'Kindergarten-level logic': Trump repeats false claim that rise in COVID-19 cases is result of more

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‘Kindergarten-level logic’: Trump repeats false claim that rise in COVID-19 cases is result of more testing as cases surge across US

https://www.alternet.org/2020/08/kindergarten-level-logic-trump-repeats-false-claim-that-rise-in-19-cases-is-result-of-more-testing-as-cases-surge-across-us/

President Donald Trump on Saturday took to Twitter after a game of golf to proclaim the ongoing rise in Covid-19 cases around the U.S. is due to increased testing around the country and not, as health experts have repeatedly explained, because the disease is continuing to spiral out of control around the nation.

“This continued Kindergarten-level logic is why we lead the world in Covid cases and deaths,” tweeted Rep. Mark Pocan (D-Wis.) in response to Trump’s latest salvo blaming testing for the increase in cases.

Trump, tweeting after being photographed on the golf course at his club in Potomac Falls, Virginia, took particular aim at his own expert, National Institutes for Health (NIH) director Dr. Anthony Fauci, who told lawmakers Friday that they should expect the pandemic to continue to surge in the U.S. and partially blamed the country’s keeping the economy 50% open as a major factor in the spread.

“If you look at what happened in Europe, when they shut down or locked down or went to shelter in place—however you want to describe it—they really did it to the tune of about 95% plus of the country did that,” said Fauci.

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[CrispyQ]

1. I am embarrassed for the people I know who still support this moron.

There is no defending him.

[Midnightwalk]

2. Ban thermometers. Stop global warming. Nt

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3. "Kindergarten-level logic" implies it's simplistic but correct

But of course it's simplistic and *not* correct.

It's idiotic illogic. Just plain stupid.

[IggleDuer]

4. Hospitalizations for Covid-19 are up 49% in July.

Is that because there is more testing? Very few folks who test positive need hospitalization. It all depends how sick they are. In July, more people are SICK!