What mistake is supposed to have happened? In February, US Covid guru Anthony Fauci predicted the virus was 'akin to a severe flu' and would therefore kill around 0.1 percent of people. Then fatality rate predictions were somehow mixed up to make it look ten times WORSE." Did the stay at home order happen due to this statistic? No the stay home order happened because we had rapid spread of COVID-19 in the population and knew the health care system would become overwhelmed (as happened in Wuhan and Italy) if transmission was not slowed."
Math Mistake Caused U.S. Leaders To Panic And Order COVID Lockdowns
What mistake is supposed to have happened? In February, US Covid guru Anthony Fauci predicted the virus was 'akin to a severe flu' and would therefore kill around 0.1 percent of people. Then fatality rate predictions were somehow mixed up to make it look ten times WORSE." Did the stay at home order happen due to this statistic? No the stay home order happened because we had rapid spread of COVID-19 in the population and knew the health care system would become overwhelmed (as happened in Wuhan and Italy) if transmission was not slowed."

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What mistake is supposed to have happened? In February, US Covid guru Anthony Fauci predicted the virus was 'akin to a severe flu' and would therefore kill around 0.1 percent of people. Then fatality rate predictions were somehow mixed up to make it look ten times WORSE." Did the stay at home order happen due to this statistic? No the stay home order happened because we had rapid spread of COVID-19 in the population and knew the health care system would become overwhelmed (as happened in Wuhan and Italy) if transmission was not slowed."

Based on the question-answer pairs above what can we conclude about the claim "Math Mistake Caused U.S. Leaders To Panic And Order COVID Lockdowns"?

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 - supported

 - refuted

 - not enough evidence

 - conflicting Evidence/Cherrypicking
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