Trump's testing czar: The COVID surge "is real" and not just caused by more tests

[brooklynite]

Source: Axios

Assistant Secretary of Health Adm. Brett Giroir, who leads the federal government's coronavirus testing response, pushed back on Wednesday against President Trump's continued claims that rising coronavirus cases are a product of increased testing.

The big picture: Every available piece of data shows that the pandemic is getting worse again across the country. Hospitalizations are on the rise — and some hospitals are warning that they could soon be overwhelmed — while 13 states set new highs last week for coronavirus infections recorded in a single day.

What he's saying: "But, between July, August, September, October now, we do believe and the data show that the cases are going up. It's not just a function of testing. Yes, we're getting more cases identified. But the cases are actually going up. And we know that too because hospitalizations are going up."

"And we do know that deaths are increasing, unfortunately."

Read more: https://www.axios.com/coronavirus-case-surge-trump-5cf102c0-89e0-4fb7-8b61-05cf92f6f14f.html

[sinkingfeeling]

1. He'll be fired within a week.

[Sinistrous]

2. That is the usual result of announcing that the king has no clothes.

[progree]

3. Too much hospitalizing. Hospitals are trying to make Trump look bad /nt

(sarcasm)

[Tommymac]

4. It's the fault of all those damn Health Workers and Dr.'s trying to make a profit off the pandemic.

[DeeNice]

5. we rounded the corner...

and are heading straight over the cliff.

[Maeve]

6. An actual expert

How'd he get in this misadministration??

[durablend]

7. Don't blink!

He won't be around much longer.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

8. Worldometers is at 35,000 new cases today despite...

... less than half of the states reporting, such as some of the worst states for new cases like Texas.

Expecting a new daily record today.