What did Donald Trump predict about the pandemic on 26 Feb 2020?
Donald Trump, President of the United States ·
…when you have 15 people, and the 15 within a couple of days is going to be down to close to zero…
82,404 cases a month later
Trump said the 15 U.S. cases would soon be down to close to zero. A month later, on March 26, 2020, confirmed U.S. cases had reached 82,404.
By March 26, 2020, confirmed U.S. cases had reached 82,404, more than any other country (Johns Hopkins data).
Prediction vs. outcome · Pandemic
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- White House press conference with the Coronavirus Task Force.