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A total of 96 million people could be infected with the novel coronavirus, with 4.8 million hospitalized and 480,000 deceased, said the New York-headquartered U.S. business site Business Insider citing a leaked slide by a national association.
The site said the American Hospital Association (AHA), a national health organization that represents all types of hospitals and healthcare networks, had a webinar as early as February, during which participants estimated "how much the virus might spread in the U.S."
One slide in a leaked presentation for U.S. hospitals. /CGTN screenshot via Business Insider
James Lawler, a professor at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, was reportedly to give his "Best Guess Epidemiology," indicating that U.S. hospitals would encounter an impact which is "10 times a severe flu season."
Other guesses in the slide included the community attack rate, demands for ICU care and ventilator support.
Business Insider said the slides just represent the participants' own views rather than that of the association, as it was told in an email statement from a spokeswoman for the AHA.
CGTN has reached out to Prof. Lawler for his latest opinion on the outbreak.
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