Over 1 Million Deaths Expected in US

[queentonic]

Experts expect over 1 million coronavirus deaths in America from ‘a major preventable public health disaster’

Published 14 mins ago
on March 12, 2020

The fatal reach of the COVID-19 coronavirus is expected to claim the lives of over 1 million people in the United States, according to a top public health expert.

Andy Slavitt served as the acting administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) during the Obama administration.

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https://www.rawstory.com/2020/03/experts-expect-over-1-million-coronavirus-deaths-in-america-from-a-major-preventable-public-health-disaster/

[BigmanPigman]

1. It is sad that many Americans will not give

a shit until it personally affects them physically and/or financially. The younger citizens who are asymptomatic now will spread it to their parents and grandparents then they will have to care for them. The shit is about to hit the fan with the Fux Ruse crowd who is making this out to be some one else's problem and are pointing fingers at other countries. I have zero sympathy for them...they are part of the problem.

[Orrex]

2. Even today with widespread school closures and sports cancellations...

I see a large number of people mocking the "panic" and insisting that COVID-19 is no worse than the common cold.

These are idiots. These are assholes.

[Doodley]

3. They get their information from Trump, from Fox News, from right-wing radio. They are

mostly climate-change deniers.

[SergeStorms]

13. You just described my brother.

He sent me a text last night saying the virus is like having a bad cold. The ship sailed long ago on my trying to talk some sense into him. Honestly, I can't believe we're really brothers. My Mom and Dad were both staunch republicans, along with my sister and brother. I was the only one who made a break from the family tradition of being a mindless moron. Needless to say I was persona non-grata at most family functions. Discussions regarding politics and religion were never avoided at these get togethers, but seemed to be mandatory, just for my "benefit". I was always the first to leave every one of these galas.

[dalton99a]

4. The blood is on Trump's hands

And the Republicans who refused to remove him

[Tumbulu]

5. Yes, absolutely tragically true (nt)

[PSPS]

6. Rawstory click bait

Andy Slavitt is certainly NOT a "top public health expert." He is an MBA who used to run CMS for a couple of years. He's not even a doctor.

[lunasun]

7. He has a good thread on twitter that continues with info . Yes let's flatten the curve Action needed

per resources he spoke with

Link to tweet

?s=21

[flamingdem]

8. Andy Slavitt is a go to guy about ACA

Not sure about other areas but he's generally trustworthy and extremely smart.

[Poiuyt]

9. That seems a little exaggerated to me unless this lasts a number of years

[jmbar2]

10. I think a better source is Trevor Bedford

https://twitter.com/trvrb

He's a virologist at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Institute in Seattle, and creator of NextStrain, an open source site that track the genomes of all the strains real time around the world.

He references encouraging research that shows how fast we can bring down the number of cases, by reducing contacts with others by 75%. It's radical, but probably what's triggering so many closures that we are reading about today.

Link to tweet

[Canoe52]

14. Great info! Maybe use it for an OP?

[jmbar2]

15. I don't know what an OP is, but it is good info to share with others.

Please feel free to share - "The more you know..."

[Canoe52]

16. OP - original post, like queentonic did here and then we responded to.

[OnDoutside]

11. As a benchmark, there were 1,836 fatalities during Hurricane Katrina.

[OnDoutside]

12. In Puerto Rico, the official death toll was 2,975 people due to Hurricane Maria.