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plcdude

(5,309 posts) Tue Jun 23, 2020, 10:52 AM Jun 2020

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Testing BS

Trump continues to not understand per capita testing. See https://www.statista.com/statistics/1104645/covid19-testing-rate-select-countries-worldwide/
We have tested only 8.6% of our total population with at least 9 other countries doing more than us.

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Testing BS (Original Post) plcdude Jun 2020 OP

'to not understand', or recklessly misrepresent, or lie about . . . empedocles Jun 2020 #1

Experts plcdude Jun 2020 #2

Not to mention that testing done earlier on thucythucy Jun 2020 #3

empedocles

(15,751 posts)

1. 'to not understand', or recklessly misrepresent, or lie about . . .

Reply to plcdude (Original post)

Tue Jun 23, 2020, 10:54 AM

Jun 2020

plcdude

(5,309 posts)

2. Experts

Reply to empedocles (Reply #1)

Tue Jun 23, 2020, 10:57 AM

Jun 2020

Need to point out this lie.

thucythucy

(8,050 posts)

3. Not to mention that testing done earlier on

Reply to plcdude (Original post)

Tue Jun 23, 2020, 11:22 AM

Jun 2020

in the pandemic would have been far more effective at slowing the spread than testing done now.

So he gets it wrong on two counts,

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