Anthony Fauci estimates that the number of victims of Covid-19 in the United States is much higher

Covid-19, which has officially killed 581,000 since the start of 2020 in the United States, has “undoubtedly” claimed the lives of many more people than expected, estimates Sunday Anthony Fauci, White House medical adviser.

An analysis released Thursday by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington School of Medicine indicated that the number of coronavirus deaths in the United States since March 2020 was 905,289. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said the agency will “carefully” analyze the data.

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When asked about the study, Fauci did not corroborate the data, but acknowledged that health officials “were saying up front that an underestimation” of mortality “was very likely.”

“This model suggests a significant number of ‘900,000 deaths’, placing the underestimation a little higher than I would have thought,” Fauci told the channel. NBC. “But I think without a doubt (…) we have underestimated and continue to underestimate” the mortality of covid, he stressed, pointing to a “historic” pandemic to justify the difficulty of a accurate count.

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The United States has recorded more than 32 million cases and 581,000 deaths since the start of the pandemic.

Regarding the vaccination campaign, Fauci pointed out that 58% of adults in the United States received at least one dose and over 110 million people (one third of the total population) are fully immunized.

President Joe Biden has set a target for 70% of adults to receive at least one dose before the July 4 national holiday, but the vaccination campaign is slowing as it tries to reach the most skeptical or indifferent.

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