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Bill Keating: “Projections are it could go up to 5,000 a day [COVID-19…”

Featuring: Bill Keating, Democratic | U.S. House Massachusetts, 9th Congressional District

Congressman Bill Keating on the Capitol Riots

Published January 12, 2021 | Video Starts at 14:31

You know, often I say take, you know, 14, 15 of the highest commercial jets full to capacity and they crash with no survivors. That's happening every day. And the Projections are it could go up to 5,000 a day [COVID-19 deaths]. Ambulances can't even transport people there. There's no place to bring them in the United States. So this is. And Congress, these numbers, I don't know if they're public, but have one of the highest incident rates. (14:31–14:36)

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