COVID-19 models that have predicted the death of millions due to the pandemic “don’t match the reality on the ground” in the United States, the White House coronavirus response director said on Thursday.
“Models are models,” Dr. Deborah Birx said at a Coronavirus Task Force briefing. “When people start talking about 20 percent of a population getting infected, it’s very scary, but we don’t have data that matches that based on our experience.
