Topic: Asymptomatic Cases

Dr. Deborah Birx addressed the media regarding significant downward adjustments to the Imperial College COVID-19 model created by Neil Ferguson. The original projections of 500,000 deaths in the UK and 2.2 million in the US were drastically reduced as real-world data emerged. Birx explained that the high initial estimates relied on assumptions of massive asymptomatic infection rates that have not been observed in the field.

The hosts discuss the scheduled reopening of Wuhan on April 8 and the exclusion of asymptomatic cases from China's official counts. They also revisit the January arrest of Harvard Professor Charles Lieber and two Chinese nationals for their undisclosed ties to the Chinese government and the People's Liberation Army.