Tuesday, June 15, 2021

Day by day: What Trump said about the pandemic (June 1-15, 2020)


Dictionary definition from Merriam-Webster


June 15, 2020.   U.S. total Covid cases =  2,218,396 (+20,542 which is 6.4% of current total

June 15, 2021.  U.S. total Covid cases = 33,4241,107 (+14,020)


Voice of America, 6/15/2020
“We’re at a low mark,” Trump told reporters in the Cabinet Room on Monday afternoon.  
[snip] 
"If we stop testing right now, we'd have very few cases, if any," Trump asserted.


And the U.S. presidsency was at a low point from January 20, 2017, to January 19, 2021.

June 15, 2020.   U.S. total Covid deaths = 121,891 (+524), which is 20% of current total.

June 15, 2021.  U.S. total Covid deaths = 599,486 (+339)

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Or in this case, what public health officials said about Trump's upcoming (racist dog-whistle) rally in Tulsa.


June 14, 2020.   U.S. total Covid cases =  2,197,754 (+19,955 which is 6.4% of current total

June 14, 2021.  U.S. total Covid cases = 33,420,075 (+14,288)


The rallies also typically draw supporters from surrounding towns and states. Some die-hard fans travel across the country from rally to rally like groupies for a band. 
Dr. Ashish Jha, director of Harvard’s Global Health Institute, called the upcoming Trump rally “an extraordinarily dangerous move for the people participating and the people who may know them and love them and see them afterward.” 
Trump supporters coming from neighboring cities and states could carry the virus back home, Jha said.
Less than a month later

Tulsa World, 7/9/2020

June 14, 2020.   U.S. total Covid deaths = 121,467 (+358), which is 20% of current total.

June 14, 2021.  U.S. total Covid deaths = 599,781 (+363)

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Lock him up for presidential malpractice.


June 13, 2020.   U.S. total Covid cases =  2,177,799 (+26,493 which is 6.4% of current total.

June 13, 2021.  U.S. total Covid cases = 33,424,159 (+14,464)


He declared “we will vanquish the virus, we will extinguish this plague.” 
According to a projection released Friday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the US could suffer 130,000 coronavirus deaths by July 4, and Covid-19 cases could rise this summer as states reopen, the CDC's deputy director for infectious diseases said during a conference call with reporters.

133,562 to be exact. 




June 13, 2020.   U.S. total Covid deaths = 121,119 (+754), which is 20% of current total.

June 13, 2021.  U.S. total Covid deaths = 599.680 (+385)

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Or, in this case,what he didn't say.



June 12, 2020.   U.S. total Covid cases =  2,151,306 (+27,464 which is 6.4% of current total.

June 12, 2021.  U.S. total Covid cases = 33,415,841 (+14,772)


He rarely speaks of COVID-19, which has killed more than 114,000 people in the United States and more than 300,000 others elsewhere in the world. When he does mention it, he usually claims imminent victory -- pledging on June 5, for example, to “stomp out” any “embers” of the disease. 
Nor does he remind Americans to stay vigilant although confirmed cases increased in nearly two dozen states since they began reopening beaches, restaurants and other businesses and facilities. Oregon on Friday put a pause on its reopening to regain control as cases began to multiply.

 

June 12, 2020.   U.S. total Covid deaths = 120,365 (+778), which is 20% of current total.

June 12, 2021.  U.S. total Covid deaths = 599.510 (+413)


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Not what Trump said about the pandemic, but a much needed reminder of what happens when racists take over the White House


Democracy Now, 6/11/2020 (above and below)

June 11, 2020.   U.S. total Covid cases =  2,123,842 (+23,837, which is 6.4% of current total.

June 11, 2021.  U.S. total Covid cases = 33,430,342 (+13,409)


June 11, 2020.   U.S. total Covid deaths = 119,587 (+913), which is 19.9% of current total.

June 11, 2021.  U.S. total Covid deaths = 598,770 (+417)

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June 10, 2020.   U.S. total Covid cases =  2,100,005 (+22,050, which is 6.2% of current total.

June 10, 2021.  U.S. total Covid cases = 33,420,582 (+14,809)


Politico, 6/10/2020
It’s been more than a month since the White House halted its daily coronavirus task force briefings. Top officials like infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci have largely disappeared from national television — with Fauci making just four cable TV appearances in May after being a near fixture on Sunday shows across March and April — and are frequently restricted from testifying before Congress. Meanwhile, President Donald Trump is preparing to resume his campaign rallies after a three-month hiatus, an attempted signal to voters that normalcy is returning ahead of November’s election, and that he’s all but put the pandemic behind him.

June 10, 2020.   U.S. total Covid deaths = 118,674 (+1,014), which is 19.7% of current total.

June 10, 2021.  U.S. total Covid deaths = 598,355 (+417)

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June 9. 2020.   U.S. total Covid cases =  2,077,955 (+19,880, which is 6.2% of current total.

June 9, 2021.  U.S. total Covid cases = 33,398,257 (+14,031)


And that was only the beginning.  It's far from over in Brazil.


June 9, 2020.   U.S. total Covid deaths = 117,660 (+1,076), which is 19.7% of current total.

June 9, 2021.  U.S. total Covid deaths = 597,906 (+438)

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June 8, 2020.   U.S. total Covid cases =  2,058,035 (+18,788, which is 6.2% of current total.

June 8, 2021.  U.S. total Covid cases = 33,383,096 (+15,091)


The damage as a result of his inept handling of the pandemic has only just begun.


June 8, 2020.   U.S. total Covid deaths = 116,584 (+586), which is 19.5% of current total.

June 8, 2021.  U.S. total Covid deaths = 597,533 (+459)

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Psychology Today. 11/28/2014

June 7, 2020.   U.S. total Covid cases =  2,039,247 (+19,723, which is 5.8% of current total.

June 7, 2021.  U.S. total Covid cases = 33,369,389 (+13,927)


The Economic Policy Institute lays it all out for us.



June 7, 2020.   U.S. total Covid deaths = 115,998 (+405), which is 19.4% of current total.

June 7, 2021.  U.S. total Covid deaths = 597,220 (+437)


Related series of posts: Day by day:  What Trump said about the pandemic. 

Related series of official/sycophants posts:

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Dictionary definition from Merriam-Webster

June 3, 2020.   U.S. total Covid cases =  1,946,991 (+21,557, which is 5.8% of current total.

June 3, 2021.  U.S. total Covid cases = 33,320,771 (+16,270)


Bloomberg, 6/3/2020
On Monday, after an unnerving speech in the Rose Garden, Trump had police officers clear out mostly peaceful demonstrators in front of the White House — aggressively using smoke canisters, flash grenades and batons, and risking their safety in the process — so he could stage a photo at a nearby church, thereby infuriating the local bishop, the mayor of Washington and a neighboring police department requisitioned for the stunt. It nearly defied belief.

June 3, 2020.   U.S. total Covid deaths = 112,811 (+1,118), which is 18.9% of current total.

June 3, 2021.  U.S. total Covid deaths = 595,231 (+397)

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Trump throws an 'it's-all-about-me' hissy fit.  Between June 2nd and August 24th, the first day of the canceled Charlotte convention, the 7-day avearage of new cases would nearly double.  And the worst was it was still to come.

New York Times (arrow and highlight added)

June 2, 2020.   U.S. total Covid cases =  1,925,434 (+22,770, which is 5.8% of current total.

June 2, 2021.  U.S. total Covid cases = 33,303,277 (+17,119)





June 2, 2020.   U.S. total Covid deaths = 111,693 (+1,183), which is 18.8% of current total.

June 2, 2021.  U.S. total Covid deaths = 594,722 (+356)

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No seer.  Donald Trump made a prediction on March 30 that had absolutely no chance of being fulfilled. The worst of the pandemic was still to come.


June 1, 2020.   U.S. total Covid cases =  1,902,664 (+20,824, which is 5.7% of current total.

June 1, 2021.  U.S. total Covid cases = 33,280,925 (17,189)


Starting at 0:33.

He said that life will be back to normal and, "great things will be happening by June 1st".

 

June 1, 2020.   U.S. total Covid deaths = 110,510 (+693), which is 18.7% of current total.

June 1, 2021.  U.S. total Covid deaths = 594,201 (392)


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