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trump REALLY said this!!!! "If we didn't do any testing we would have very few cases." (Original Post) George II May 2020 OP
And if half our country weren't racists and misogynists we would have MLAA May 2020 #1
He's an idiot. Solly Mack May 2020 #2
And the moon disappears when we don't look at it. Buckeye_Democrat May 2020 #3
Right, and using his logic he isn't president because I never watch his "briefings"! George II May 2020 #5
God, he is hopelessly stupid. smirkymonkey May 2020 #4
We wouldn't have very few cases. rsdsharp May 2020 #6
"No one goes there nowadays, it's too crowded." - Yogi Berra Mike 03 May 2020 #7
Five family members have had it. greatauntoftriplets May 2020 #8
And when test Trump? They will that he is an idiot! imanamerican63 May 2020 #9
Stupidest being to ever hold the Office of the POTUS. Thomas Hurt May 2020 #10
My county's testing has dropped by more than 2/3rds in less than a week. Baitball Blogger May 2020 #11
No CT Scans? No cancer!!! LuckyCharms May 2020 #12
And not for the first time malaise May 2020 #13
B.S.C Disaffected May 2020 #14
In context, he really meant it like it sounds. coti May 2020 #15
trumpgate Cha May 2020 #16
Fucking idiot... 2naSalit May 2020 #17
What's really sad is that I'm not the least bit surprised he said it. Brother Mythos May 2020 #18
Red Don to u.s. troops at war, "bullets are overrated" uponit7771 May 2020 #19
Perhaps this is why Covid-45 is deliberately delaying accurate testing IggleDuer May 2020 #20
We've had to do so much testing because we did almost none during the first several weeks that it Crunchy Frog May 2020 #21
"POTUS doesn't grasp the concept of Object Permanence" said one tweet. nt Ilsa May 2020 #22
no testing means no cases and no cases agingdem May 2020 #23
I can't...I can't...I just can't anymore. brush May 2020 #24

Solly Mack

(90,762 posts)
2. He's an idiot.
Thu May 14, 2020, 05:27 PM
May 2020

And his even bigger idiot followers will repeat that ignorance like it makes all the sense in the world.

rsdsharp

(9,162 posts)
6. We wouldn't have very few cases.
Thu May 14, 2020, 05:34 PM
May 2020

We would simply not know how many cases we have. Sort of like now, but even worse.

Mike 03

(16,616 posts)
7. "No one goes there nowadays, it's too crowded." - Yogi Berra
Thu May 14, 2020, 05:35 PM
May 2020

I get it now. He's following the Yogi Berra Playbook.

"When you come to a fork in the road, take it!"

greatauntoftriplets

(175,731 posts)
8. Five family members have had it.
Thu May 14, 2020, 05:40 PM
May 2020

Only one of those was tested and only because he's a first responder (firefighter/paramedic). All consulted with their doctors, though only one in person, and that was not the person who was tested. He was seen in his car, parked in an alley behind his doctor's office. The others had phone diagnoses.

I assume all of these people's illnesses were reported to their respective county health boards, but am not certain. So I'm not even certain that they're considered part of the total. Happily, all had mild cases and have recovered.

Now, they want antibody tests to see if they have any immunity and to help others who get this in the future.

Baitball Blogger

(46,698 posts)
11. My county's testing has dropped by more than 2/3rds in less than a week.
Thu May 14, 2020, 05:48 PM
May 2020

The number of cases remain around 3-4. If they get away with fudging who is dying of coronavirus, I'm guessing they'll drop the real number of cases by even more.

malaise

(268,883 posts)
13. And not for the first time
Thu May 14, 2020, 05:52 PM
May 2020
https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-keep-passengers-on-grand-princess-cruise-ship-coronavirus-2020-3
<snip>
Trump said he wants to keep Grand Princess cruise passengers on the ship so that US coronavirus numbers don't 'double.'

The Grand Princess cruise ship is sitting off the coast of San Francisco, waiting for the CDC's next instructions after 21 passengers and crew tested positive for the new coronavirus.
President Trump said Friday that despite what experts tell him, he wants to keep passengers and crew on the ship so that coronavirus cases in the US don't "double."

coti

(4,612 posts)
15. In context, he really meant it like it sounds.
Thu May 14, 2020, 06:01 PM
May 2020

He's saying it's knowing the fact that's the problem, not the virus.

In this piece of shit's mind, truth and knowledge are THE problem.

IggleDuer

(964 posts)
20. Perhaps this is why Covid-45 is deliberately delaying accurate testing
Thu May 14, 2020, 06:48 PM
May 2020

He doesn’t want the numbers up .... see Princess cruises at Yokohama and San Francisco.

Crunchy Frog

(26,579 posts)
21. We've had to do so much testing because we did almost none during the first several weeks that it
Thu May 14, 2020, 06:59 PM
May 2020

was spreading. If we had started early with large scale testing, tracking, and quarantining, like South Korea, we might have gotten it contained early on, and would not be needing to test at the massive scale we are, just trying to catch up with the ballooning outbreak.

He really doesn't have any capacity for abstract reasoning, does he?

agingdem

(7,837 posts)
23. no testing means no cases and no cases
Thu May 14, 2020, 07:30 PM
May 2020

means no virus consequently the 80,000 plus dead are alive and well..no pregnancy test means no pregnancy...no mammagram means no breast cancer, no colonoscopy means no colon cancer, no glucose level checks means no diabetes, no EKG means no heart attack...ok got it

brush

(53,763 posts)
24. I can't...I can't...I just can't anymore.
Thu May 14, 2020, 07:58 PM
May 2020

Nothing so idiotic has ever been said in human history.

Period!

This imbecile is president. God help us.

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