Covid-19 Model: 562,000 deaths in U.S. by April 1

Anderson Cooper 360

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🗓️ 19 December 2020

⏱️ 46 minutes

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An influential Covid-19 model from the University of Washington predicts there will be 562,000 deaths by April 1st. If 95% of people wore masks, 55,000 lives could be saved. Dr. Chris Murray is the director of the group at the University of Washington that’s been working on these models throughout the pandemic. He joins AC360 to discuss when he thinks the vaccines will make a major dent on the daily death rate. Plus, the FDA has issued emergency use authorization for Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine. Dr. William Schaffner is a professor at the Division of Infectious Diseases at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and is also a member of the CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. He tells AC360 that getting the Moderna vaccine to rural hospitals and health departments will be much easier because it doesn’t have the intense, cold storage requirements that the Pfizer vaccine has. Airdate: December 18, 2020 Guests: Dr. Chris Murray Dr. William Schaffner To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	The breaking news tonight, there are now two COVID vaccines approved for emergency use
0:06.1	in this country.
0:07.3	The FDA gave the green light just moments ago to Moderna's version.
0:10.4	We're now just waiting for the CDC to sigh off on it.
0:13.8	John Burman here in for Anderson, we'll talk more in a moment about how important this
0:17.8	is with the pandemic now projected to claim 562,000 lies by April.
0:24.6	First though, the president's silence or even worse than silence in the face of this largely
0:29.5	avoidable human tragedy.
0:32.1	Nearly 2,300 new deaths reported so far tonight on top of 3,000 plus last night.
0:38.8	COVID is now the country's leading cause of death.
0:41.4	According to the University of Washington's Institute for Health, Metrics, and Evaluation,
0:45.9	there are the folks behind that 562,000 fatality projection which itself is up by more than
0:51.7	60,000 since the last model.
0:54.6	Once more, this new one predicts that between now and April, 49 states will experience high
0:59.9	or extreme stress on ICU capacity and that deaths per day will exceed 3,750.
1:05.8	That's about one life lost every 23 seconds, which is why health officials say it's so
1:12.3	important to take every precaution for yourself and others until mass vaccination can do
1:17.8	its job.
1:18.8	But the health of your family, your neighbors, and your community first.
1:25.4	Practice good hygiene.
1:27.1	Wash your hands.
1:28.7	Practice social distancing or wear a mask whenever it's indicated or whenever you're
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