Originally Posted by
Beech Dude
I'm saying these numbers were and are bogus. Started at 2.2 mill, down, and down. Last I heard the Great Fauci revised his to 60 to 80K. Everything is trending down and moving towards the fact that we need to get back to life and work. If you break your arm, you don't put your whole body in a cast.
I think what you're missing here is that the 2.2million projection *assumed no mitigation or social distancing efforts*. The team who came up with that number was very, very clear about that.