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Incoming CDC director expects 500,000 coronavirus deaths by mid-February
By Justine Coleman - 01/17/21 06:27 PM EST

The incoming Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) director said Sunday that she expects the U.S. will reach 500,000 COVID-19 deaths by mid-February.

Rochelle Walensky, President-elect Joe Biden’s named CDC director, told CBS News’ “Face The Nation” that she “unfortunately” agrees with outgoing CDC Director Robert Redfield that the pandemic is going to get worse.

She noted the U.S. has reached nearly 4,000 deaths a day and almost 400,000 coronavirus deaths total.


“By the middle of February we expect half a million deaths in this country,” she said.

Walensky emphasized that those numbers do not account for the “tens of thousands” of people who recovered from COVID-19 but have an “uncharacterized syndrome.” She also said the U.S. has not yet seen “the ramifications of what happened from the holiday travel,” which the incoming director said will lead to “high rates of hospitalizations and deaths thereafter.”

“I think we still have some dark weeks ahead,” she said.

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Re: Incoming CDC director expects 500,000 coronavirus deaths by mid-February
« Reply #1 on: January 18, 2021, 03:50:52 am »
Bless her optimistic little heart.
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Re: Incoming CDC director expects 500,000 coronavirus deaths by mid-February
« Reply #2 on: January 18, 2021, 04:18:58 pm »
Highly likely, even if the death rate levels off, instead of continuing to climb like it has over the last couple months.







https://ourworldindata.org/covid-deaths
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Re: Incoming CDC director expects 500,000 coronavirus deaths by mid-February
« Reply #3 on: January 18, 2021, 04:21:23 pm »
During the debates, Biden predicted 440,000 by Jan 1.  Haven't seen any press follow-ups on that yet.
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Re: Incoming CDC director expects 500,000 coronavirus deaths by mid-February
« Reply #4 on: January 18, 2021, 04:23:12 pm »
Of course there remains the question of whether counting those who die 'with Covid' along with those who die 'from Covid' provides a realistic impression.

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Re: Incoming CDC director expects 500,000 coronavirus deaths by mid-February
« Reply #5 on: January 18, 2021, 04:24:09 pm »
“Incoming CDC director expects 500,000 coronavirus deaths by mid-February”

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Re: Incoming CDC director expects 500,000 coronavirus deaths by mid-February
« Reply #6 on: January 18, 2021, 04:26:00 pm »
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Every person over 65 who dies from Covid means one less Social Security check the government has to pay out.
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Re: Incoming CDC director expects 500,000 coronavirus deaths by mid-February
« Reply #7 on: January 19, 2021, 02:43:24 am »
And just like that no died of the flu, coronary disease, cancer, poisons, accidents, suicide or homicide.