Trump Claims at Rally Doctors Lie About Virus Dead for Money

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Source: Bloomberg

(Bloomberg) -- President Donald Trump claimed without substantiation that U.S. doctors are lying about the number of Americans who’ve died from Covid-19, saying they inflate the figure because they are paid more money for deaths attributed to the virus.

There’s no evidence for the president’s assertion, and physician groups have castigated him for maligning their profession.

“Our doctors get more money if someone dies from Covid. You know that, right?” Trump told a rally audience in Waterford Township, Michigan, on Friday.

“So what they do is, they say, ‘I’m sorry, but, you know, everybody dies of Covid,’” Trump continued. “But in Germany and other places, if you have a heart attack, or you have cancer, you’re terminally ill, you catch Covid, they say you died of cancer, you died of heart attack. With us, when in doubt, choose Covid.”

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-claims-at-rally-doctors-lie-about-virus-dead-for-money/ar-BB1ayf3N?li=BBnba9O&ocid=DELLDHP

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Projection on the dotard's part. He thinks everyone else is as corrupt as him.

[Iris]

1. Good gracious. This bs wad dispelled MONTHS ago

[Wellstone ruled]

4. April 8th 2020

The Appleton Fake News Stain started that story on April 7th,the AMA corrected her on the 8th.

[IcyPeas]

2. Then why didn't his doctors let him die?

[NanceGreggs]

3. I saw a post ...

... on another site from a Trump-humper who insists that ALL fatalities in the US are being classified as Covid-19 deaths, including deaths from heart attacks, old age, AND car crash fatalities. Says that's why the Covid numbers are so high - apparently a nation-wide plot to make Trump look bad.

[BlueWavePsych]

5. CNN - Trump baselessly claims doctors inflating coronavirus death counts for money

Trump baselessly claims doctors are inflating coronavirus death counts for money as cases again hit record levels

"Our doctors get more money if someone dies from Covid. You know that, right? I mean our doctors are very smart people. So what they do is they say 'I'm sorry but everybody dies of Covid,' " Trump said, without citing any evidence, at a rally in Waterford Township, Michigan.

There is no evidence for the President's claim and the statement represents a stunning attack on medical workers as the country faces its worst public health emergency in more than 100 years. As of Friday evening, more than 90,000 Americans have been diagnosed with Covid-19, a new daily high, and at least 929 deaths have been reported, according to a count from Johns Hopkins University. Two states, South Dakota and Wyoming, reported their highest daily death tolls on Thursday.

Medical experts have long predicted that the fall and winter would bring spikes in coronavirus cases as temperatures dropped across the country and people began spending more time indoors, where the virus can more easily spread. The country is now experiencing that spike -- the five days with the most reported Covid-19 cases have all come in the last week.

There is no evidence that suggests hospitals or doctors are inflating their coronavirus numbers. According to new research published this month, there were 20% more deaths from March 1 through August 1 than normally would be expected.

The American Medical Association, without naming the President, condemned claims that physicians inflate the number of Covid-19 patients they treat -- calling such rumors "malicious, outrageous, and completely misguided."

https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/30/politics/trump-doctors-covid/index.html

[tonekat]

6. Well, he burned his bridges...

...with the entire medical community, except for the charlatans who supported his BS COVID staycation. A friend just lost his fellow musician to COVID and to see trump lie about it is disgusting.

[PSPS]

7. Back to euphamisms for "lies" again. "baselessly claims" "claimed without substantiation"

[orangecrush]

8. VILE MAN

Get him out of there!

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

9. "Trump lied"? Say it ain't so! nt