MJ Lee

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MJ Lee @mj_lee

The 100 million new infections warning was meant to be "less about trying to predict" the future and more a part of the administration's "scenario planning," the official said. (That scenario: No new $$ to develop vaccines, tests, therapeutics) https://t.co/i9efZQbaUm — PolitiTweet.org

Posted May 12, 2022

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WH hasn't yet released the models that led to this projection. One senior admin official tells CNN that's in part because it was based on preliminary data from modelers and experts, and those models were likely still weeks away from even being finalized. https://t.co/i9efZPTzvM — PolitiTweet.org

Posted May 12, 2022

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My colleague @Deedrah notes that because of the serious unpredictability of Covid, modelers have started to "scale back on case projections, focusing instead on measures of more severe outcomes." Part of why the fall/winter warning from Dr. Jha was a surprise to some experts. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted May 12, 2022