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Hospitals in the US could be overrun by coronavirus cases in little more than a week, a former Obama administration senior health official has warned,
Tweets by Slavitt on Friday highlighted some experts’ expectations that more than 1 million could die in the US from coronavirus
The only way for the US to avoid such an explosion, Slavitt said in a series of tweets on Saturday, was for the entire population to follow a strict policy of social isolation
“We’re about to experience the worst public health disaster since polio,” said Dr Martin Makary, professor at Johns Hopkins University’s Bloomberg School of Public Health, speaking to Yahoo Finance.
“There are probably 25 to 50 people who have the virus for every one person who is confirmed. I think we have between 50,000 and half a million cases right now walking around in the United States.” (14 mars 2020)
theguardian.com/
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UK officials believe up to 10,000 people are already infected with the coronavirus in Britain - 20 times higher than the officially confirmed number (12 mars 2020)
businessinsider.com
10 000 - 50 000 kan redan va infekterade i Sverige. Antalet svårt sjuka som behöver intensivvård i Sverige kan öka kraftigt närmaste 2 veckorna om det antagandet stämmer. Förmodligen 25 - 50 personer infekterade på varje bekräftat fall i USA anser Dr Martin Makary, professor at Johns Hopkins University’s Bloomberg School of Public Health .
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The guardian, Ex-Obama official warns US health system faces 'tsunami' over coronavirus, 14 mars 2020,
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/14/coronavirus-us-hopsitals-healthcare-andy-slavitt
businessinsider.com, 12 mars 2020,
https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-uk-estimates-up-to-10000-british-people-already-infected-2020-3?r=US&IR=T
worldometer, 14 mars 2020,
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/
