Latest IHME projection: Half a million US COVID-19 deaths before April

University of Washington’s Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation projects that more than half a million Americans will die of COVID-19 before April.

SEATTLE - University of Washington’s Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation projects that more than half a million Americans will die of COVID-19 before April.

On Friday, IHME’s Dr. Ali Mokdad joined Q13’s Simone Del Rosario to talk about how Pfizer’s vaccine improved the forecasted death toll, why the COVID-19 death rate is dramatically increasing and when he predicts Americans can lead normal lives again.