Asked whether Americans should be prepared for 100,000 people in the U.S. to die from COVID-19, Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said point-blank, “The answer is yes.”
“As sobering a number as that is, we should be prepared for it. Is it going to be that much? I hope not. I think the more we push on the mitigation, the less likelihood it would be that number. But, as being realistic, we need to prepare ourselves that that is a possibility that that’s what we will see.”