Researchers predict US coronavirus deaths could double by April and say masks could save more lives than vaccines before then – Business Insider Australia

• The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington has issued a new report estimating that the US coronavirus death toll will reach 539,000 by April.
• About 282,000 American deaths from the virus had been reported as of Monday.
• The report predicts COVID-19 vaccines will prevent 9,000 deaths before April 1 and “speed the transition back to normal” later in the year. In the meantime, it said universal mask use would prevent far more deaths.
• A US Food and Drug Administration…

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