Anderson starts now. Reporter and good evening. The White House Coronavirus task force completed a stark and stunning presentation in the last hour warning what the president called a very painful two weeks ahead. According to the latest projection presented by scientists on the task force today, 100,000 to 240,000 people in this country will die in the weeks and months ahead. 100,000 to 240,000. And that is with current stay at home orders and social distancing efforts. That is certainly not good news, but when you compare it to the alternative, it just might be. On a chart called goals of Community Mitigation also presented by the task force, we saw estimates of what would happen without isolation and mitigation efforts. 1 Million People in this country could die, possibly many more than that. So let me make it clear. According to best estimates embraced by the nations top scientists, if we were not following stay at home orders or social distancing orders, 1 million or more of us wo
Before we hand it over to chris, take a look, the Empire State Building shining red and white for the First Responders on the front lines of this crisis who are risking their lives to help keep us alive. Anderson, as always, the per perfect message. Maybe more than ever, those First Responders are depending on us. Thank you for well wishing, brother. Ill check in with you tomorrow. Tonights show will be a little different. Priority remain, reality set in all the way to the president. Brace yourselves, not for a hoax but for the next few weeks of scary and painful realities. The government is saying we need to keep doing what were doing. The data shows our mitigation efforts are working. The reality, we are our best and perhaps only defense. If you need a death toll, you will get it every day, and it will frighten you. 4,000 already. Maybe 100,000. 250,000. Trumped up today by this president potentially saying it could have been millions. My suggestion, dont get caught in the numbers. W
Scientists on the task force today, 100,000 to 240,000 people in this country will die in the weeks and months ahead. 100,000 to 240,000. And that is with current stay at home orders and social distancing efforts. That is certainly not good news. But when you compare it to the alternative, it just might be. On a chart called goals of Community Mitigation also presented by the task force, we saw estimates of what would happen without isolation and mitigation efforts. 1 Million People in this country could die, possibly many more than that. So let me make it clear. According to best estimates embraced by the nations top scientists, if we were not following stayathome orders or social distancing orders, a million or more of us would die in this country. As it is right now, 100,000 to 240,000 of us will likely die. This is where we are tonight in this pandemic. And as dr. Anthony fauci said during that presentation, models are only as good as the assumptions theyre based on. The question i