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An influential coronavirus model often cited by the White House said in a press release that it plans to revise its projections to nearly 135,000 Covid-19 deaths in the United States, an increase that one of its researchers tied to relaxed social distancing and increased mobility.
The model, from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington, previously predicted 72,433 deaths as of Monday morning. A press release from IHME said the full set of new projections will be released later this afternoon.
Ali Mokdad, a professor of Health Metrics Sciences at IHME, referenced the updated projections on CNN earlier today, but said he couldnt provide the specific number.
We are seeing, of course, a rise in projected deaths for several reasons, he told CNNs John King on Inside Politics. One of them is increased mobility before the relaxation, premature relaxation of social distancing, were adding more presumptive deaths as well, and were seeing a lot of outbreaks in the Midwest, for example.
He said multiple variables impact infections like heat, testing capacity and population density but the most important one is mobility.
https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/us-coronavirus-update-05-04-20/h_18a3fa30e62fa417f6402308aaf3c55b
live love laugh
(13,079 posts)RepubLIEclowns 🤡🎈: They are counting all deaths as Covid the hospitals get more money if they call it a Covid death.
Voltaire2
(12,958 posts)We are clearly going to be number 1 in total deaths and deaths per capita.
NewJeffCT
(56,828 posts)The population of Columbia, SC is a ittle under 135,000 and Charleston, SC a bit over 135,000
Imagine losing a city that size?
rurallib
(62,379 posts)Because we will fly by the 72,433 this week and the reopenings are just beginning. That 135,000 number could be surpassed by the end of May as the rate increases.