President Trump is urging Americans to heed guidelines for responding to the coronavirus pandemic, calling it “a matter of life and death.” The White House said there could be 100,000 to 240,000 deaths in the U.S. even if social distancing is maintained.
“This could be hell of a bad two weeks,’” Trump said. He added: “You know 100,000 is, according to modeling, a very low number. In fact, when I first saw the number ... they said it was unlikely you’ll be able to attain that. We have to see but I think we’re doing better than that.”
Birx said the experiences of Washington state and California give her hope that other states can keep the coronavirus under control through social distancing. That’s because they moved quickly to contain the early clusters of coronavirus by closing schools, urging people to work from home, banning large gatherings and taking other measures now familiar to most Americans, she noted.
“They’re dying on the ship,” Trump said. “I’m going to do what’s right, not only for us for but humanity.”
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