Posted on 04/18/2020 9:04:20 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
China and Iran have both reported a tiny number of coronavirus cases compared to other affected nations, and on Saturday President Trump asked if anyone actually believes the rosy situations both those dictatorships are describing.
"You see what's going on over there," Trump said about the outbreak in Iran, gesturing at a bar graph showing different countries' affected populations. "Does anyone believe [Iran's] number? Does anyone believe [China's] number?"
"We saw more bags on television than that," he added.
Dr. Deborah Birx, who is on Trump's coronavirus task force, said she placed China on the graph to show how its rate, which is 0.33 per 100,000 deaths, is "unrealistic."
Birx said the U.S. fatality rate being below many other developed nations demonstrates the superior care being given to Americans hospitalized by coronavirus. She also said the fight is being won due to Americans' willingness to strictly adhere to social distancing.
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Now the worst ones want to keep us shut down til “testing for all.”
It’s not just moving the goalposts, it’s Lucy and the football.
Can you imagine the frantic emails going between certain “players” right now?..trying to keep their story together, fighting the breakdown of the Real story...I think more people are going to be PISSED when they find out the exaggerations made...the Media can’t hold the dam...something else will have to come up to switch the focus...which is a scary thought,
I’m not so Sure about that
Anybody that saw what was in Italy had to know to get it early would’ve definitely had to pay close attention and take measures
Italy is still screwed Totally.
Love how he asked the media how come they did not question Chinese numbers.
Basket_of_Deplorables wrote:
“They told us hospitals would be over run, death in the waiting rooms, so we had to shutdown and social distance.
It didn’t happen. Not even close. Many other countries didn’t lockown, and their hospitals didn’t get over run.
The lockdown was unnecessary. And is actually killing us. But they can’t admit they f****d up.
So they changed the goal. Had to justify the lockdowns somehow. So the new goal is keep what, new cases on the decline? Why??? That doesn’t justify killing the economy! Not even close!!!!”
S. Korea did testing, contact tracing, ppe wearing, and quarantine.
Iran didn’t do any of the above.
Compare the impact of the virus on those two countries.
There something fishy in the numbers. As usual, Trump’s instincts are on to something. I believe the numbers suggest China and Russia have a vaccine. If that’s the explanation, we are clearly at war.
I’ve been saying for a while now, I’d love to hear the classified briefings Trump is getting from Fort Dietrich.
Were they licking statues in Korea?
I hope you are right. Japan opened back up and not it’s hitting the fan big time. Same is SK.
From last month, NYS's first positive...
New York coronavirus patient is health care worker who traveled to Iran, isolated at home
FWIW, if we’re including dying while positive and dying while presumed positive in our numbers, I don’t believe our stats, either.
I’ll grant you our numbers are somewhat elevated. And there are certainly inaccuracies with the numbers from anywhere.
But China is a whole different level here.
The legacy media does. And that tells you everything you need to know.
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See my post in #17. Applies to the media as well.
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