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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSix months of coronavirus in the US, seven months of Trump denials. (Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jul/29/trump-coronavirus-science-denial-timeline-what-has-he-saidSix months of coronavirus in the US, seven months of Trump denials.
As the US passed another somber landmark, with more than 150,000 confirmed deaths from Covid-19, the grim toll stands in stark contrast to Donald Trumps repeated promise that under his leadership the disease would simply disappear.
Here are some of his starkest statements on the topic:
22 January: We have it under control
On 22 January the US recorded its first case of coronavirus. Two days later Trump told CNBC: Its one person coming in from China. We have it under control. Its going to be just fine.
26 February: Its going to disappear
In late February, by which time the US had recorded 60 cases of infection, Trump told a White House press briefing: When you have 15 people within a couple of days its going to be down to close to zero. Thats a pretty good job weve done.
The following day he returned to the theme, saying: Its going to disappear. One day its like a miracle it will disappear.
10 March: It will go away
By 10 March the coronavirus curve in the US was climbing steeply, with 37 official deaths and more than 1,000 confirmed cases.
On that day, Trump emerged from a meeting with Republican senators to tell the media how well the US was doing. Were doing a great job with it. And it will go away. Just stay calm. It will go away.
29 April: Its gonna be gone
Trump returned to the argument that the virus would just disappear at the end of April. The US had just notched up its millionth positive test for coronavirus, and reached 58,000 recorded deaths an emotive figure given that it meant the virus had claimed more lives than the Vietnam War.
On 29 April, the president told reporters: This is going away. Its gonna go. Its gonna leave. Its gonna be gone. Its going to be eradicated If you have a flare-up in a certain area I call them burning embers boom, you put it out.
11 May: We have prevailed
In a grandiose coronavirus briefing from the Rose Garden, Trump announced his administration was winning the fight against the virus. We have met the moment, and we have prevailed. Americans do whatever it takes to find solutions, pioneer breakthroughs, and harness the energies we need to achieve a total victory.
That day the death toll in the US hit 80,000.
17 June: Its fading away
Trump carried on predicting that the disease would disappear of its own accord through June, a time when the virus was in fact spreading fast through huge swathes of the country. In a radio call to Fox News he said: Its fading away. Its going to fade away. But having a vaccine would be really nice.
19 July: Ill be right eventually
Earlier this month, Fox News Sunday played back to Trump his many claims that the virus would disappear. The president shot back: Ill be right eventually. Its going to disappear, and Ill be right.
The shows host, Chris Wallace, asked Trump whether dogged insistence that the virus would vanish, even while it proliferated, would discredit him. I dont think so, you know why? he replied. Because Ive been right probably more than anybody else.
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Six months of coronavirus in the US, seven months of Trump denials. (Guardian) (Original Post)
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I Americans wear masks with discipline, social distance and avoid large gatherings, the
Blue_true
Jul 2020
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(31,261 posts)1. I Americans wear masks with discipline, social distance and avoid large gatherings, the
virus will burn out from a lack of infection frequency. But that has nothing to do with Trump, in fact, it would have happened despite his lies, incompetence and arrogance.