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The Moron In Chief said our COVID-19 response is better than India. (Original Post) DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2020 OP
Everything he says is a loathsome lie. madaboutharry Jul 2020 #1
Maybe we are doing better than India. DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2020 #2
I am sure we might be doing better, but the comparison madaboutharry Jul 2020 #3
Vietnam has zero deaths. DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2020 #6
he's bullshitting and gaslighting like the lying shit he is spanone Jul 2020 #4
Setting expectations low superpatriotman Jul 2020 #5
That's um, not saying much. HotTeaBag Jul 2020 #7
We're relatively the same size as the EU- actually, about 100 mil smaller pop dawg day Jul 2020 #12
The UK-- which btw also has a clown in charge-- has throttled Covid pretty good-- dawg day Jul 2020 #8
Give India time. Their numbers are going steadily up. PoindexterOglethorpe Jul 2020 #9
And testing will be even bigger an issue there than here. dawg day Jul 2020 #10
that's like saying Gun Violence in the US is not that bad by comparing it to war torn nations JI7 Jul 2020 #11

dawg day

(7,947 posts)
12. We're relatively the same size as the EU- actually, about 100 mil smaller pop
Wed Jul 22, 2020, 11:50 PM
Jul 2020

And all of the EU had about 4400 new cases the other day, and we had over 70,000. What's most striking is several EU countries (esp Italy, Spain, UK) had rates close to ours in April and May, and they got it under control.

dawg day

(7,947 posts)
8. The UK-- which btw also has a clown in charge-- has throttled Covid pretty good--
Wed Jul 22, 2020, 06:28 PM
Jul 2020

I'm amazed-- two months ago, it was as bad per capita (worse) than the US. Now it's getting down about to where Utah is.

India has 1/3rd of our cases with more than 3 times the population. So I don't know how he could be saying our response is better, given that India has an urban population far larger than our entire population, and dire poverty. They are doing something right, probably.

PoindexterOglethorpe

(25,811 posts)
9. Give India time. Their numbers are going steadily up.
Wed Jul 22, 2020, 11:08 PM
Jul 2020

It's going to be a total bloodbath there. Just give them time.

As it is, it's hard to be certain that the current numbers are very accurate. I'm going to suggest that a lot of deaths have already occurred due to Covid-19 that have not been reported. They have 1.3 billion people, most of whom are very poor and live in crowded conditions. This is going to go through that country like a forest fire in a drought-stricken forest.

dawg day

(7,947 posts)
10. And testing will be even bigger an issue there than here.
Wed Jul 22, 2020, 11:43 PM
Jul 2020

Plus they too have a fascistic president, which is a terrible thing in an pandemic.

JI7

(89,239 posts)
11. that's like saying Gun Violence in the US is not that bad by comparing it to war torn nations
Wed Jul 22, 2020, 11:47 PM
Jul 2020

which is what they always do.

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