“This Is Going To Be A Very, Very Painful Two Weeks”: White House Projects 100,000-240,000 Coronavirus Deaths

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By Ted Johnson The White House’s daily coronavirus briefing started with the grim reality: Even with strict social distancing guidelines followed throughout the country, a projected 100,000 to 240,000 Americans will die of the disease.

As the early evening event moved inside, President Donald Trump started the briefing in a much more somber tone than he did 24 hours earlier, when he presented a parade of CEOs to talk about what they are contributing to the response to the pandemic. “We are going to go through a very tough two weeks,” Trump said. “This is going to be a painful, very, very painful two weeks.” Dr.

Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said that the figure was “a number that we