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babylonsister

(171,079 posts)
Wed May 13, 2020, 09:37 AM May 2020

Trump Pushes CDC to Revise Down Its Death Tally

https://politicalwire.com/2020/05/13/trump-pushes-cdc-to-revise-down-its-death-tally/

Trump Pushes CDC to Revise Down Its Death Tally
May 13, 2020 at 8:39 am EDT By Taegan Goddard


“President Trump and members of his coronavirus task force are pushing officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to change how the agency works with states to count coronavirus-related deaths,” the Daily Beast reports.

“And they’re pushing for revisions that could lead to far fewer deaths being counted than originally reported, according to five administration officials working on the government’s response to the pandemic.”
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Trump Pushes CDC to Revise Down Its Death Tally (Original Post) babylonsister May 2020 OP
He's one-sick.... spanone May 2020 #1
because, you know, technically, lapfog_1 May 2020 #2
Can't he just do it himself with a Sharpie? There's precedent for that. Tanuki May 2020 #3

lapfog_1

(29,215 posts)
2. because, you know, technically,
Wed May 13, 2020, 09:41 AM
May 2020

no one DIES from corona virus, they die from pneumonia or stroke or heart failure...

They were all on their last legs anyway...

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