President Trump on Saturday said he disagreed with an examination from the mind of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) the United States could face the "worst drop" from a public health standpoint if Americans don't follow instructions to calm the spread of this novel coronavirus.
"You can not compare it to 1917. This was unbelievable," Trump continued, speaking to the Spanish influenza, which infected an estimated 500 million people globally and is thought to have killed at least 50 million.
At Saturday evening, the coronavirus had infected over 21 million internationally because it appeared in China late last year and had murdered over 768,000 globally, according to Johns Hopkins University.
The U.S. accounts for its most cases worldwide, with over 5.3 million.
Redfield in a meeting Wednesday with WebMD reported that when people don't follow public health advice, the U.S. may confront "the worst autumn, by a public health standpoint, we have ever had," given that a drop COVID-19 spike could coincide with influenza season.
"We are likely to have COVID at the autumn, and we are likely to get flu in the autumn," Redfield said. "And one of these by themselves may stress specific hospital systems"
In accordance with Redfield,'' Trump noted Saturday that instances and hospitalizations from the state of Florida have diminished after soaring throughout the month of July. In addition, he stated he believes most Americans are wearing masks to stop the spread of this virus and practicing good hygiene.
"No, I do not agree with this," the president stated. "If you take a look at these amounts, they're coming down considerably."
Saturday's opinions weren't out of character Trump, who's broken with his high health specialists when they've provided dire projections regarding the virus which cut against his very own predictions.
Trump also continued to project optimism concerning the economic recovery during Saturday's press conference, highlighting figures on peak of the briefing demonstrating a dip in retail spending in July along with a surge in auto manufacturing. Trump also asserted that the financial recovery could be mitigated should presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden was chosen in November.
"If dumb men and women are not chosen next year, we are likely to have one of the best years that we have ever had," Trump said, seeming to swipe Biden, who's currently directing him in swing and national state polls.