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Donald Trump called the rise in COVID-19 cases great news Thursday night, suggesting that the increase in cases reflected an increase in testing.
There is a rise in Coronavirus cases because our testing is so massive and so good, far bigger and better than any other country, Trump tweeted. This is great news, but even better news is that death, and the death rate, is DOWN. Also, younger people, who get better much easier and faster!
However, Adm. Brett Giroir, Trumps appointee to oversee testing, testified at a House hearing Thursday that this is a real increase in cases.
There is no question that the more testing you get, the more you will uncover, Giroir said. But we do believe this is a real increase in cases because of the percent positives are going up. So, this is real increases in cases.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/coronavirus/trump-calls-increase-in-coronavirus-cases-great-news/ar-BB16l1Lc?li=BBnb7Kz
ProudMNDemocrat
(16,786 posts)tanyev
(42,564 posts)and have mild symptoms. Several states are very close to filling their hospital capacity for Covid-19, and that is horrifying news.
LuckyCharms
(17,444 posts)Stuart G
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There is a rise in Coronavirus cases because our testing is so massive and so good, far bigger and better than any other country, Trump tweeted. This is great news, but even better news is that death, and the death rate, is DOWN. Also, younger people, who get better much easier and faster!
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Nevilledog
(51,119 posts)Stuart G
(38,434 posts)Nevilledog
(51,119 posts)agingdem
(7,850 posts)three friends of my college age grandson are sick in Austin...one is in ICU because of multiple seizures...yup, donnie dumb-ass , younger people get better faster...
Nevilledog
(51,119 posts)More testing finding more people means virus has spread more than reported. These people are being identified as infected. They were infected whether they were or were not tested.
Under no circumstance does the more testing argument make sense.