More than 20m Americans could have contracted Covid-19, experts say

[arenean]

From The Guardian:

New estimate from CDC indicates many without symptoms have or had the disease, senior administration officials said.

US government experts believe more than 20 million Americans could have contracted coronavirus – 10 times more than official counts, as cases are now rising in more than half of states and a new warning came of the risk of “apocalyptic” infection in major cities.

The new estimated numbers from the federal agency the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) indicate that many people without symptoms have or have had the disease, senior administration officials said on Thursday.

The news came as Texas, one of the most populous US states, has seen a surge in Covid-19 cases and the governor on Thursday announced that he would have to pause the next phases in what has been a rapid reopening of business. Cases are now rising in 27 US states, up from 22 earlier this week.

Full story: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jun/25/us-coronavirus-cases-count-cdc

[duforsure]

1. Without adequate testing

That number could also be much higher than their estimate. They have many area's they have no clue how many have it , and have refused to get people tested. trump has promoted under reporting on this virus, and is against knowing the truth for fear its exposes his failure with this virus, but that horse left the barn a long tome ago for trump being exposed for failing with this virus. This virus is kicking his ass now, and will until Nov. no matter what he tries to con voters into believing, while he actively tries to keep any direct payments getting to the American people. He will claim the opposite in public trying to hijack who is behind us getting checks , the Democrats are, not trump, are behind these next checks, and will be lowered by trump and McConnell.

[beachbumbob]

2. if thats the case then the mortality rate is equal or less than the seasonal flu

[marmar]

3. 35 million people got the flu last year. with 35,000 estimated deaths.

Your math doesn't add up.

[beachbumbob]

4. either way, COVID mortality doesn;t appear to be 10x the seasonal flu rate does it?

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