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White House takes new line after dire report on death toll: Federal guidelines warned against gatherings of more than ten people as a report predicted high fatalities in the USwithout drastic action

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    Wow. I just ran the numbers. Even using a conservative hospitalization rate of 2.5%, and a three week average convalescence, it would keep the surplus 330,000 hospital beds in America fully...

    “We don’t have a clear exit strategy,” Dr. Ferguson said of the recommended measures. “We’re going to have to suppress this virus — frankly, indefinitely — until we have a vaccine.”

    Wow. I just ran the numbers. Even using a conservative hospitalization rate of 2.5%, and a three week average convalescence, it would keep the surplus 330,000 hospital beds in America fully utilized for over a year.

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