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February 1 | Photo: Evan Vucci / AP / TT
Infection protection expert Anthony Fauci is in focus, in the context of President Donald Trump.
United States President Donald Trump believes that if the United States had followed the Swedish line in the fight against the coronavirus, then two million Americans would have lost their lives.
At the same time, White House aides say there are signs that the spread of the contagion is beginning to level off in the United States.
It was during a press conference on Friday that Trump was asked what he thinks of Sweden’s actions in the crown crisis.
– I don’t think we could have followed his line. If we had, we would have had two million deaths. Sweden is suffering a lot, said Donald Trump, who among other things reported Expressen.
Earlier this week, the President of the United States also spoke about Sweden and the fight against the coronavirus. Even then, he claimed that Sweden was suffering.
Measurements produce results
The daily crown press meeting at the White House would be a sign of cautious optimism, and Trump began by saying he believes less than 100,000 Americans will die from the virus, which was previously forecast.
According to Trump, the recommendations and actions of the authorities have yielded results. He also said states no longer appeal federal support for measures against the infection.
– It looks good in every way. Looks good with fans, looks good with protective gear, we have additional aircraft loads on the way. But we are not receiving any more calls from the governors at this time.
Statistics are beginning to see that the numbers are declining and that the situation is stabilizing, said Anthony Fauci, who is head of the US Infectious Research Institute. USA And he’s also part of the White House special team against the coronavirus.
WHO Support Notice
The experts compared Italy.
– For the first time in the United States, you can see that it is starting to soften in the logarithmic phase, as it did in Italy about a week ago. This gives us hope, said advisory group coordinator Deborah Birx.
So far, more than 18,000 people have died after contracting covid-19 viral disease in the United States.
Next week, the United States government will announce the country’s financial contribution to the World Health Organization (WHO), Trump announces. He recently accused the UN agency of managing China’s affairs and threatened to withdraw financial aid from the United States.
The United States represents about a fifth of WHO funds. Last year it was roughly the equivalent of about SEK 5.5 billion.
In most of the 50 states of the United States, residents are ordered to stay home unless there are special reasons. There are also federal guidelines that people must stay at home and away from each other, and these initially apply for 30 days.
Other evaluations
If this ceases to apply, authorities see a darker scenario than President Donald Trump predicts: the spread of the infection is expected to increase rapidly and the number of deaths will exceed 200,000, according to forecasts by the Department of Security. National and the Department of Health, which the New York Times has taken part in
That calculation applies to a situation where schools remain closed until the summer, a quarter of the workforce stays home, and people are largely distanced from each other. If no restrictions had been imposed from the start, it is estimated that up to 300,000 people could have died.
At the press conference, Donald Trump said that neither he nor his advisers have participated in these calculations. However, he announced that a working group should meet to prepare to lift the restrictions.
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