'When the pandemic's out of control, you better believe the Cramer Covid-19 Index will lead us higher,' CNBC's Jim Cramer said.
— nearly double the current U.S. toll — by the end of the year, Birx said, "Anything is possible."
In the backdrop of Birx's comments, lawmakers in Washington have yet to get over the hump to pass another economic stimulus package and extend extra pay for those unemployed, as the pandemic continues to deal a heavy hand to swaths of the economy. "We're not winning the war against the pandemic, and when we're losing, we buy the Cramer Covid-19 Index," Cramer said. "I wish there were more to it than that, but when the virus seems unstoppable, you go back to the well and buy, regardless of valuation."
Cramer said most of the biggest gainers on the trading day come from the cohort that benefits from a stay-at-home environment or Covid-19 response efforts.
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