The COVID-19 U.S. death toll is quickly reaching 60,000 deaths and "that threshold matters because after the initial...estimates of 2 million or more dead, the calmer statistical models put the toll at 60,000, and Trump seized on that,"

The COVID-19 U.S. death toll is quickly reaching 60,000 deaths and "that threshold matters because after the initial...estimates of 2 million or more dead, the calmer statistical models put the toll at 60,000, and Trump seized on that," writes @mtomasky https://t.co/dwzC98Wjhh

— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) April 27, 2020