CDC Director Makes Game-Changing Comments On Coronavirus Death Toll + Why Top Health Experts Changed Their Coronavirus Predictions From 2.2 Million To Just Under 90K…In One Week

[EDITOR’S NOTE BY ADINA KUTNICKI: Aside from the fact that the CHINESE Wuhan—manufactured virus is circling the globe, what else is really going down, that is, with the mischief makers at the WHO and the CDC, too? Well, much more than meets the eye, that’s what!]

LIBERTYBELL.com April 8, 2020

 As the world battles the novel coronavirus pandemic, much has been made about the death toll that we can expect from the deadly disease.

There have been many, including those who are closely working with the President of the United States, who have projected a death toll in the millions on our shores.

But how accurate is this?

According to Dr. Robert Redfield, the Director of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), the models we’ve been relying upon to get an accurate picture as to how many deaths we can expect may have been way off.

On Monday, he told AM 1030 KVOI Radio that the number of those who perish could be “much, much, much lower” than models we’ve previously been using.

The reason?

Because Americans have been following social distancing recommendations.

 

Here is a transcript of his comments, through Breitbart:

HOST: We were talking about some of the models, whether it’s from the imperial college guy in England or the University of Washington. Thank god some of these numbers are falling short of some of these catastrophic numbers. Tell me about the dynamic of the modeling and how it helps and influences decision making and then, when the reality comes in, how does the decision making transform?

DR. ROBERT REDFIELD: I think it’s really important. First, models are only as good as their assumptions. Obviously, there was a lot unknown about this virus. The ability to actively make a lot of assumptions was much wider than if this was an Influenza B outbreak. Second thing, I will say from a public health perspective, to me, the real value of models is to have a model and then try to understand — if I invest resources here, what does that do to the model? If I invest in intervention strategies here, what does that do to the model? It’s a way of beta testing how you’re going to respond and what it does to the different models. And models should never be used to assume that we have a number. You saw those numbers are quite staggering. You’ve got 200,000 to 2 million Americans are losing their lives before the fall. That’s a pretty staggering number.

HOST: Are throwing those kind of numbers out actually helpful because what they do is scare the hell out of everyone to social distance? Is that the purpose?

DR. REDFIELD: I think different people may look at it in different ways in terms of transparency. CDC had models early on. We didn’t really publicize the models. We used them internally to understand deviation strategies. I think part of the importance of getting the American public’s attention that these models did, we really need the American public to be fully engaged now with great rigor and vigilance on the social distancing. As you pointed out, those models that were done, they assume only about 50 percent of the American public would pay attention to the recommendations. In fact, what we’re seeing is a large majority of the American public are taking the social distancing recommendations to heart. And I think that’s the direct consequence of why you’re seeing the numbers are going to be much, much, much lower than would have been predicted by the models.

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