Dr. Fauci: ‘It’s Possible’ Hundreds of Thousands or Even Millions of Americans Could Die of Coronavirus

RUSH TRANSCRIPT And joining ░░░░░░░░ now is a leader ░░░░░░░░ the president s Coronavirus ░░░░░░░░ force The Nation s ░░░░░░░░ infectious disease doctor Anthony ░░░░░░░░ Sir thank you so ░░░░░░░░ for joining us Good ░░░░░░░░ be with you One ░░░░░░░░ ago we were reporting ░░░░░░░░ deaths 490 infected Today ░░░░░░░░ 60 deaths There have ░░░░░░░░ estimates of hundreds of ░░░░░░░░ of people in the ░░░░░░░░ S Who could die ░░░░░░░░ in the worst case ░░░░░░░░ millions Can you tell ░░░░░░░░ American people that that ░░░░░░░░ possible You know it ░░░░░░░░ possible because when you ░░░░░░░░ a model you have ░░░░░░░░ worst case scenario the ░░░░░░░░ case scenario and the ░░░░░░░░ is how you react ░░░░░░░░ that will depend where ░░░░░░░░ re going to be ░░░░░░░░ that curve So obviously ░░░░░░░░ are clearly going to ░░░░░░░░ more infections There s ░░░░░░░░ to be more problems ░░░░░░░░ regard to morbidity and ░░░░░░░░ The challenge we have ░░░░░░░░ now is how do ░░░░░░░░ blunt that I ve ░░░░░░░░ many times if you ░░░░░░░░ leave it alone and ░░░░░░░░ the virus to its ░░░░░░░░ devices it will go ░░░░░░░░ up and come down ░░░░░░░░ over a period of ░░░░░░░░ weeks Unfortunately for our ░░░░░░░░ in Italy and France ░░░░░░░░ certainly in China that ░░░░░░░░ what happened Our challenge ░░░░░░░░ now is to do ░░░░░░░░ things is to prevent ░░░░░░░░ new influx of cases ░░░░░░░░ the travel restrictions and ░░░░░░░░ what we re dealing ░░░░░░░░ right now is to ░░░░░░░░ that we re going ░░░░░░░░ get more infections but ░░░░░░░░ it so that we ░░░░░░░░ t have that sharp ░░░░░░░░ so we have a ░░░░░░░░ hump Even with that ░░░░░░░░ ll have people getting ░░░░░░░░ but we need to ░░░░░░░░ to get there as ░░░░░░░░ to there.