Joe Biden's coronavirus advisor has warned that the healthcare system will collapse and COVID-19 patients could die in waiting rooms if cases continue to rise in the coming weeks as a new model suggests that up to 150,000 more people could die before the president-elect's January inauguration. According to Reuters, the US could report between 8 million and 13 million more cases of COVID-19 between now and the inauguration. Biden's coronavirus advisor, Dr Michael Osterholm, also told Meet the Press on Sunday that the US is in a 'very dangerous period' and that the health care system is on a 'tipping point'. Osterholm then predicted that health care systems across the US could collapse in just 'a few more weeks' if COVID-19 cases continue to surge. The third wave is spreading virtually unchecked throughout much of the US, which neared 11 million cases this week.

Source: Daily Mail November 15, 2020 14:54 UTC