Trump: US Coronavirus Deaths Could Reach 70,000

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A young man wearing a gas mask loads the potting soil he has bought into his car in front of a hardware store in Kaufbeuren, Germany, Monday, April 27, 2020. From today face masks are mandatory in parts of Germany for shopping and on public transport due to the coronavirus outbreak. (Karl-Josef Hildenbrand/dpa via AP)

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is projecting that coronavirus deaths in the United States could reach 70,000, but says original projections were much higher as he explained why voters should consider re-electing him in November.

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Trump has at times this month cited 60,000 as the estimate of how many people would die from COVID-19.

Trump was asked during a White House news conference on Monday whether an American president deserved to be re-elected after losing more Americans in six weeks than died in the Vietnam War. Approximately 58,000 U.S. troops were killed during the Vietnam War.

The number of dead in the U.S. from COVID-19 surpassed 55,000, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University.

Trump said the nation has lost a lot of people.

“But if you look at what original projections were — 2.2 million — we’re probably heading to 60,000-70,000. It’s far too many. One person is too many for this. And I think we’ve made a lot of really good decisions. The big decision was closing the border or doing the ban, people coming in from China.”

Trump added: “I think we’ve done a great job. I will say this, one person is too many.”

Trump is relying on a pandemic forecast that predicted 1.5 million to 2.2 million deaths in the United States in a worst-case scenario, without efforts to slow the spread of the coronavirus through social distancing.


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Anonymous
Anonymous
3 years ago

I have no problem imagining him ordering someone to travel to Wuhan
and let loose some US lab virus there. He has no understanding of
science and no respect for expert opinion.

PaulinSaudi
PaulinSaudi
3 years ago

Given we are at 56,000 now, we will be at 70,000 in less than two weeks.

Giddy Gitty
Giddy Gitty
3 years ago

Expert opinion?
Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa…
Ya mean everybody who told us to socially intermingle until March 10? As they called him an xenophobe and racist?
Or that phony study that bashed hydroxy which was a sham study?
Sham science, sham study, sham opinions.
When we strolling in the Chinatowns of Frisco & NY?
How about this afternoon?

Aleph
Aleph
3 years ago

More deaths in 2 months than 10 years in Vietnam. A mild flu? Thanks to the Orange Rasha. Even his own GOP govs don’t pay attention to him.

Phineas
Phineas
3 years ago

Jan. 22: “We have it totally under control. It’s one person coming in from China. We have it under control. It’s going to be just fine.” — Trump in a CNBC interview.

Jan. 30: “We think we have it very well under control. We have very little problem in this country at this moment — five — and those people are all recuperating successfully. But we’re working very closely with China and other countries, and we think it’s going to have a very good ending for us … that I can assure you.” — Trump in a speech in Michigan.

Feb. 10: “Now, the virus that we’re talking about having to do — you know, a lot of people think that goes away in April with the heat — as the heat comes in. Typically, that will go away in April. We’re in great shape though. We have 12 cases — 11 cases, and many of them are in good shape now.” — Trump at the White House. (See our item “Will the New Coronavirus ‘Go Away’ in April?“)

Feb. 14: “There’s a theory that, in April, when it gets warm — historically, that has been able to kill the virus. So we don’t know yet; we’re not sure yet. But that’s around the corner.” — Trump in speaking to National Border Patrol Council members.

Feb. 23: “We have it very much under control in this country.” — Trump in speaking to reporters.

Feb. 24: “The Coronavirus is very much under control in the USA. We are in contact with everyone and all relevant countries. CDC & World Health have been working hard and very smart. Stock Market starting to look very good to me!” — Trump in a tweet.

Feb. 26: “So we’re at the low level. As they get better, we take them off the list, so that we’re going to be pretty soon at only five people. And we could be at just one or two people over the