A draft government report obtained by The Washington Post on Monday estimates a big jump in daily deaths from coronavirus in the next month.
Right now, an average of 1,388 are dying each day in the U.S. By June 1, this draft report estimates 3,000 people a day could be dying.
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“The document predicts a sharp increase in both cases and deaths beginning about May 14,” The Post reports, which is actually around the time a separate model, prepared by a Trump adviser, predicts deaths will go to zero. This new, much more dire estimate comes as Trump says most states should start opening up — and most are.
The new estimates were drafted by an epidemiology expert at Johns Hopkins University who told The Post the modeling shown in the report wasn’t complete, but who said things could “get out of control very quickly” depending on different reopening scenarios.
It underscores the risk Trump is taking right now. He has been vocal for a month and counting that he wants the economy going again, and he helped push the White House coronavirus task force to come up with guidelines for states to allow people back to work.
