Dr. Scott Gottlieb warns of ‘staggering’ Covid death totals in U.S. as infection rates increase
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Via: krishna • 4 years ago • 10 commentsBy: Kevin Stankiewicz (which is hard to spell, let alone pronounce)
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The United States could see “staggering” numbers of coronavirus deaths in the coming months as infection rates increase during the colder months, Dr. Scott Gottlieb said.
There were 916 deaths from Covid-19 in the U.S. on Friday, according to data compiled by the Covid Tracking Project, an independent volunteer organization launched by journalists at The Atlantic.
New coronavirus cases eclipsed 71,600 on Thursday. Gottlieb, a physician who served as the U.S. Food and Drug Administration commissioner, emphasized that doctors have improved their treatment of Covid-19 patients during the pandemic, bringing down the mortality rate. He has said it might have been reduced by 50%.
Despite these positive developments, Gottlieb said the challenge the U.S. is facing now is simply how widespread the virus is across the country. “Mortality is going to be down, but we’re going to be infecting so many people that the daily death statistics are going to be staggering,” said Gottlieb, who led the FDA under Trump from May 2017 to April 2019.
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New coronavirus cases eclipsed 71,600 on Thursday.
A tremendous increase for a single day!
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Gottlieb said the challenge the U.S. is facing now is simply how widespread the virus is across the country. “Mortality is going to be down, but we’re going to be infecting so many people that the daily death statistics are going to be staggering,” said Gottlieb, who led the FDA under Trump from May 2017 to April 2019.
This part is highly significant:
We’re going to be infecting so many people that the daily death statistics are going to be staggering,” said Gottlieb
Since the report on cases and deaths in this article (last Friday) we've had some days with very high new cases. Yesterday close to 80K and today it looks like it will be close to that number again.
Recently its become quite obvious that the trend is new cases is accelerating.
Kind of ironic, isn't it, that new cases are spiking-- right before the election!!!
Don't worry, everything is okay. This just in:
White House Claim That Trump Ended The Pandemic
RIP Rice Tilley. This damned COVID thing just keeps creeping closer and closer to our family and extended family.
We have so far been lucky to have survivors with no sense of taste or smell and one person still struggling with breath and stamina.
Rice will be sorely missed by all, especially my bride.
There has been lots of talk about Covid deaths being over reported but the opposite may eventually be the truth. The longterm complications of Covid infections are turning out to be many. In older people they include cardiovascular inflammation and premature organ failure. You don't want it...