Donald Trump claims Anthony Fauci 'wrong' about cause of Covid-19 surge

[Nevilledog]

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/newspolitics/donald-trump-claims-anthony-fauci-wrong-about-cause-of-covid-19-surge/ar-BB17sAOO?ocid=sf2


Donald Trump launched an extraordinary attack on his own top infectious disease expert, Dr Anthony Fauci, arguing against the doctor’s claim that high rates of infection in the US stem from a less aggressive reaction to the virus in terms of economic shutdowns and stay-at-home orders.

“Wrong!” countered the president as he retweeted a video of Fauci making the point in recent congressional testimony.

Fauci had explained that differentiations between surging US infections and a sharp decrease seen across Europe could be explained by the different reactions to the virus. Fauci said most European countries shut their economies down by 95%, while the US only shut down its economy by half.

Trump furiously countered: “We have more cases because we have tested far more than any other country, 60,000,000. If we tested less, there would be less cases. How did Italy, France & Spain do? Now Europe sadly has flare ups. Most of our governors worked hard & smart. We will come back STRONG!”

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[Beartracks]

1. Testing only FINDS cases. But those cases are CAUSED BY insufficiently aggressive leadership...

... as Fauci stated.

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[MiniMe]

12. I've been saying that for months

I like my pregnancy example, get rid of abortion by not taking pregnancy tests. If you don't take the test, you can't be pregnant. Unfortunately, that doesn't work for either reason. Not testing doesn't change who has the virus, it only changes if you know about it.

[dchill]

2. Scary that he might actually believe this shit.

[In_The_Wind]

3. I'll be so glad when that truly stupid jerk is outta the WH.

[mr_lebowski]

4. I'm not entirely sure how someone can be this fucking stupid and successfully continue

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to exist on this planet, day after day.

Ya know ... bathing, brushing their teeth, feeding themselves, taking one breath after another, etc.

You'd think they'd have long ago stepped in front of a moving train, or off the side of a tall building, or something along those lines.

It truly boggles the mind.

[smirkymonkey]

8. +1000

I find that I am constantly shaking my head in disbelief. How did we get here? How is this complete and utter moron actually the president?

[Nay]

10. It's amazing how gobs of money can insulate a complete moron from reality.

And the moron is so stupid he doesn't even have the sense to be grateful for his luck -- he's gotta go out there and fuck with people, just because he can.

[John Fante]

5. How did Italy, France, and Spain do? Glad you asked, shithead. Let's take a look.

Daily Deaths (7-day moving average)
Spain: 2
Italy: 6
France: 10
United States: 1,129

Europe (as in, the entire continent) reported 278 COVID-related deaths on Saturday. We reported 1,123.

Trump is the most incompetent fuck on planet earth.

[Rhiannon12866]

7. This needs to be in the headlines every single day!

How this is allowed to continue with no repercussions is a heinous crime!

[SunSeeker]

6. Why doesn't any journalist as him how "too much testing" caused 150,000 DEATHS?

[spanone]

9. don't forget, trump knows more than the doctors....

he's fucking insane.

[dalton99a]

11. Dr. Trump knows more about his virus than any physician, epidemiologist, virologist

It's not named The Trump Virus for nothing