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mikalcharles

(87 posts) Thu Apr 9, 2020, 09:55 PM Apr 2020

When Trump says the United States has tested more people than any other nation

why doesn't someone point out that the reason we have to do so much testing is because we have so many cases because he screwed the pooch. Its really not something to brag about. It suggests failure, not success. I'd much rather live in a country without so many symptomatic people. (And we aren't even testing all of them.)

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When Trump says the United States has tested more people than any other nation (Original Post) mikalcharles Apr 2020 OP

It's not likely they are testing people who Ilsa Apr 2020 #1

Ilsa

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1. It's not likely they are testing people who

Reply to mikalcharles (Original post)

Thu Apr 9, 2020, 10:00 PM

Apr 2020

are found dead at home, either. Thus, the undercount of cases and deaths attributable to COVID-19.

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