moving target. New York’s fatalities neared 1,000, more than a third of the U.S. total at this time.
Earlier on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Fauci said that, based on what he’s seeing, the U.S. could experience between 100,000 and 200,000 deaths from COVID-19.
“We’re going to have millions of cases,” Fauci, the head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said, noting that projections are subject to change, given that the disease’s outbreak is “such a moving target.”
He added that it is the worst-case scenario and the truth might be somewhere in between.
The models have been wrong so far. Hopefully, that continues.
Just fyi: Here in Wisconsin, our ‘Safer at Home’ order lasts till April 24.
I’m sure the President doesn’t dare mention civil unrest when it comes to deaths because of isolation. If the models are correct there could very well be more actions like this where people will begin to take the law into their own hands because of “outsiders”. It’s the very first thing I imagined when he spoke of deaths related to… Read more »
There’s more to the equation that just the American economy. Because we are so reliant on China they are also part of the equation. As our economy and various industries collapse it has a rippling effect on the supply chain. We have a considerable slowdown which means China has to slow down. China will expect to have a demand surge… Read more »
From what it sounded like they are still using Italy as a metric. There are SO many contributing factors with Italy they shouldn’t even be in the equation. This is what I wrote to my son: The main reason Italy is suffering SO much is; right in the middle of Wuhan’s outbreak China had PSA’s in Italy telling everyone to… Read more »
it will be closer to the lower number not the high number I am sure of this at 100%
Not much of a link saver but webbernets page from an earlier serf session said 30 feet is more accurate. Found a hilarious meme that said when this over please remain 6′ away from me. And of course there a some sasquatch memes saying social distancing world champion. The grocery has X tape marks on the floor so all comrades… Read more »
I have nothing agaisnt Italians some of my friends are Italians, having said that is it possible they are some counting flu deaths as covid19 deaths? why? well smaller nations, once this is all over, will receive boat loads of money from rich nations such as the USA…the more they inflate the number of covid19 deaths the bigger the amount… Read more »
Looking more and more like a panicdemic..