True: COVID-19 death toll in the U.S. is expected to fall sharply by the end of July.

By: Ranjini K
May 27 2021

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Scenario modeling methods used to construct the possible COVID-19 trends projected that there would be a decline in deaths in the U.S. by July 2021.Six study groups' predictions were used in a report published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The study group's task was to forecast the pandemic's course in the U.S. from April until September based on various scenarios, such as how the vaccine campaign unfolds. In data published on May 14, 2021, in the agency's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Study, researchers used scenario modeling approaches to illustrate long-term estimates of future patterns in COVID-19 incidents, hospitalizations, and fatalities. The study said that a reduction in nonpharmaceutical interventions or anti-pandemic interventions like social distancing and mask usage increased COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations, and deaths. COVID-19 cases are expected to rise in the U.S. through May in all four scenarios studied by the researchers. Due to the prevalence of a fast-spreading B.1.1.7 strain first observed in the U.K. and decreased anti-pandemic measures, an increase in deaths was predicted for May. The forecast predicted deaths peaking at 11,100 weekly across the U.S. Strong vaccination rates and adherence to public-health prevention programs, on the other hand, could plummet the COVID-19 cases by July. But they even warned that if unvaccinated people do not follow COVID-19 rules, there could be a "substantial increase" in hospitalization and deaths. According to the researchers, the findings should not be seen as forecasts of the most likely cases but rather as instruments for planning and guiding public health programs. Associated Press reports that CDC Director Dr.Rochelle Walensky said, "We are not out of the woods yet, but we could be very close." It further reports that one of the study's co-authors, CDC biologist Michael Johansson, said that President Joe Biden had set a target to innoculate 70 percent of U.S. adults by July 4. The COVID-19 pandemic has given rise to a lot of potentially dangerous misinformation. For reliable advice on COVID-19 including symptoms, prevention and available treatment, please refer to the World Health Organisation or your national healthcare authority.