Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institutes of Health's National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, appeared Thursday to downplay the hype surrounding a congressional doctor's estimate that the U.S. could see 70 million to 150 million coronavirus cases. “I think we really need to be careful with those kinds of predictions, because that's based on a model," Fauci replied. DR. ANTHONY FAUCI ON CORONAVIRUS TESTING: 'THE SYSTEM IS NOT REALLY GEARED TO WHAT WE NEED'Fauci added that the press tends to report on the higher end of ranges predicted by models. “Remember the model during the Ebola outbreak said you could have as many as a million [cases]. During a Wednesday hearing, Fauci told the House Oversight Committee that the pandemic would get worse.

Source: Fox News March 12, 2020 20:26 UTC