He may have underestimated stupid. Had we had the same success as the rest of the world, we would have much lower levels right now.
But who would have thought there would be so many dumbasses who would rather go out, have a good time, go home and kill their grandparents, rather than isolate, wash their hands and wear a mask.
Mar. 29th Fauci predicted 100k-200k could die. 7 months later his prediction about the worst came true. No one could possibly know how horribly trump was going to mishandle it back then. If trump was presidential, this thing should be contained by now like it is in other countries not handicapped w/ a trump factor.