Fauci on Trump’s 99% harmless claim: “I’m trying to figure out where the president got that number. What I think happened is that someone told him that the general mortality is about 1%. And he interpreted, therefore, that 99% is not a problem, when that’s obviously not the case” https://t.co/JMy9LeLOPC
— Jeremy Diamond (@JDiamond1) July 10, 2020
Fact-checking President Trump's claims that US coronavirus death rate is the lowest worldwide https://t.co/BgxRXpNTdZ pic.twitter.com/kFgNn6Xo4b
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) July 7, 2020
As it turns out, I did report on this claim about mortality, less than two hours ago.
— Philip Bump (@pbump) July 7, 2020
It is false. https://t.co/S54vz1EcPlhttps://t.co/UhJdw5XuE7
This lie is as brazen as any Trump has told. The US is nowhere near to "the lowest Mortality Rate in the World." https://t.co/zBo2qZTr6D https://t.co/gUvJKlbAyV
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) July 7, 2020
Per @JohnsHopkins, the U.S. does not have the lowest mortality rate in the world.
— Jordan Ray (@JordanLRay) July 6, 2020
Not even close, in fact. pic.twitter.com/cTeX3TwD5Q
CNN's Brianna Keilar: Why's Trump saying US has lowest COVID mortality rate when it doesn't?
— Justin Baragona (@justinbaragona) July 7, 2020
Ken Cuccinelli: We're below Italy and Germany
Keilar: [reads off 13 countries we trail]
Cuccinelli: We're testing a bunch
Keilar: But these are death rates
Cuccinelli: I understand pic.twitter.com/LIIQTsPq9D
Dear @realDonaldTrump: Stop making stuff up. The case fatality rate for #COVIDー19 based on current data is approximately 4.3% in the US.
— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) July 8, 2020
Many hospitals now have no ICU beds available, including 56 hospitals in Florida.
Please stop downplaying the virus. https://t.co/DTgTMLeCyt https://t.co/v9IX3obJMY
Sad! 