Report: Over 500,000 Americans Could Die From The Covid-19 Coronavirus By February

USA Today: Half a million deaths by the end of February? Current COVID-19 strategies have the US headed in that direction, experts say

The nation's patchwork of differing COVID-19 mandates and the inconsistent use of masks to prevent virus spread could lead to the cumulative loss of more than half a million lives by the end of February, scientists say.

Researchers from the University of Washington's School of Medicine predicted that current state strategies surrounding social distancing, phased reopenings and mask mandates could lead to 511,373 deaths by Feb. 28, 2021, according to a study published Friday in the peer-reviewed journal Nature Medicine.

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WNU Editor: The report is here .... Modeling COVID-19 scenarios for the United States (Nature).

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