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gab13by13

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3. Many of the states undercounted the deaths unknowingly.

Reply to SouthernCal_Dem (Original post)

Wed May 13, 2020, 08:47 AM

May 2020

I saw yesterday where New York is saying they believe they missed 5,000 Covid-19 deaths.

Red states, and some blue, are deliberately not counting Covid-19 deaths. I know that trump wants low numbers coming out of Georgia, Florida, and Texas. That is why those states did little testing. Florida is just flat out not reporting deaths.

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Team Trump Pushes CDC to Revise Down Its COVID Death Counts [View all] SouthernCal_Dem May 2020 OP

Kind of like how jobs reports under Obama were all wrong. sinkingfeeling May 2020 #1

That is criminal . . Iliyah May 2020 #2

Many of the states undercounted the deaths unknowingly. gab13by13 May 2020 #3

How tyranny and soft terrorism works -- organized lying, secrecy, and distracting drama. ancianita May 2020 #4

To Trump, it's all about poll numbers. sakabatou May 2020 #5

Get virus, die of pneumonia... JohnnyRingo May 2020 #6

Columbus, Ohio will be the next hotspot. Botany May 2020 #7

If you can't accomplish the task move the goal posts and declare victory. Typical management-think. Ford_Prefect May 2020 #8

Watch the excess death numbers - the White House will try to suppress or confuse those next muriel_volestrangler May 2020 #9

Birx, I knew it! What a weasly shithead is she! machoneman May 2020 #10

The numbers are undercounts. Some states are undercounting by official policy. See Excess Deaths Bernardo de La Paz May 2020 #11

Sooo, we can't count those who have not had test results? A shortage of tests. Days-long delays niyad May 2020 #12

Soon team trump will be pissing on body bags in refrigerated trucks. Victims in life and death. n/t captain jack May 2020 #13

Sounds like the same kind of suspicions he had KPN May 2020 #14

This is an atrocity. More "virus war" crimes. cayugafalls May 2020 #15

Totally Trumpian. Don't fix the problem. Change the stats and make it go away. Nitram May 2020 #16

It does look like the numbers from some states are not realistic. patphil May 2020 #17

Remember how he downplayed the deaths in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria? NickB79 May 2020 #18