The number of known US COVID-19 cases (15 at the time) will fall to close to zero within a couple of days.
Inaccurate ●●●●●
“When you have 15 people, and the 15 within a couple of days is going to be down to close to zero”
- Said on
- 26 February 2020 · White House coronavirus press conference
- Source
- Three Weeks · Talking Points Memo
- Should come true
- 29 Feb 2020
- How sure they sounded
- is going to
- Categories
- Health
- Importance
- 3 of 5 · Presidential forecast shaping the early US public-health response to COVID-19.
Outcome
Inaccurate
US cases rose rather than falling to near zero; the CDC counted 395,926 US cases by April 7, 2020. The 15-case figure cited also excluded repatriated cruise-ship and evacuee cases.
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