In June, Fauci said it was possible America could reach 100,000 cases a day, but he called America doubling that amount “predictable.”
Nearly nine months into the pandemic, America’s experiencing record highs in daily coronavirus cases and Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases, called it a “predictable” spike. Compared with the summer months when America reported daily increases of about 70,000 cases, the United States is now reporting more than 200,000 cases each day. The spike in cases is pushing hospitals to the brink of their capacity, raising concerns about the ability for people to be treated, and prompting legislators across the country to impose additional restrictions on social gatherings. In June, when daily cases were around 40,000, Fauci said it was possible the country could reach 100,000 cases each day. Now that the country has reached 200,000 cases or more per day, Fauci told CNN’s New Day on Monday that he’s “not surprised” by the increase in cases that are being reported. “All the indicators and parameters pointing in the direction for that happening have occurred,” Fauci said. “We had a very high baseline of cases to begin with, even at the time when things seemed to have been calming down, it never got down to a low baseline.
