Total US COVID-19 deaths will stay substantially below 100,000.
Inaccurate ●●●●●
“The minimum number was 100,000 lives, and I think we'll be substantially under that number”
- Said on
- 10 April 2020 · White House coronavirus briefing, quoted by AP
- Source
- Grim count: US virus toll passes Trump's 60,000 marker · Associated Press (via Fox 11)
- Should come true
- No date given
- How sure they sounded
- I think
- Categories
- Health
- Importance
- 3 of 5 · Forecast of the US pandemic death toll.
Outcome
Inaccurate
The AP reported on May 27, 2020 that US COVID-19 deaths had passed 100,000, about seven weeks after this statement, making the forecast impossible. US deaths later exceeded one million.
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