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from the keep-your-distance-and-wear-your-mask dept.
In June, IHME predicted that the death toll in the U.S. would reach 200,000 by October, which appears to be on track.
[...] IHME previously projected 317,697 deaths by Dec. 1. The model now predicts that the daily death toll could rise to nearly 3,000 per day in December, up from over 800 per day now, according to Hopkins data.
[...] The most likely [IHME] scenario estimates that Covid-19 will kill 410,450 people in the U.S. by Jan. 1. The worst-case scenario, which assumes that restrictions and mask directives will ease, projects up to 620,028 people in the U.S. will die by then and the best-case scenario, which assumes universal masking, predicts that 288,380 people in the U.S. will die from Covid-19 in 2020.
[...] Despite the drop in new cases, the number of deaths caused by Covid-19 everyday in the U.S. has remained high, at nearly 1,000 new deaths per day, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.
[The 9/11 terrorist attacks caused 2,977 deaths; the current US COVID-19 fatality rate is like having two 9/11 attacks each week. --Ed.]
(Score: 5, Insightful) by SpockLogic on Sunday September 06 2020, @01:50AM (3 children)
No, it's the TRUMP VIRUS. Nearly 190,000 dead Americans on his watch with more to come.
Trump's inaction, Trump's incompetence, it's on him.
Vote TRUMP Vote DEATH ...
and it could be yours.
Overreacting is one thing, sticking your head up your ass hoping the problem goes away is another - edIII
(Score: -1, Flamebait) by HammeredGlass on Sunday September 06 2020, @12:47PM
You're really fucking stupid and completely blinded by partisan lies.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Grishnakh on Monday September 07 2020, @02:43AM
No, it's the TRUMP VIRUS. Nearly 190,000 dead Americans on his watch with more to come.
Trump's inaction, Trump's incompetence, it's on him.
No, actually, it's really not. It's on the American public.
The American public voted for him. Even after his leadership has been shown to be utterly incompetent, they still came out in droves to support him in parades and protests. Now that we have 193,000 dead, go drive around some of the hotspots like Michigan, Florida, etc., and see how many people refuse to wear masks or practice social distancing. Trump is not the problem, he's just a symptom of it. The problem is a cancer within the American people and American society. And there's nothing that can really be done about it, because it's metastasized: half the country still thinks Trump is great, or is following the new QAnon religion. When different parts of the country don't even agree on what reality is, things are just too far gone, and the end result is going to be some kind of disaster.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 07 2020, @09:31PM
bullshit number, dumbass