“The virus that we’re talking about having to do,
a lot of people think that goes away in April, with the heat, as the heat comes in, typically that will go away in April,” Trump repeated later to a group of governors.
The president may be tracking
reporting by his own coronavirus team, or that of outside sources. Hassan Aftab,
in a February note for S&P Global Ratings, said the firm expects the coronavirus outbreak to “stabilize globally in April 2020, with virtually no new transmissions in May.”