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US could see half a million coronavirus deaths by end of winter, study warns – DW (English)
A new model has predicted high levels of daily deaths in late December and in January in the US. Researchers also say that a nationwide mask mandate could save…
Some 500,000 people in the US could die from coronavirus by the end of February 2021, a new estimate by researchers at the University of Washington’s (UW) Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation showed on Friday.
The UW estimates warned that with few effective COVID-19 treatment options and no vaccines yet available, the US faces “a continued COVID-19 public health challenge through the winter.”
“We are heading into a very substantial fall/winter surge,” said IHME director Chris Murray, who…
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