Tulsa Official: Trump Rally 'Likely Contributed' To 500 New COVID Cases This Week

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Tulsa Official: Trump Rally ‘Likely Contributed’ To 500 New COVID Cases This Week
By SEAN MURPHY
July 8, 2020 5:34 p.m.


OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — President Donald Trump’s campaign rally in Tulsa that drew thousands of people in late June, along with large protests that accompanied it, “likely contributed” to a dramatic surge in new coronavirus cases, Tulsa City-County Health Department Director Dr. Bruce Dart said Wednesday.

Tulsa County reported 261 confirmed new cases on Monday, a one-day record high, and another 206 cases on Tuesday.

Although the health department’s policy is to not publicly identify individual settings where people may have contracted the virus, Dart said those large gatherings “more than likely” contributed to the spike.

“In the past few days, we’ve seen almost 500 new cases, and we had several large events just over two weeks ago, so I guess we just connect the dots,” Dart said.

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[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. What a surprise! Who could ever have guessed such a thing might happen?

[soothsayer]

2. Well done

[Wellstone ruled]

3. Gee Whiz,you think so.

As we have known for decades,you can not fix STUPID.

[spanone]

4. I reckin' that's why you signed that paper thing.

[spinbaby]

5. I wonder how Herman Cain is doing

You just know that’s where he caught COVID.

[SoonerPride]

8. Well he's been brain dead for years

So a full diagnosis of any recovery will be difficult.

[torius]

10. He's tweeting a lot

Or someone is for him.

[Goodheart]

6. And with a 5% fatality rate it's safe to say trump killed about 25 people.

[berni_mccoy]

7. That's huge considering only 6200 at most were there

[Cha]

9. KR!

[Gothmog]

11. No one is surprised by this