Trump Keeps Downplaying COVID-19 While the Death Toll Keeps Climbing
At a rally-related stop on September 21, Trump again pushed a message that the coronavirus was far less dangerous for most people than public health experts have said, leaning hard on the idea that young people were barely affected. The messaging drew immediate pushback because it came as the pandemic had already killed hundreds of thousands of Americans and was still tearing through communities. It was a classic Trump move: take a real statistical nuance, strip out the caution, and turn it into a talking point that made the disease sound optional.
First recorded Sep 21, 2020·Meaningfully updated Sep 21, 2020
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Trump Keeps Downplaying COVID-19 While the Death Toll Keeps Climbing
At a rally-related stop on September 21, Trump again pushed a message that the coronavirus was far less dangerous for most people than public health experts have said, leaning hard on the idea that young people were barely affected. The messaging drew immediate pushback because it came as the pandemic had already killed hundreds of thousands of Americans and was still tearing through communities. It was a classic Trump move: take a real statistical nuance, strip out the caution, and turn it int…
At a rally-related stop on September 21, Trump again pushed a message that the coronavirus was far less dangerous for most people than public health experts have said, leaning hard on the idea that young people were barely affected. The messaging drew immediate pushback because it came as the pandemic had already killed hundreds of thousands of Americans and was still tearing through communities. It was a classic Tr…
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