wgdsr wrote: ↑Thu Dec 03, 2020 3:30 pm
Brooklyn wrote: ↑Thu Dec 03, 2020 2:48 pm
CDC predicts 450K COVID-19 deaths by February
The nation's one-day toll of coronavirus deaths surpassed 3,000 for the first time Wednesday, a number perhaps inflated by fatalities reported days late because of the Thanksgiving holiday but still reflective of a pandemic racing out of control.
The death toll of 3,157 came as hospitalizations surpassed 100,000 for the first time. The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention predicted the U.S. could reach 450,000 deaths by February.
"The reality is, December and January and February are going to be rough times, and I actually believe they’re going to be the most difficult time in the public health history of our nation, largely because of the stress it’s going to put on our public health system," Dr. Robert Redfield said Wednesday at a U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation event.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/coron ... li=BBnb7Kz
Don't blame me - I sure as hell never voted for Dump.
joe says we'll blow past that between now and january. we'll see who's right.
Well, we sure as heck hope we don't blow past it, on that we surely all agree!
My own sense of Biden's words was that he left out "by the end of" January. If that's his prediction, he's likely to be closer. Feels to me like he misspoke or misunderstood timing by a month.
I really don't care about his accuracy on all this, though, as long as he continues to be sounding the warning that our behavioral choices matters and that he cares, and we should all care, about others beyond ourselves. That's refreshing and could make a difference on the margins...and the margins can mean thousands of lives.