In just over two minutes, the so-called president denied the actual death rate of Covid-19, told people who think they may have the virus to go ahead and go to work and compares the virus to the flu, even though he has been told over and over again that it is not at all like the flu
Telling people to spread their germs around their workplace is extraordinarily irresponsible, but I take issue with the highlighted part of the sentence. To say this is 'not at all like the flu' is plainly and obviously wrong. It's a viral infection that causes pretty much exactly the same symptoms as the flu. It's very much like the flu.
Regarding the 'actual death rate', he's not wrong. 3.4% is simply the number of reported coronavirus deaths divided by the number of confirmed cases. The actual death rate, then, has to be less than 3.4%. We don't know what it is, and Trump's not really qualified to estimate, but he only described it as a hunch based on conversations he'd had. And his 'hunch' is not at all out of line with professional opinion. He's obviously just picking the professional opinions he wants to be true.
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