December 15, 2020. U.S. total Covid cases = 17,294,280 (+211,015, 34.3% of current total)
December 15, 2021. U.S. total Covid cases = 50,201,298 (116,892)
Kaiser Health News, 12/15/2020
It wasn’t the first time Trump had given credence to the idea that if enough people in a population gain immunity to a disease by being exposed to it, the illness won’t be able to spread through the remainder of the population — a concept known as “herd immunity.”
However, experts have warned that attempting to achieve herd immunity naturally, by allowing people to get sick with COVID-19, could result in more than a million deaths and potentially long-term health problems for many. A better way to achieve protection across the population, experts say, is through widespread vaccination.
December 15, 2020. U.S. total Covid deaths = 323,888 (+3,126, which is 40.4% of current total)
December 15, 2021. U.S. total Covid deaths = 798,745 (+1,537)
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December 14, 2020. U.S. total Covid cases = 17,083,265 (+199,990 which is 33.9% of current total)
December 14, 2021. U.S. total Covid cases = 50,083,493 (201,930)
A Trump administration spokesman on Sunday said top officials in the three branches of government would be among the first to receive a COVID-19 vaccine, but later in the evening, the president himself said most White House staff members will have to wait.
Top officials would be inoculated against the virus in the initial rollout of the vaccine to ensure the health of essential employees, National Security Council spokesman John Ullyot said in a Sunday evening statement, citing the 2016 National Continuity Policy, a directive that "calls for providing [executive branch leadership] personnel with the appropriate resources to perform their prescribed continuity roles and responsibilities."
December 14, 2020. U.S. total Covid deaths = 320,762 (+1,967, which is 40% of current total)
December 14, 2021. U.S. total Covid deaths = 797,208 (+1,286)
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December 13, 2020. U.S. total Covid cases = 16,883,275 (+190,030 which is 33.9% of current total)
December 13, 2021. U.S. total Covid cases = 49,845,209 (36,354)
As the first doses of a coronavirus vaccine are prepared for shipment to communities across the United States, President Donald Trump has an opportunity to mark a historic milestone for science -- and show some semblance of leadership in curbing the spread of Covid-19 as the number of US cases crosses 16 million.
Instead, he is engaged in self-sabotage, distracting Americans from that great accomplishment for his administration by spreading more election disinformation while questioning whether to fire Attorney General William Barr, in part, because Barr did not inform Trump of the federal investigation into the business dealings of Hunter Biden, the son of President-elect Joe Biden, before the election.
December 13, 2020. U.S. total Covid deaths = 318,795 (+1,599, which is 40% of current total)
December 13, 2021. U.S. total Covid deaths = 795,922 (+195)
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December 12, 2020. U.S. total Covid cases = 16,693,285 (+260,178 which is 33.5% of current total)
December 12, 2021. U.S. total Covid cases = 49,845,209 (51,333)
U.S. News and World Report, 12/12/2020
All the while, he's looked past other staggering and more consequential figures: The record numbers of coronavirus deaths, hospitalizations and new cases among the citizens of the nation he leads.
On Friday, Trump's team blasted out a text with this strong, high-minded presidential message: “We will not bend. We will not break. We will never give in. We will never give up.”
But it was not a rallying cry to help shore up Americans sagging under the toll of a pandemic that on Wednesday alone killed more Americans than on D-Day or 9/11. It was part of a fundraising pitch tied to Senate races in Georgia and to Trump’s unsupported claims that Democrats are trying to “steal” the presidential election he lost.
December 12, 2020. U.S. total Covid deaths = 317,106 (+2,663, which is 39.8% of current total)
December 12, 2021. U.S. total Covid deaths = 795,727 (+426)
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December 11, 2020. U.S. total Covid cases = 16,463,107 (+245,298 which is 33% of current total
December 11, 2021. U.S. total Covid cases = 49,792,430 (163,642)
Washington Post, 12/11/2021
But President Trump and the White House have decided to rather unhelpfully inject politics into the whole thing. In an early-morning tweetstorm full of his usual score-settling, credit-seeking and conspiracy-theorizing, Trump suggested the FDA and its head, Stephen Hahn, weren’t moving fast enough.
December 11, 2020. U.S. total Covid deaths = 314,443 (+3,093), which is 39.5% of current total
December 11, 2021. U.S. total Covid deaths = 795,301 (+2,024)
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December 10, 2020. U.S. total Covid cases = 16,217,811 (+214,290 which is 32.6% of current total
December 10, 2021. U.S. total Covid cases = 49,628,788 (123,484)
Washington Post, 12/10/2020
But that was hardly the only promise Trump made about coronavirus vaccines. As with much of Trump’s presidency, he regularly over-promised on the efforts to combat the virus. That is especially true of how many people could be vaccinated by the end of the year, which Trump at one point said would be hundreds of millions. Now it is expected to be a fraction of that.
December 10, 2020. U.S. total Covid deaths = 311,359 (+3,131), which is 38.9% of current total
December 10, 2021. U.S. total Covid deaths = 793,277 (+1,344)
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December 9, 2020. U.S. total Covid cases = 15,983,838 (+274,255 which is 32.3% of current total
December 9, 2021. U.S. total Covid cases = 49,505,304 (149,041)
Pence’s remarks and tone were significantly different than that of President Trump, who spoke at the same event earlier in the day. Trump’s speech was much more focused on taking credit and claiming victory for the development of a vaccine. When asked by a reporter about advice for Americans on avoiding the spread of Covid in the holiday season, Trump commented that “the vaccine was our goal.” [emphasis added]
The vice president also did something else Trump did not in his speech: he offered his sympathies to those who had lost loved ones to coronavirus.
December 9, 2020. U.S. total Covid deaths = 308,219 (+3,315), which is 38.9% of current total
December 9, 2021. U.S. total Covid deaths = 791,933 (+3,618)
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December 8, 2020. U.S. total Covid cases = 15,709,583 (+167,636 which is 31.8% of current total
December 8, 2021. U.S. total Covid cases = 49,356,263 (113,992)
Calling vaccine development a "a monumental national achievement," Trump said the collaboration of government, scientists and industry will save millions of lives around the world.
"It will end the pandemic," he said.
December 8, 2020. U.S. total Covid deaths = 304,904 (+2,891), which is 38.7% of current total
December 8, 2021. U.S. total Covid deaths = 788,315 (+1,767)
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December 7, 2020. U.S. total Covid cases = 15,541,947 (+185,807 which is 31.5% of current total
December 7, 2021. U.S. total Covid cases = 49,242,271 (197,449)
At this point in time for Trump, it's all election hysterics, all the time.
December 7, 2020. U.S. total Covid deaths = 302,017 (+1,751), which is 38.3% of current total
December 7, 2021. U.S. total Covid deaths = 788,315 (+1,351)
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December 6, 2020. U.S. total Covid cases = 15,356,140 (+180,648 which is 31.2% of current total
December 6, 2021. U.S. total Covid cases = 49,044,822 (34,572)
"Get better soon Rudy, we will carry on!!!" Trump wrote Sunday.
While Trump has announced on Twitter that Giuliani has tested positive for coronavirus – Giuliani himself has not publicly commented on it.
December 6, 2020. U.S. total Covid deaths = 300, 266 (+1,460), which is 38.1% of current total
December 6, 2021. U.S. total Covid deaths = 786,964 (+161)
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December 5, 2020. U.S. total Covid cases = 15,175,492 (+220,670 which is 30.9% of current total
December 5, 2021. U.S. total Covid cases = 49,010,250 (62,272)
This Week, 12/5/2020
December 5, 2020. U.S. total Covid deaths = 298,906 (+2,491), which is 38% of current total
December 5, 2021. U.S. total Covid deaths = 786,803 (+533)
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December 4, 2020. U.S. total Covid cases = 14,954,602 (+236,787 which is 30.5% of current total
December 4, 2021. U.S. total Covid cases = 48,947,721 (148,894)
ABC News, 12/4/2020
The president made no public appearances Friday, a day after the United States recorded 2,879 Americans deaths caused by COVID-19, 217,664 confirmed cases of the virus and over 100,000 hospitalizations -- all records.
Trump has spent his waning days in office not focused on leading the United States through a historic, deadly crisis but rather fundraising for his future political endeavors and sowing doubt in the country's democratic foundations.
December 4, 2020. U.S. total Covid deaths = 296,315 (+2,794), which is 37.6% of current total
December 4, 2021. U.S. total Covid deaths = 786,270 (+2,107)
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December 3, 2020. U.S. total Covid cases = 14,717,815 (+224,420 which is 30.2% of current total
December 3, 2021. U.S. total Covid cases = 48,798,827 (138,682)
COVID? What's that!!?
This Week, 12/3/2020
December 3, 2020. U.S. total Covid deaths = 293,521 (+2,896), which is 37.5% of current total
December 3, 2021. U.S. total Covid deaths = 784,163 (+3,320)
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December 2, 2020. U.S. total Covid cases = 14,493,395 (+209,208 which is 29.8% of current total
December 2, 2021. U.S. total Covid cases = 48,662,120 (141,332)
ABC News, 12/2/2020
Americans who celebrated Thanksgiving with other people outside their household should assume they are infectious and a “dangerous to others,” the White House Coronavirus Task Force is warning in a startling new report obtained by ABC News.
Delivered Nov. 29 to the nation’s governors, but not released publicly, President Donald Trump’s top pandemic advisers said it’s up to state and local public health officials to alert the public as COVID-19 cases hit an all-time high. [emphasis added]
December 2, 2020. U.S. total Covid deaths = 290,625 (+2,961), which is 37.2% of current total
December 2, 2021. U.S. total Covid deaths = 780,843 (+1,983)
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December 1, 2020. U.S. total Covid cases = 14,284,187 (+171,921 which is 29.4% of current total
December 1, 2021. U.S. total Covid cases = 48,520,095 (108,601)
This Week 12/2/2020
December 1, 2020. U.S. total Covid deaths = 287,664 (+2,740), which is 36.8% of current total
December 1, 2021. U.S. total Covid deaths = 780,843 (+1,600)
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