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Prosper

(761 posts)
Wed Mar 18, 2020, 03:36 PM Mar 2020

Wag the dog? I have been searching and I can't seem to find

support for all of Trump’s no information tv sound clips. Evolving information seems to support that the death rate for Covid-19 is in line with other such viruses. Why are all the important people readily available for Trump’s propaganda appearances and not chomping at the bit to get back to work to find a solution. Why are they all standing so close together around the President exposing him to people who are probably in contact with a larger number of people. Trump’s economy was already tanking and now he is blaming Covid-19.

Why is the President not in a protective sterile environment???

Everything he does is more inline with creating a panic than stemming Covid-19.

Following from STAT News:

"The chance of someone with symptomatic Covid-19 dying varied by age, confirming other studies. For those aged 15 to 44, the fatality rate was 0.5%, though it might have been as low as 0.1% or as high as 1.3%. For people 45 to 64, the fatality rate was also 0.5%, with a possible low of 0.2% and a possible high of 1.1%. For those over 64, it was 2.7%, with a low and high estimate of 1.5% and 4.7%"


https://www.statnews.com/2020/03/16/lower-coronavirus-death-rate-estimates/



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Rorey

(8,445 posts)
1. "Why is the President not in a protective sterile environment???"
Wed Mar 18, 2020, 03:42 PM
Mar 2020

Maybe they're hoping to infect him so we can be rid of him?

Prosper

(761 posts)
2. Trump's economy was already tanking.
Wed Mar 18, 2020, 04:15 PM
Mar 2020

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Government response updates: Trump calls himself a 'wartime ...abcnews.go.com › Politics › story
3 hours ago - ... the Coronavirus Task Force, at the White House, March 18, 2020. ... When Vega asked him to clarify, Trump said, "I don't believe they are ...

"We had the best economy we've ever had, and then one day you have to close it down in order to defeat this enemy. But we are doing it, and we are doing it well.

Trump's economy was already tanking.

MiniMe

(21,716 posts)
4. I think it was earlier this week that he said that the stockmarket was higher than when he took offc
Wed Mar 18, 2020, 06:59 PM
Mar 2020

I don't think he can say that any more

Prosper

(761 posts)
6. Trump says nothing about the economy but runs reruns of
Sat Mar 21, 2020, 10:30 PM
Mar 2020

trite information about Covid much of which is or has been contradicted or dismissed by his panel of always available experts. No information whatsoever about treating or curing.

Prosper

(761 posts)
7. What about this??
Sun Mar 22, 2020, 06:53 PM
Mar 2020

Last edited Sun Mar 22, 2020, 08:02 PM - Edit history (1)

Couldn’t find any support for Pence saying new guidelines tomorrow would allow workers with Covid to return to work wearing face masks.

Al Bello/Getty
Vice President Mike Pence said Sunday that the coronavirus task force, in coordination with the Center for Disease Control, would issue guidance this week about how people exposed to the virus could return to work by wearing a mask.

His

Prosper

(761 posts)
8. This guy must be reading my posts.
Mon Mar 23, 2020, 01:48 AM
Mar 2020

This guy must be reading my posts about more people suffering and dying from all the Covid precautions,
Trump advisor released this today;

businesses, shutting down workers, shutting down factories, people losing money on their 401(k)s, will be so significant that the cure may be worse than the disease,” Stephen Moore told radio show host John Catsimatidis on Sunday.“

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