Wednesday, July 08, 2020

Lies, Damned Lies, and....


Donald Trump on Twitter.

Coronavirus deaths nationwide are down from the high of 2700 on May 6.  But they are up to 902 on July 7.  "Up" as in "rising."  Maybe he thinks deaths are down "tenfold" in New York City?  Because he seems to think that's the entire country, except for one NASCAR racetrack.

Oh, this is where he got it:

He's quoting the Washington Times quoting his own press secretary:

“The president is not downplaying the severity of the virus,” Ms. McEnany said at a press briefing. “What the president is noting is that at the height of this pandemic we were at 2,500 deaths per day. We are now at a place where on July 4 there were 254. That’s a tenfold decrease in mortality.”

Well, maybe it was down to 254 on July 4 (Narrator:  the number of cases on July 4 was reported to be 273), but it was up to 902 by July 7 (Google is your friend).  60 of those cases, or about 15%, were in Texas alone, a new record for one day in the state.  The national death toll is, sadly, rising.

 So, the President is downplaying the severity of the virus.

Believe me, at this point nobody in school administration gives a shit what you or the CDC have to say.  School administrators have been working since March trying to decide when and how to reopen.  Guidelines from the CDC barely enter into it at this point.  In Texas the TEA told schools to try to separate children's desks by 6 feet.  Maybe if they held on class in the school gym, and no where else, that could work.  Don't know what they do about the other students, but at least 30 could be socially distanced for the day.  The CDC guidelines are no better than that, and that Trump wants to weaken them proves Trump doesn't care a whit about school children.

That's the way to woo suburban women voters, Trump!

And after four years, does he still not understand how government funding works?

Assuming he could "cut off funding," any funding he could affect would be future funds, as current funds have already been allocated.  Again, a brilliant idea for campaigning for re-election, and a completely toothless threat if he isn't re-elected.  The funds he threatens could easily be reinstated by Biden, and nobody would notice the difference.

What color is the sky on his planet?

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