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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhite House chief of staff Meadows:Trump "is right" to claim 99% of coronavirus cases are "harmless"
They offer no 'facts' because they have none. THEY ARE ALL LIARS.White House chief of staff Mark Meadows told "Fox & Friends" Monday that there are facts and statistics without citing any to back up President Trump's claim that 99% of coronavirus cases are "totally harmless."
The big picture: Nearly 130,000 Americans have died from the virus, and FDA commissioner Stephen Hahn declined to provide evidence to support Trump's claim over the weekend.
While speaking at a Fourth of July celebration on Saturday, Trump said the U.S. has tested almost 40 million people and "by doing so, we show cases 99% of which are totally harmless," per Politico.
The number of tests completed in the U.S. is going up, but the number of new cases is increasing faster. The gap between testing and cases is generally largest in the cases with the fastest-growing coronavirus outbreaks, like Florida and Texas.
The big picture: Nearly 130,000 Americans have died from the virus, and FDA commissioner Stephen Hahn declined to provide evidence to support Trump's claim over the weekend.
While speaking at a Fourth of July celebration on Saturday, Trump said the U.S. has tested almost 40 million people and "by doing so, we show cases 99% of which are totally harmless," per Politico.
The number of tests completed in the U.S. is going up, but the number of new cases is increasing faster. The gap between testing and cases is generally largest in the cases with the fastest-growing coronavirus outbreaks, like Florida and Texas.
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White House chief of staff Meadows:Trump "is right" to claim 99% of coronavirus cases are "harmless" (Original Post)
spanone
Jul 2020
OP
If the dead are 1% of the infected that means a total of 13 million infected but survived.
Nevilledog
Jul 2020
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Nevilledog
(51,197 posts)1. If the dead are 1% of the infected that means a total of 13 million infected but survived.
Doodley
(9,124 posts)7. Not to mention the 1.5 million (official) active cases.
dalton99a
(81,570 posts)2. The Trump White House is nothing but a den of liars, thieves and traitors
spanone
(135,873 posts)3. ...at best.
Mr. Ected
(9,670 posts)4. And to prove his point, Trump sat in a small room with 99 covid-infected Americans for 12 hours
Taking deep breaths and getting in everyone's grill.
A good time was had by all.
*not meant to be factual, just jeering*
bdamomma
(63,922 posts)5. if we all think hard
enough let's hope those thugs who work in the WH contract it, Meadows, Miller, Mnuchin the best one tRump and Pence.
lindysalsagal
(20,730 posts)6. Let's give frump and his magats one state he can rule as king
Pollute, desecrate, enslave the willing women, brainwash the stupid, and hold daily rallies until his heart runs away to die or they all get covid.
Nominations????
Walleye
(31,045 posts)9. West Virginia
lindysalsagal
(20,730 posts)10. They love pollution, hate healthcare, and resent us liberals.
Perfect.
agingdem
(7,857 posts)8. Absolutely..
my good friend's 88 year old mother and 92 year old father died from covid within days of each other...and my grandson's college age friend is in the ICU because of covid related convulsions...harmless, you bet...
Hey, Mark Meadows, you ass-kissing putz go suck on a ventilator!