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Showing Original Post only (View all)Trump Rejects New York's Plea For Ventilators: 'I Don't Believe You Need' That Many [View all]
President Donald Trump rejected calls from New Yorks governor that the state needed tens of thousands of new ventilators to treat a mass of patients infected with the novel coronavirus, saying he didnt believe those numbers were accurate.
I have a feeling that a lot of the numbers that are being said in some areas are just bigger than theyre going to be, Trump told Fox News Sean Hannity on Thursday night. I dont believe you need 40,000 or 30,000 ventilators. You know, you go into major hospitals sometimes, theyll have two ventilators. And now all of a sudden theyre saying can we order 30,000 ventilators?
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The presidents statements came as public health officials declared the United States the leading country in terms of coronavirus cases with more than 81,300 infected. More than 1,000 people have been killed by the virus, many in New York, which has the worst outbreak in the nation.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) warned Thursday that the states hospitals could soon be overwhelmed with patients afflicted with the COVID-19 disease, noting more than 5,200 people had been hospitalized, including 1,290 in intensive care.
https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_5e7d651cc5b6256a7a27c911
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Trump Rejects New York's Plea For Ventilators: 'I Don't Believe You Need' That Many [View all]
SunSeeker
Mar 2020
OP
Yep, and then he'll say it "snuck up on us" and "no one could have known" we'd need so many.
SunSeeker
Mar 2020
#22
Has there ever been a more evil, stupid, incompetent president in the history of this nation?
smirkymonkey
Mar 2020
#24