Responding to testing shortfall: Duck & deflect the blame
(March
13: That is his M.O.)
That was Trump responding
to a question about testing shortfall from Politico
on March 13, 2020 here.
That was
then, this is now: Trump is pressuring the CDC to change its death toll
methodology and produce a lower figure (Business
Insider article headline)
- Trump and his aides have argued that the CDC should
change its coronavirus death toll methodology, the Daily Beast reported.
- It cited five sources who said the White House has
pushed for a different system that would produce a lower figure for US
deaths.
- The sources said that Dr. Deborah Birx had lobbied for
two categories of death to be excluded:
a. The first is people who likely have COVID-19 but do not yet
have lab test confirmation.
b. The second is people who definitely have COVID-19 but may
have died from unrelated causes.
- A CDC official defended its method of counting, and said
that if anything the figures are too low.
The outlet
cited five unnamed administration officials working on the government's
coronavirus response with death toll for the U.S. that Trump wants.
My 2 cents: Trump's methodology his whole adult life is still
his main driver with this virus pandemic:
Lie and cheat anyway possible all the time to look strong and NEVER
appear weak, or accept blame for everything. Just get and stay ahead of everyone else
about everything all the time.
He believes that by showing lower virus death numbers it will reflect on him in a good
way. It would show his strong “leadership” in this horrible crisis, which
BTW: He reacted to slowly, or did not act at all in a timely fashion – none whatsoever.
When he did, he offered sick medical advice that was disputed by everyone. Now with this stunt he tries to look good for 2020 by reversing history and getting a second
set of books to favor his goal.
What a disgusting human being.
Shame on those who supported him, voted for him, and
still stick with him.
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