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Gottlieb says US could hit 300,000 COVID-19 deaths by year-end

Former Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Scott Gottlieb said Wednesday that the United States could reach 300,000 COVID-19 deaths by the end of 2020 if the country’s death rate does not improve. “Right now, we have about 1,000 victims a day, so if we don’t change that trajectory, you …

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Gottlieb: ‘The total number of deaths will start to increase again’

Former Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb warned Sunday that mortality from coronavirus cases will increase in the near future. Gottlieb noted that a better understanding of the coronavirus and a higher proportion of infections in younger people is currently causing fewer deaths, but said on CBS ‘”Face the …

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