“It’s clear that many individuals in this nation are still susceptible,” Dr. Robert Redfield, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said on a call with reporters Thursday. “Our best estimate right now is that for every case that was reported, there actually are 10 more infections.”
Administration officials are pointing to the new data to allay public anxieties, claiming that while there have been significant spikes, they have the outbreaks well in hand. They maintained they were not trying to minimize a public health crisis, but said the nation is in a markedly different place with the virus now than when the U.S. last saw similar infection numbers in mid-April, when testing infrastructure was weaker.
Several independent experts said the methods and locations of sampling are key to interpreting the numbers. They point instead to more nuanced county-level data, which shows positivity rates exceeding 10% in just 3% of the nation’s counties. Yet they acknowledge that some of the areas with the highest transmission rates are generally the most populous, suggesting tens of millions of Americans could be living in areas with spiking infections.
The officials say the nature of the outbreak now is different than months ago, when deaths topped more than 1,000 per day for weeks and hospitals were stretched beyond capacity across the country. The new increase in positive cases, they said, is capturing what has long been there. They say it is only now showing up in data because the U.S. has increased testing and surveillance.
This is great news ! If accurate,this brings the death rate down to .0064 % .
Sounds like there is a bit of silver lining then.
I think I had it in early March right before the schools shut down. Wish I could get an antibody test
Case numbers are not as important as deaths. *THE GOOD NEWS THEY'RE NOT REPORTING IS DEATHS HAVEN'T INCREASED. We have growing herd immunity & better medicines. This virus is purposely being overblown, spreading unnecessary FEAR. Propaganda and fear. Pathetic. OPEN AMERICA.
This is the best news possible at this point. The more people that have had covid-19 the better. It means closer to immunity, lower fatality rate and lower hospital rate. I think and hope it's higher then this. My estimate from rates is closer to 30 million.
But, as realDonaldTrump suggests testing doesn’t mean much other than making POTUS look bad. Lives over ego? Way to go, SIR!
Wuhan Chinese Kung Flu virus!
I DONT BELIEVE THE DEATH COUNT AND NEVER WILL THEY COUNTED EVERY AND I MEAN EVERY DEATH AS COVID TELATED TO INFLATE THE NUMBERS HELL EVEN ILLINOIS SO CALLED HEALTH INSPECTOR SAID WE ARE COUNTING HOSPICE PATIENTS AS COVID DEATHS SAID ON TV REALLY HUM SOUND LITTLE BIT FISHY TO ME!
700 MILLION people were infected during the H1 N1 pandemic of 2010. Not the first pandemic in recent history.
Who cares anymore about covid 19
Physician’s/Nurses kill approximately 250,000 patients a year in the U.S. annually from Medical Malpractice! Why would you trust an MSM M.D. to tell you the truth about Covid-19? How deadly can it be? Can you be A-Symptomatic with Ebola, Hanta or Marburg Viruses? No! You die!
Y'all some haircut needing, bar wanting, grandma hating, I can't breathe through paper motherf'rs up in here.
Now you're being cornered into using percentage. Sorry what you have done in last few months, you're still a fake news.
The SPIN- so what you are REALLY saying is- the figure reveals that the mortality rate of the disease is about .0124 percent
Estimates are news now?
Right!
25thAmendmentBeforeWeAllDie
Um thanks protesters
Trump should wear a mask 😷
So this is a guess with no facts behind it. That sounds about right for your reporting
Can they estimate how many died in January February March April due to lack of available tests?
You mean the CHINA WUHAN COVID VIRUS!
I’m terrified!!!!!!! 🙄
'US health officials estimate...''---- that's a red flag right there.
For those downplaying the severity: 1. This is nothing new. It's been assumed all along that there are many more actual cases than reported. 2. COVID-19 can also cause long-term damage. 3. Wear a mask.
So a 0.6% death rate. Not to mention out of the ~280 million people left to be infected, probably 90% won’t even have symptoms.
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So if your healthy going in your odds of perishing are significantly higher than 5,000 to 1
Garbage in, garbage out. Nobody knows what is what. The fumbling by the experts, all the way through C-19 proves this. Why should anyone believe their numbers now?
Makes the fatality rate wayyy lower then anticipated! Great news!
What I don’t get with this virus. First it was proper deadly when show from China’s perspective then it was just like flu then it wasn’t. I honestly don’t get the truth about it, it’s confusing as hell. Why the hell is it even here springing out of nowhere, skeptical.
More useless and meaningless stories to follow. Hey we had to write something right!😂😆🤣😂😶🤔😳🤯
Okay we're splitting hairs here. Estimate and guesstimate are the same thing. Back to square one
Problematic: US health officials
Do the math, this makes the death rate is extremely low!
Redfield said the state of the pandemic in the country can be misleading,nation is experiencing high levels of spread. In reality, he said, about 110 or 120 counties in the country currently have significant transmission. There are more than 3,100 counties in the United States.”
I noticed the media has stepped away from calling them health experts to calling them health officials. They officially have no clue about this virus, 8 months into its discovery. Just admit malpractice treating the infected is really what has caused the deaths already.
And Donnie doesn’t care
This is an estimate. They have been wrong in the past, will continue to be in the future. Don't believe the rhetoric. Been several times in the past.
What happened too, it was soooooo contagious? Doesn't appear that way, does it? How about.. it passes through your system in 2 weeks?
Shouldn’t we be happy that this makes the death rate even lower?
Great news. That means the death rate is miniscule except for nursing homes where any virus can sadly wreak havoc.
Last week racism. This week CV. Next week aliens.
“The vast majority still susceptible”. Gee how can we turn the comforting headline about a low number of the population actually being infected and incite fear into the masses? 🤔
That means death rate and hospitalization rate is minuscule. You know, the only things that matters.
That’s a great deal of death waiting to hit home ...such a poor job by federal government
i don’t believe this.
And?
.I got a fever & coughing the end of January, and it lasted about 2 weeks. now, I have allergy type of symptoms on & off, I never taken the test. Many people commented that they have/had pneumonia, cough, fever, loss of taste type of symptoms since December. coronavirus
PostimusMaximus This is really, really, good news if it is true. If this is true, it means that the fatality and hospitalization rate is 10 times lower than we were led to believe.