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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,063 posts)
Tue Jul 14, 2020, 02:45 PM Jul 2020

"None of us lie": Top testing official defends coronavirus task force

Washington — A top health official on the White House coronavirus task force said Tuesday that "none of us lie" to the public, contradicting President Trump, who shared a Twitter post baselessly accusing government medical experts of "lying."

Admiral Brett Giroir, the assistant secretary for health who has taken the lead on expanding testing, told NBC's "Today" that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other medical experts "are completely transparent with the American people." He said that coronavirus guidance, such as whether to wear a mask, has been updated as more is learned about the virus.

"We may make mistakes occasionally, but none of us lie," Giroir said. He also contradicted Mr. Trump's repeated assertions that the virus will "just disappear," saying that it will disappear if "we take active steps to make it disappear."

Mr. Trump retweeted a post from former game show host Chuck Woolery on Monday criticizing the CDC and government medical experts.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/none-of-us-lie-top-testing-official-defends-coronavirus-task-force/ar-BB16IUSK?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=DELLDHP

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"None of us lie": Top testing official defends coronavirus task force (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 2020 OP
And when they syrupy praise dear leader sir for his magnificent 'leadership'??? C_U_L8R Jul 2020 #1
Well...I'll wait to hear from Chuck Woolery, thank you... dhill926 Jul 2020 #2
+1 uponit7771 Jul 2020 #4
No, they wont lie overtly just twist facts and play with words. They don't have proper end to end uponit7771 Jul 2020 #3
Admiral Brett Giroir, I have a question for you. Dem2theMax Jul 2020 #5
Incorrect.... What he meant was "None of us lie WELL" Nevilledog Jul 2020 #6

C_U_L8R

(44,889 posts)
1. And when they syrupy praise dear leader sir for his magnificent 'leadership'???
Tue Jul 14, 2020, 02:47 PM
Jul 2020

If they aren't lying, they need their damn scruples examined.

dhill926

(16,234 posts)
2. Well...I'll wait to hear from Chuck Woolery, thank you...
Tue Jul 14, 2020, 02:48 PM
Jul 2020

jesus christ....we're living in an insane asylum...

uponit7771

(90,225 posts)
3. No, they wont lie overtly just twist facts and play with words. They don't have proper end to end
Tue Jul 14, 2020, 03:21 PM
Jul 2020

... throughput but gave the American people the impression they were developing.

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