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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCDC says it could be 143,000 dead from Covid-19 by June 27
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2020/06/04/CDC-US-coronavirus-death-toll-could-reach-143K-by-June-27/1371591315985/<snip>
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday forecast the U.S. death toll from the coronavirus could reach as high as 143,000 by the end of the month.
In a death forecast weekly update, the CDC predicted -- based on 20 individual national forecast models from various institutions -- that the U.S. death toll from COVID-19 could reach between 118,000 and 143,000 by June 27.
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CDC says it could be 143,000 dead from Covid-19 by June 27 (Original Post)
malaise
Jun 2020
OP
NO, NO, AND NO....YOU CAN NOT TALK ABOUT THAT.......FLOYD GEORGE IS MORE IMPORTANT..
Stuart G
Jun 2020
#6
Goodheart
(5,346 posts)1. My prediction in the middle of April was 122,000 by August 1
Looks like I was too optimistic.
Bengus81
(6,936 posts)2. Think back...seems like just a few days ago when it hit 100K, now at 108K
CDC numbers..........
malaise
(269,219 posts)4. Some of us DUers posted last night that we had already passed 110,000
Depends on which website we use.
It's close to 2 million Americans infected as well.
Bengus81
(6,936 posts)5. Yep...I wonder how the CDC and John Hopkins can be so different in totals
sarcasmo
(23,968 posts)3. The real unemployment number is 21.2 percent and soon a 143,000 dead.
2020 is a Shit Show.
Stuart G
(38,453 posts)6. NO, NO, AND NO....YOU CAN NOT TALK ABOUT THAT.......FLOYD GEORGE IS MORE IMPORTANT..
So is the economy, jobs, stock market, protesters, standing at the church with a bible, etc.etc..
NO ...YOU CANNOT TALK ABOUT 143,000 DEATHS BY THE END OF THE MONTH...
more arguments at this link...
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100213550026
Stuart G
(38,453 posts)7. K and R...nt
uponit7771
(90,367 posts)9. K&R, wasn't there 100,000 last Friday now its over 110,000 !!!
orwell
(7,776 posts)10. As long as it is less than 2 Million...
...WINNING!
Everyone said we would be lucky to keep it under 2 million dead.
AND I DELIVERED!
I am the greatest president of all time!
he will learn