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Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease official and a member of the coronavirus task force, said Sunday that between 100,000 and 200,000 people in the United States could die from the pandemic in his estimate, which he emphasized is subject to change.
Hours later, President Trump said the federal government’s guidelines for social distancing would remain in place until April 30, later than his original suggestion they could end by Easter.
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Fauci’s assessment was dire but cautioned.
“I mean, looking at what we’re seeing now, you know, I would say between 100- and 200,000. But I don’t want to be held to that,” he said on CNN. He added that the virus is a “moving target” as more data is gathered and that he could “easily be wrong.”
As of Sunday afternoon there were more than 137,000 confirmed cases of the coronavirus in the United States and more than 2,400 deaths, the fatalities doubling in just two days.
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Meanwhile, residents in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut were living Sunday under a government travel advisory that urged them not to leave the state for 14 days.
The travel advisory, from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, followed statements Saturday by President Trump, who told reporters that he was considering a “quarantine” for the states before saying later it wouldn’t be necessary.
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Some people, though, are paying little heed to calls for social distancing.
While most religious leaders are finding ways to facilitate worship remotely, a number of pastors around the country, including in hot spots for the virus, are holding packed services, with their worshippers sitting and standing close enough to touch, then answering calls from the pulpit to hug their neighbors.
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