Anthony Fauci predicted 100,000 to 200,000 people could die from coronavirus before the crisis is over.
one of his top health advisers predicted Sunday as many as 200,000 Americans could die from the disease.
"Looking at what we're seeing now, I would say between 100,000 and 200,000" deaths, Fauci told CNN’s"State of the Union.""We're going to have millions of cases.", though the true number is likely much higher. The university had tallied 2,201 deaths, with by far the highest share in New York City.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention projected a worst-case scenario of 160 million to 210 million cases by December.
It's not yet clear how those warnings square with Trump's desire to"reopen" the nation and restart the economy. Trump has said he hopes many Americans could go back to work by Easter, potentially beginning in some of the least hard-hit parts of the country. But Trump has not said specifically how he came up with that date or why he feels it is realistic.
Fauci's numbers are"within reason," Omenka said, because a recent survey result applied to the entire U.S. population would put the expected number of cases nationwide at about 8 million. Still, because of shortfalls in testing, the real number of cases is likely to be much higher than current reports show, Omenka said.Trump has repeatedly said he would listen to public health officials before deciding whether to extend or alter the federal guidelines.
"The original proposal was to consider seriously an enforceable quarantine," Fauci told CNN."After discussions with the president, we made it clear, and he agreed, that it would be much better to do what's called a strong advisory."
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