IS CORONAVIRUS A HOAX?

Powerline ^ | FEBRUARY 29, 2020 | JOHN HINDERAKER

[Hojczyk]

Democratic Party media are claiming that last night in South Carolina, President Trump said that the coronavirus epidemic is a hoax. Politico headlines

:Did Trump actually say the corona virus is a hoax? Of course not. The claim is idiotic. If the president thought the virus is a hoax, why did he do a press conference on it last week, along with various medical personnel? And why did he ban travel to China at the beginning of the outbreak?

This is what Trump actually said in South Carolina, according to the New York Post:

President Trump jeered Democrats Friday night for criticizing his response to the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak, saying that it was a “new hoax” after a failed attempt to remove him from office over Ukraine.

“They tried to beat you on Russia, Russia, Russia — that didn’t work out too well,” Trump told a cheering crowd in South Carolina. “They tried the impeachment hoax. That was a perfect conversation.”

“And this is the new hoax,” Trump declared. *** “Let’s get this right: A virus starts in China, makes its way into various countries all around the world, doesn’t spread widely at all in the United States because of the early actions that myself and my administration took against a lot of other wishes. And the Democrats’ single talking point and you see it is that it’s Donald Trump’s fault,” he said.

The hoax, obviously, is the Democrats’ unfounded criticism of the Trump administration. Never in American history have we seen such nakedly dishonest criticism of anyone in public life.

[little jeremiah]

THE BEGINNING OF THE END OF THE HYPE - New England Journal of Medicine: Coronavirus Could Be No Worse than Flu https://t.co/EWl3BggqZj via @BreitbartNews— Bill Mitchell (@mitchellvii) February 29, 2020

"The authors note that coronavirus looks to be much less severe than other recent outbreaks of respiratory illnesses..."— Bill Mitchell (@mitchellvii) February 29, 2020

The vast majority of patients recover, and among those who are hospitalized, the median stay thus far is 12 days.— Bill Mitchell (@mitchellvii) February 29, 2020

I LOVE IT WHEN PRESIDENT TRUMP AGREES WITH ME - President Trump: "Yes, I Think that CNN Is Very Disreputable, They're Trying Their Very Best to Instill Fear in People" (VIDEO) https://t.co/ouzYtxCG6j via @gatewaypundit— Bill Mitchell (@mitchellvii) February 29, 2020

So Democrats, if you are so afraid of Coronavirus coming to America, why are you for open borders?— Bill Mitchell (@mitchellvii) February 29, 2020

The Democrats are already generating a #hateTrump narrative over a catastrophe that hasn’t even happened yet. These are some sick puppies.— James Woods (@RealJamesWoods) February 29, 2020

To hear Democrats tell it, there are already millions of US dead and Trump did nothing to stop it. https://t.co/lGxTUqKGna— Bill Mitchell (@mitchellvii) February 29, 2020

Wow, so that tweet didn't age well. https://t.co/dtwQY8bXod— Bill Mitchell (@mitchellvii) February 29, 2020

Democrats love the word pandemic. How about this one instead.

Scamdemic.— Bill Mitchell (@mitchellvii) February 29, 2020

[hinckley buzzard]

The “hoax” is that Trump failed to take it seriously and didnt act, and when someone eventually dies from it they hang it around trump’s neck. The truth that he has taken early and effective action and ha as coordinated response plan in pace, will be lied about.

Amazing that people here don’t get it..

[a little elbow grease]

Never in American history have we seen such nakedly dishonest criticism of anyone in public life.

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VERY TRUE.

[Reno89519]

Yes, it does seem that it most likely came from a Wuhan area biological lab. The drastic Chinese government response would support that. Bet the US government knows more on this than they are publicly says, which is why they immediately discouraged travel, then banned travel. The problem is that we’ve not sealed our border completely and implemented quarantine of all arriving travelers. Us and everyone failed on this so not we have it popping up around the world and in more places in US. We need stricter quarantine and seal the borders and ports. Trump should use the excess funding to build the wall, a win-win, especially now that there are cases of Chinese Wuhan Coronavirus just across the border in Mexico.

[Macoozie]

“The coverage is the hoax.”

And their Blame Orange Man Bad for it.

Agreed.

Are you and I the only ones reading this article correctly?

From other posts in this thread, it seems lots of Freepers are just a bit cranky and dispeptic today.

[Trump Girl Kit Cat]

If the media would just STFU this BS would calm down, the ONLY reason for this non stop reporting is because of Trump!!!!

[right way right]

Find a clip of what he actually said.

I knew the media would report it out of context.

[right way right]

Because if you hear what he said and how he said it....Burn!

Democrats are gonna be burned again.

BERN!

[TheConservativeParty]

I watched the rally and did not hear that. He spoke of the virus though.

ALL : TRUMP SPEAKS AT CPAC TODAY 2pm CENTRAL (CSPAN)

[laplata]

I should have recognized no need for an /s.

I agree with your response.

Regards-

[palmer]

if one does honest calculations based on completed cases (and assuming the raw data is accurate!) rather than based on how many people have had it long enough for their individual outcomes to be known, is 6.9%

Nice try. Remember when that recovery to mortality ratio was 1:1? Yes I do, then 3:!1 and most recently 10:1. Now it is 14:1 At some point it will asymptote at 33:1 to 50:1 globally and probably 100:1 here.

[CharleysPride]

I make the same mistake all the time.

Typing and reading have made me tone deaf.

[Steve Van Doorn]

Trump did not say the coronavirus is a hoax. He said the Dems are politicizing the coronavirus which is a hoax.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rE29LGdMBXg

[laplata]

Same here. The older I get, the less sharp I become in some areas.

[null and void]

EXACTLY!!!! as we get more data the rate gets closer to the asymptotic floor, and THAT'S the number the history books will report!

Here's the daily numbers since 1/25:

41.9
52.9
59.7
62.7
54.5
56.1
54.8
47.7
34.7
36.8
39.8
32.5
29.1
24.3
23.2
21.2
21.6
20.0
18.7
18.4
16.7
15.6
14.8
13.7
12.8
11.9
11.5
10.9
10.2
9.6
9.5
8.9
8.4
7.8
7.2
6.9
6.9

I'm guessing the history books will report 4.5%

[null and void]

Although I wouldn’t mind your 50:1 2% final rate...

[Calif Conservative]

Is it possible you are unable to detect sarcasm/jokes in written form?

[laplata]

“Is it possible you are unable to detect sarcasm/jokes in written form”?

It is obvious that you can’t read my and the other poster’s responses in a thread.

I’d advise you to read before you speak so you don’t make an ass out of yourself.

[Lisbon1940]

It is ok to be concerned but not to express your concern.

[BusterDog]

If you don’t actually read anything about the virus itself, just peruse some MSM news articles, then saying something like, “It’s similar to the flu, people are making way too big a deal out of this, it will all be over in a couple of months,” sounds like the kind of thing an intelligent, educated person would say.