Birx says deaths will be 'dramatically decreased' by end of May, criticizes media coverage as 'very

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45. Well, a month ago the death rate was 10x that of the flu. Now its much lower.

We would have known this much sooner if Trumps administration hadnt screwed up testing. We STILL arent getting tested the way we need to be. In every area where there has been large scale testing, it shows a much higher infection rate, which lowers the death rate. Look at the LA County testing. NY testing. Its far more widespread than we thought. If not for Trumps incompetence, we would have known that many weeks ago. This isnt going away; and any vaccine wont be like the polio vaccine. It will be like the flu vaccine. So we need to focus on the high risk people because they are the most vulnerable. 88% of Covid patients in NYC have had underlying conditions. THATS where we need to focus. Thinking we can just keep everyone home on an open-ended schedule is not realistic and people will reach a point where they'll just stop paying attention to it. I've already seen some folks comment that here on DU. If its happening here, its happening much more elsewhere