"In Trump’s assessment, his government has done a “
spectacular job” with the Covid-19 pandemic.
the whole world is excited watching us because we’re leading the world,” he said, in an updated pat on the back this week.
an American has been dying of this disease. With 1.3 million reported cases, the United States, just five percent of the world’s population, has nearly
33 percent of the sick. With more than 75,000 deaths, we’re at the front of the pack as well. No country comes close on all three measures."
Tim Egan
I wouldn't expect you to understand the math but for others:
The USA tests more than anywhere else by far, over eight million tests to date. It's not even close.
On test per population, we are ahead of
South Korea, who the media constantly go on about as the gold standard. And by the way, that's after the initial bungling by the media's precious public sector CDC was replaced by the private sector innovation brought in by
President Trump and his team.
It is not just testing, though. The fear mongers in the East Coast media elite, after weeks of solipsistically assuming their experience in New York was the same as everyone else's, are now trying to frighten the rest of America with misinformation about the coming coronavirus disaster in places like South Dakota.
I don't think they've ever paid so much attention to Red State America in their lives. But now, they can terrify people about the looming disease apocalypse for the meatpacking rubes. They're all in.
But I checked the data on the deadliest coronavirus day in South Dakota. Five people died; five family tragedies. But the number was five. Deaths per 100,000 in South Dakota, four. In New York, it's 138. We put them on a chart, and you can barely even see South Dakota.
fit about policy dissenters within his administration before or after unceremoniously ejecting them from the White House grounds.
