A leading epidemiologist advising the CDC estimates the peak of deaths in the US coronavirus pandemic will be three weeks from now, and says it may be possible to only isolate the vulnerable, allowing many back to work.
A leading epidemiologist advising the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has estimated the peak of deaths in the US coronavirus pandemic will be three weeks from now, after which"most of the damage will be done," and says it may be possible to only isolate the vulnerable, allowing many back to work.
The CDC confirmed that Ira Longini, professor at the Center for Statistics and Quantitative Infectious Diseases at the University of Florida, is a"funded partner." The agency said he works with them on Covid-19 modeling.Your coronavirus questions answeredModeling is not precise, and uses known data to project trends in disease spread, and there were dissenting opinions expressed to CNN about Longini's analysis. Yet two other disease experts broadly agreed with the estimate.
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