White House Forecasts Show Many More Deaths

Taegan Goddard, Political Wire
Tue, 03/31/2020 - 4:43pm

President Trump’s public health advisers project that the coronavirus could kill 100,000 to 240,000 Americans — even with strict social distancing guidelines in place, Axios reports. Meanwhile, Andy Slavitt reports “numbers floating around the White House are 400,000 and some think that requires optimism.”

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