ADVERTISEMENTThe deaths projection wasn’t much different from what Biden himself has said, but nonetheless served as a stark reminder of the brutal road ahead. ADVERTISEMENTZients noted that the federal Department of Health and Human Services acted Wednesday to make more people available to administer vaccinations. Walensky said her agency’s latest forecast indicates the U.S. will reach between 479,000 and 514,000 deaths by Feb. 20. The new briefings, beginning just a week into Biden’s tenure, are meant as an explicit rejection of President Donald Trump’s approach to the coronavirus outbreak. Those messages found few champions in the former administration, as Trump openly flouted science-based guidance from his own administration.
