Originally Posted By: Matter-eater Man
When Trump compared coronavirus to the flu

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On Monday, when Trump tweeted that the coronavirus was not as perilous as the flu, he said, “So last year 37,000 Americans died from the common Flu. It averages between 27,000 and 70,000 per year. Nothing is shut down, life & the economy go on. At this moment there are 546 confirmed cases of CoronaVirus, with 22 deaths. Think about that!”

Two days later, Anthony Fauci, head of infectious diseases at the National Institutes of Health and a member of Trump’s task force on the outbreak, said the coronavirus was far more deadly.





As I said prior, any number of Democrat politicians, CNN and MSNBC anchors and guests, and even CDC and other doctors interviewed have made similar comments. And it is factually true that in past viral outbreaks, they have ultimately killed less people than the annual flu.

Also keep in mind that until early February, we didn't know just how contagious Covid-19 was. China and WHO lied to the world and said int was not contagious "human to human" until Jan 21, when cases began occurring outside of China. And it really wasn't until South Korea shared their findings in February how easily Covid-19 was contagiously spread, that further preventive measures were known to be necessary. It was about a week later that the country began moving toward lockdown on Monday, March 9th, anout 3 weeks ago.

China has known since Dec 1st about the severity of this virus, but wasn't honest with the rest of the world until January 27th. And even then, it was only after an outbreak in South Korea a month later that the level of contagion was fully known, when South Korea shared reseach with us that China could have, but did not.

I notice a continuous pattern, that you rail on Trump as personally responsible every day, but never acknowledge the obvious blame that rests on China for unleashing this on the world, by their initial, and continuing, lack of disclosure. This could all have been prevented.