Trump just now, re Puerto Rican deaths: FIFTY TIMES LAST ORIGINAL NUMBER - NO WAY!

[highplainsdem]

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

“When Trump visited the island territory last October, OFFICIALS told him in a briefing 16 PEOPLE had died from Maria.” The Washington Post. This was long AFTER the hurricane took place. Over many months it went to 64 PEOPLE. Then, like magic, “3000 PEOPLE KILLED.” They hired....


....GWU Research to tell them how many people had died in Puerto Rico (how would they not know this?). This method was never done with previous hurricanes because other jurisdictions know how many people were killed. FIFTY TIMES LAST ORIGINAL NUMBER - NO WAY!

[dweller]

1. way! n/t

😑

[HopeAgain]

2. What the fuck is wrong with him?

[Cracklin Charlie]

24. He can't wipe the blood from his hands.

He is counting up his victims.

Hard to rationalize the irrational.

[sarcasmo]

25. Taking the news cycle away from Manafort.

[PubliusEnigma]

27. Well, that's not happening.

Mueller just put another brick in the wall.

[FarPoint]

26. He's angry, scared....Manafort flipped...

He is trying to deflect attention away from the Manafort BIG NEWS....but tRump is dribbling spittal on his chin....try to spew anything outrageous to change the subject...

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. Has nobody ever told Spanky about the First Rule of Holes?

[highplainsdem]

4. He's always too busy digging to listen.

[GulfCoast66]

21. But his base is there digging right along side him.

[Xipe Totec]

5. Some people don't know when to STFU. nt

[Bleacher Creature]

6. Like magic? Does he think this is a fucking game? NT

[sheshe2]

29. Yes.

[Solly Mack]

7. I thought the WP was fake news? Yet he is quoting them?

That man is willfully ignorant and he revels in his ignorance.

[IluvPitties]

8. Trump thinks attacking Hispanics activates his racist base.

[dalton99a]

9. FIFTY TIMES DUMBER THAN LAST ORIGINAL ESTIMATE.

[highplainsdem]

16. LOL!

[Liberal In Texas]

23. Hey! Don't you remember he got an A+ ?

What a dolt.

[uppityperson]

10. Why does it take 18 min to post the second tweet?

[highplainsdem]

13. Daniel Dale: What is the feeling you feel while waiting a long time for the second half of a two-

part Bonkers Trump Tweet?

Link to tweet

Love the replies...

[uppityperson]

19. Thank you

[Bernardo de La Paz]

14. He has to look each word up in an abbreviated dictionary. . . . nt

[Bleacher Creature]

15. He sure as hell isn't spending time proofing them! NT

[Blue Owl]

31. His leg fell asleep on the toilet

n/t

[Roland99]

11. It's not him. It's a staffer. Kellyanne?

[Takket]

12. see... this is how to respond to this..........

GWU needs to come out and stand by its report, and hold a press conference. During the conference they need to simply say that they would welcome a public debate with Drumpf to compare their facts and figures with theirs.

He will of course want NOTHING to do with that... and will not reply.

Just as good? Offer to accept debate with a member of H&HS department. put one of drumpf's minions on the line to defend the president. this eliminates the "drumpf is too busy" excuse.

ask him for receipts!!!

[struggle4progress]

17. Ascertainment of the estimated excess mortality from Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico

... Our excess mortality study analyzed past mortality patterns (mortality registration and population census data from 2010 to 2017) in order to predict the expected mortality if Hurricane María had not occurred (predicted mortality) and compare this figure to the actual deaths that occurred (observed mortality).The difference between those two numbers is the estimate of excess mortality ...

Risk of death was higher and persistent until the end of the study period for populations living in low socioeconomic development municipalities (a ratio of 1.5 at the end of February 2018). Older males (65+) experienced continuous elevated risk of death through February, while most other groups approach the baseline mortality risk at 2 and 4 months post-hurricane, and all do so by February ...

https://publichealth.gwu.edu/sites/default/files/downloads/projects/PRstudy/Acertainment%20of%20the%20Estimated%20Excess%20Mortality%20from%20Hurricane%20Maria%20in%20Puerto%20Rico.pdf

[madaboutharry]

18. He can't let anything go.

He is like a two year old.

[struggle4progress]

20. Study Puts Puerto Rico Death Toll From Hurricane Maria Near 5,000

May 29, 201810:10 AM ET
Heard on All Things Considered
RICHARD HARRIS

... The New York Times compared official death records from September and October 2017 and identified more than 1,000 excess deaths, compared with the average for 2015 and 2016. Alexis Santos, a researcher at Penn State University, and a colleague, used death certificates to come up with a similar estimate.

The government of Puerto Rico commissioned researchers from George Washington University's Milken Institute School of Public Health to estimate excess deaths. Results of that study have been delayed and are due out this summer. "We have always expected the number to be higher than what was previously reported," said Carlos Mercader, executive director of the Puerto Rico Federal Affairs Administration. He says that's why it commissioned the study from GW. "Both studies will help us better prepare for future natural disasters and prevent lives from being lost."

Caroline Buckee, a lead author of the news and epidemiologist at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, says, "Our approach is complementary to that and it provides a different kind of estimate and a different kind of insight into the impact of the hurricane." The researchers suggested that the government in Puerto Rico could use its methods in an even larger survey to reduce the large uncertainties in their findings.

The Harvard study covers a greater time period than The New York Times' calculation, a difference that could partly account for the much higher figure ...

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/05/29/615120123/study-puts-puerto-rico-death-toll-at-5-000-from-hurricane-maria-in-2017

[NickB79]

22. Imagine that, humans die when deprived of food, water and shelter

God help any pets that dumb fucker had as a kid.

"What do you mean I have to feed the dog again? I just fed him last week!"

[oasis]

28. Yes way!

[Initech]

30. Shut the fuck up Donny.

[uppityperson]

32. "LAST ORIGINAL NUMBER"??? What is a last original?