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200,000 deaths possible in U.S., White House warns

Federal and state officials offered grim warnings that the country should expect things to get worse before they get better.

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, and Dr. Deborah Birx, White House coronavirus response coordinator, listen as President Donald Trump speaks about the coronavirus in the Rose Garden of the White House.
Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, and Dr. Deborah Birx, White House coronavirus response coordinator, listen as President Donald Trump speaks about the coronavirus in the Rose Garden of the White House.Read moreAlex Brandon / AP
    by Matt Zapotosky, John Wagner, and Maria Iati, Washington Post
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