The White House is helping provide data and feedback to the institute behind an influential coronavirus model, which currently predicts about 60,000 deaths in the United States by August.
Dr. Christopher Murray, director of the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington, described the relationship Friday in a virtual press briefing.
Asked whether the White House had any input or influence on new tools from the model, Murray said, “We have very regular discussions with the task force at the White House.”
Murray’s institute on Friday released new projections saying that some states could begin reopening as early as May 4, so long as measures are in place to prevent a resurgence of the virus.
Murray said the White House has been “extremely helpful in helping get us better data, and by making contacts through different parts of the government, or with state governments, or in fact with networks of hospital providers, or providers of mobility data.”
Working with the task force has “been a very helpful route for us getting extra, or better data, and getting data faster,” Murray said. He pointed out that for his modeling approach, “the data is the most important thing.”
While the White House and others have often cited the model, Murray said that states should rely on a variety of projections when deciding when to reopen.
“If I were a governor of a state, I would certainly not make a decision based just on our model,” he said.
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