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Old 03-22-2020, 09:32 AM   #72
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Just to counter this, you do know some of these are could be accurate, you and I can't know. Do you know if the CDC is going a great job or not? I sure don't but I don't assume it's not true because the President said it.

And some of them may have been accurate at the time he said them. In January when he said, "it's under control", he might very well have believed that. Very easy to pull quotes based on old information. First known case in the US was January 20.

If you simply assume he exaggerates everything (sometimes wildly) you'll be much better for it. But if you assume everything is a lie, then you'll do nothing but try to find just enough inaccuracies to make them lies.

That being said, the cases will continue to rise and unfortunately so will the deaths.

It's just not clear how both sides want to make this political or about the President. It's simply not. It's a virus.

And for perspective, the 2009/2010 Pandemic, 12,000 Americans died and 60 MILLION were infected.

And here is an interesting article (still....from the internet) that compares the two and counters a few of your points.

https://www.livescience.com/covid-19...swine-flu.html

To your point, here is an Op/Ed piece by Mitch Album, generally fairly insightful, that makes your case.

https://www.freep.com/story/sports/c...an/2892048001/

Now about those Camaro parts...................
Well said.

Trump ad-libs and is often inaccurate ...but not necessarily wrong. Everything is the biggest ...the best. His supporters look at the results which are undeniably good. His detractors hang on every word with their heads spinning

Fraxum posted a list of inconsequential nitpicking and word splitting. After three years of conspiracies, special counsel investigation/exoneration, impeachment/acquittal, etc. ...it does come off as TDS
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