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Source: The Daily Beast
Undeterred by mounting criticism over his repeated dismissals of the severity of the coronavirus pandemic, President Donald Trump doubled down on his claim that the virus will go away on Tuesday. Even if it doesnt, he said, herd mentality will take over and save us all. The president made the remarks during a 90-minute town hall event hosted by ABC News late Tuesday in which he repeated many of the same rosy predictions that have previously been proven wrong. Apparently conflating herd mentality with herd immunitywhich occurs when a large enough proportion of the population has built up immunity to an infectious disease, often through vaccinationthe president insisted the country will recover from the pandemic even without a vaccine.
It would go away without the vaccine
but its going to go away a lot faster with it, Trump said, adding that with time, it goes away. And many deaths, ABCs George Stephanopoulos noted. The president continued on as if he had not heard the remark, explaining that youll develop like a herd mentality. Its going to be herd-developed, and thats going to happen, that will all happen
. But I really believe were rounding the corner. When Stephanopoulos reminded him that even one of the lead members of the White Houses own coronavirus task force, Dr. Anthony Fauci, has disagreed with that assessment, Trump said: But you know a lot of people do agree with me.
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