Thread: Daily coronavirus death toll will increase to 3,000 by June

Trump Administration model projects daily coronavirus death toll will increase to 3,000 by June

By Eric Levenson, Madeline Holcombe and Jim Acosta, CNN
Updated 1:54 PM ET, Mon May 4, 2020

(CNN)A Trump administration model projects a rise in the number of coronavirus cases and deaths in the weeks ahead, up to about 3,000 daily deaths in the U.S. by June 1, according to an internal document obtained by The New York Times.

The projections represent a significant increase in deaths. Over the past week, about 2,000 Americans died per day, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.

The projections are based on modeling from the federal Centers of Disease Control and Prevention, which were put together into charts and graphics by FEMA.

An administration official confirmed to CNN the authenticity of the report obtained by the Times, which was distributed throughout relevant agencies over the weekend. The official cautioned that the numbers are projections at this point.

When asked for comment, the White House said in a statement that the document obtained by the Times had not been seen by the coronavirus task force.

"This is not a White House document nor has it been presented to the Coronavirus Task Force or gone through interagency vetting," Deputy White House press secretary Judd Deere said. "This data is not reflective of any of the modeling done by the task force or data that the task force has analyzed.

"The President's phased guidelines to open up America again are a scientific driven approach that the top health and infectious disease experts in the federal government agreed with. The health of the American people remains President Trump's top priority and that will continue as we monitor the efforts by states to ease restrictions."

The increased estimates come as states have eased restrictions and after a weekend many Americans spent outside at protests or enjoying spring days in the park. Florida, Colorado, Indiana, Nebraska, South Carolina and West Virginia, among others, moved to loosen restrictions in an attempt to revive a sputtering economy and calm restless residents.

But the projections make clear that these reopenings come with fatal risks.

"It's simple logic," CNN's senior medical correspondent Elizabeth Cohen said. "When you tell people, 'Hey, you can go to bars, you can get your nails done, you can go to a restaurant,' those numbers are going to go up."

The novel coronavirus's incubation period -- or the time from exposure to developing symptoms -- ranges from two to 14 days, according to the CDC, and the virus can even spread among people who show no symptoms at all. With widespread testing still limited, the consequences of these reopenings may not be evident for several weeks.

Even in reopening states, officials continue to recommend people stay at least 6 feet away from others, wear a cloth face mask outside the home, wash their hands frequently and avoid touching their face.

The public pressure to ease restrictions is rising even in states with significant outbreaks. This weekend, thousands gathered in California to protest coronavirus restrictions, leading to 32 arrests at the state capitol.


An aerial view shows a crowd of protesters calling to reopen businesses and beaches as the growing the coronavirus pandemic continues to cripple the economy in Huntington Beach, California Friday.

Coronavirus has killed 67,686 people in the US and infected more than 1,150,000 others, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.

President Donald Trump had previously said he expected 65,000 Americans to die, but on Sunday night, he revised that estimated death toll up to 80,000-90,000 people.

It may not be the last upward revision; Dr. Deborah Birx, a White House coronavirus task force official, said projections have shown between 100,000 to 240,000 American deaths, even with social distancing.

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Nobody is being "forced" to go to a bar, go to a restaurant, get a haircut, or go anywhere. If you do not want to go out, then stay the hell home!

Order your groceries on-line, drive up, and the will put it in your trunk of your car.

And every death is being listed as Covid-19 no matter what they died from or the underlying issues they had. This will be investigated and exposed too. Hospitals are getting more money by listing the death at C-19. These numbers are bogus!

Now these hospitals are not treating other patients, going bankrupt, and WE will foot the bill for that too. Watch for higher co-pays, higher costs for treatments, longer wait times, AND illegals can waltz in to get care for FREE!!!! Call ICE on these illegals and get them out of our healthcare system!

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