American experts refute Trump's doubts about Covid-19 data 3
`Those deaths are real,` Anthony Fauci, director of the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said on ABC News’ This Week program on January 3, adding that hospitals were crowded with patients.
Fauci made the above statement after President Donald Trump expressed suspicion that Covid-19 data in the US had been exaggerated by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
`The number of cases and deaths from the Chinese Virus in the US is greatly exaggerated because of the CDC’s ridiculous determination method compared to other countries, many of which have reported very inaccurate and low numbers.
Mrs. Romelia Navarro, 64 years old, cried as her husband Antonio died at St.
According to the CDC, more than 20 million Americans have been infected with nCoV, of which nearly 347,000 have died, or one in every 950 Americans has died from Covid-19.
The country closed 2020 with its deadliest December and the highest number of infections since the pandemic broke out.
Public health officials warn that disaster is still ahead as the number of new infections each day may continue to increase after gatherings and gatherings during the Christmas and New Year holidays.
President Trump often downplays the severity of the pandemic and ignores recommendations from federal health officials on epidemic prevention.
`From a public health perspective, I have no reason to doubt the CDC’s numbers and I think people need to realize that it’s not just a matter of deaths,` US Surgeon General Jerome
Both medical experts Fauci and Adams expressed optimism that the pace of Covid-19 vaccination for Americans is accelerating after a slow start.
`We want to get to 20 million, but there is a glimmer of hope in the last 72 hours, 1.2 million doses have been administered, which is an average of about 500,000 people/day,` Fauci said.
Fauci believes the number of people getting vaccinated daily could rise to one million and called for `substantial cooperation` between federal and state governments on vaccination efforts.
