Coronavirus death rate will see a huge drop by the end of the year, says Bill Gates

[Jacob Siegal]

• Bill Gates says that therapeutic treatments for the novel coronavirus could lead to a 'substantial death rate reduction' by the end of 2020.
• The death rate from COVID-19 has been on the rise in the US once again for nearly a month following a steady decline after the initial spike in April.
• Gates also notes that we won't be able to get back to normal until a vaccine is ready.

As bad as the second spike of the coronavirus pandemic has been in the United States, the silver lining was that the death rate had continued to drop even as our daily confirmed case count skyrocketed. Unfortunately, that trend ended in July, as the death toll began slowly creeping back up, and as of July 27th, the US was averaging over 1,000 deaths a day. This is the first time the seven-day average has been over 1,000 deaths since late May, but as awful as the US response to the pandemic has been, Bill Gates believes we will soon be able to control the death rate.

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