What did Mike Pence predict about the pandemic in April 2020?
Mike Pence, Vice President of the United States; chair of the White House Coronavirus Task Force ·
If you look at the trends today, I think by Memorial Day Weekend we will largely have this coronavirus epidemic behind us.
~100,000 U.S. deaths by Memorial Day
Pence said the epidemic would largely be behind the U.S. by Memorial Day. By then about 102,000 had died, and by late July new cases had tripled to about 66,000 a day.
By Memorial Day, May 25, 2020, the U.S. had recorded about 1.67 million confirmed cases and about 102,000 deaths, with new cases averaging about 21,700 a day; by late July the seven-day average had tripled to about 66,000 a day (Johns Hopkins CSSE).
Prediction vs. outcome · Pandemic
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- Interview with Geraldo Rivera on Rivera's radio show.