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But of course weve done that, and the best-case scenario now is 100,000 to 240,000 lives lost. and one other thing thats worth noting from that press conference performance today, there were moments when the president seemed like he was talking to himself, when he said, no, this isnt like the flu. its much more vicious. well, its the president who last week and many, many times earlier this year likened this to the flu and said more people die from the seasonal flu than the coronavirus. more peo...

Prepared for the hard days that lie ahead. we are going to go through a very tough carico weeks. then, hopefully, as the experts are predicting, as i think a lot of us are predicting after having studied it so hard, we are going to start seeing some real light at the end of the tunnel, but this is going to be a very painful -- very, very painful two weeks. >> the latest projections from the white house showing that up to 240,000 americans could die, even as social distancing guidelines are maint...

>> right now we have no idea where we sit on this curve because of the failure to get testing out widespread to the vast majority of the country. testing is still difficult for people who are sick to get. they have to still meet criteria, and people are also not going to the e.r. if they feel sick. so access is also going to dictate how many tests we actually are rolling out right now. weve been thinking about how many people are out there, how many people might be sick. we just dont know. and e...

Flu. its much more vicious. well, its the president who last week and many, many times earlier this year likened this to the flu and said more people died from the seasonal flu than the coronavirus. more people die in car crashes than from the coronavirus. but clearly hes taken in what the scientists are telling him, and he had a different thing to say today. >> anne rimoin, so here we are on a tuesday night preparing members of our audience for the figure we saw on the screen today at the brief...

Ultimately the pace at which u.s. hospital capacity is going to be overrun is daunting and terrible. all right? when u.s. hospital capacity is overrun, what that will mean is that severely ill patients who need to be in a hospital to try to keep themselves alive, they will not have hospital beds to hold them. the projections are just terrible. in this -- in the case of this widely cited model from the university of washington, the model is also built on the assumption that we americans live in a...

Signals back by listen to the presidents advice on how to slow the spread. we are starting to get signals that thats actually happening. the president of course gave the right leadership yesterday in extending that for another 30 days. its very important to know that although we are seeing signs of success, this could all go for not if we take our foot off the gas. we have to keep doing it exactly the way the president and vice president have said. 30 more days to slow the spread and we are goin...

Matters. and the sooner that states take this seriously and she shut down movement in populations and employ social distancing and get really serious about this, we will be able to cut these numbers, but if we dont, those numbers have a chance of going further up and up. you know, the rise is exponential. and we are at a point where -- where we can make a difference. and if we dont take action now, we could be seeing numbers that are much worse than what we heard today. >> hey, kim, the presiden...

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Factors that go into the size of that peak. one is, you know, what weve been talking about, getting social distancing in place. i think were seeing really good news here in washington where were starting to see the peak of cases at least in king county. we expect the peak of deaths maybe in another 7 to 10 days. and thats also what our models are suggesting. so, thats good news about the impact of social distancing. but if you dont have it in place and there are other factors that seem to lead t...

>> and wonders how much worse will this get and how does it end? >> this is a moment that is going to change this nation. a moment that forges character. >> this is an nbc news special report. the coronavirus pandemic. >> hi, everybody, and welcome. its good to be with you. im savannah guthrie in new york with hoda kotb. for the next hour, we are going to be bringing you the latest on the coronavirus pandemic, which has now infected more than 850,000 people worldwide. including more than 186,000...