1 / 12Trump Virus OutbreakPresident Donald Trump, accompanied by Robert Redfield, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, right, takes a question during a news conference on the coronavirus in the press briefing room at the White House, Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020, in Washington. WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has not proved to be the bearer of reliable information when calamity threatens and people want straight answers about it.
He was fast off the mark to describe the injuries suffered by U.S. service members from an Iranian missile attack as little more than headaches, when it turned out scores suffered traumatic brain injury. THE FACTS: “Close” is not correct. A vaccine has already been developed for Ebola. The FDA approved an Ebola vaccine in December. Even before its U.S. approval, it was being used in Congo to help stem the current outbreak.TRUMP, on U.S. coronavirus cases: “We're going down, not up. We’re going very substantially down, not up.” — news conference Wednesday.
Flu deaths fluctuate depending on which strain is circulating and how well each year’s vaccine is working, but Trump's cited range is in the ballpark. Two flu seasons ago, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimated there were 80,000 U.S. deaths, the highest death toll in at least four decades. This year’s flu season isn’t as deadly; so far this season, the CDC estimates there have been 16,000 to 41,000 deaths from the flu.
THE FACTS: They're both wrong to say the agencies have seen their money cut. Bloomberg is repeating the false allegation in a new ad that states the U.S. is unprepared for the virus because of “reckless cuts" to the CDC. Trump's budgets have proposed cuts to public health, only to be overruled by Congress, where there's strong bipartisan support for agencies such as the CDC and NIH. Instead, financing has increased.
The public health system has a playbook to follow for pandemic preparation — regardless of who's president or whether specific instructions are coming from the White House. Public-health experts outside government have praised the CDC's work so far and noted that its top scientific ranks have remained stable during the past three years.BERNIE SANDERS: “What every study out there — conservative or progressive — says, ‘Medicare for All’ will save money." — Democratic debate.
THE FACTS: Klobuchar, a Minnesota senator, correctly called out the former vice president for seeming to take credit for legislation closing the “boyfriend loophole.” Biden conceded the point, then correctly pointed out that the loophole has not been eliminated in law.
Yahoo if a vaccine can be done in record time the President will make it happen. Stop trying to instill fear in the American people!
That's a nother lie you can't be trusted
FakeNews
EmpathyNow Also this. Thinking Trump ought to heed his own advice.
EmpathyNow Is anyone In the world think Donald Trump is telling the Truth?
EmpathyNow The rapid vaccine will be tested on the Poor, very rapidly. Maybe we won't even test! Testing kits for what trump says!
EmpathyNow Is the only one with balls enough to call out the orange turd
Not true
Pretty soon he'll start telling people the U.S. has a CURE! It'll make him look like a hero for about 10 minutes when everyone realizes he just LIED again!
frmgrl42 Another LIE! So what else is new?
How do you plan that you closed all the medical facilities and it's going to take you a while to get it up and running
Nothing that would come out from his mouth is true. As in.
So it’s a hoax? 🤔
Yahoo your just embarrassing yourselves at this point. Either help with this damn situation or SHUT UP AND GET THE HELL OUT OF THE WAY!
Another one of his lies
This is fake news there is a vaccine candidate already ready for testing : Fact check your fact checker $MRNA COVID2019
This guy is funnier than Jerry Seinfeld
It takes a year to get a vaccine to pass development and testing, there is not guarantee that there will not be potential strains of this evolving. Trump lives in make believe and fantasy (playing for TV ratings and audiences).
the dumbest president
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