What Republicans say: "Liberals want to test so cases go up and make Trump look bad!"

[Beartracks]

What Republicans mean: "We are limiting testing and under-reporting cases to make Trump look good."

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[struggle4progress]

1. "Removing fire alarms from all our buildings is an easy way to reduce the number of fire calls!"

[unblock]

2. Let's just get rid of 911 service entirely! No more crime!

No fires or medical emergencies either!

[agingdem]

3. republican logic...130,000 dead bc his depraved indifference and he's the victim?

I'm Jewish but I understand from my christian friends the Scriptures say "Jesus died for our sins"...so I'm going to paraphrase..the truly innocent victims of Trump's pandemic literally died for Trump's sins...

[Nevilledog]

4. Absolutely!

[Midnight Writer]

5. I guarantee the reported numbers are too low, not too high.

[agingdem]

6. agree...

I live in a predominately hispanic border town...and hispanics are about family...taking care of their own...if someone is sick, family tends to that person and if that person passes then the family gathers for a funeral...no testing no hospital no reporting...and yes, the numbers are much higher

[ProfessorGAC]

7. Doctor From CDC Estimated 8x

I don't recall how he computed it, but a couple weeks ago, he publicly stated the actual infections were 8x the confirmed tests.
On the brighter side, it brings the mortality rate from >4% to around 0.55% (which is still very high).
On the darker side, it means we really don't know the extent of the spread because we're stuck with educated guessing.
And, either way, more than 130,000 are dead. Insurance companies say more than that.