XPost: alt.politics.trump, alt.coronavirus, sac.politics   
   XPost: alt.politics.republicans   
   From: pure-scum@nytimes.com   
      
   The White House response coordinator for the coronavirus task force said   
   Thursday that extreme predictions about the pandemic don't line up with   
   the incoming data, while also pushing back against unfounded rumors that   
   could alarm the public.   
      
      
   Dr. Deborah Birx said 19 of all 50 states with confirmed cases have low   
   levels of the outbreak.   
      
   “When people start talking about 20 percent of a population being   
   infected, it’s very scary," she said during Thursday's White House   
   briefing. "But we don’t have data that matches that based on the [actual]   
   experience.”   
      
      
   Birx also pushed back against rumors of changes to do-not-resuscitate   
   policies, saying such falsehoods could scare the public. Hospitals across   
   the United States are reportedly discussing the possibility of a blanket   
   do-not-resuscitate policy for infected patients to prevent the virus from   
   spreading.   
      
   "There is no situation in the United States right now that warrants that   
   kind of discussion," Birx said.   
      
   Earlier this week, Birx said new cases had been consistent “but not   
   rising more than day-over-day rise.”   
      
   The U.S. overtook China Thursday as the country that is hardest hit by the   
   pandemic. At least 82,404 people have contracted the virus in the United   
   States, including 1,000 deaths. The U.S. has now accounted for about 14.9   
   percent of cases worldwide.   
      
   New York City is the epicenter of the outbreak, with more than 21,000   
   cases and 281 deaths. New York State had a surge in coronavirus-related   
   deaths -- 385 -- in the past 24 hours.   
      
   https://www.foxnews.com/politics/deborah-birx-coronavirus-data-not-   
   matching-extreme-predictions   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)