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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe Pandemic Is Getting Harder to Track Due to White House Meddling:
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The pandemic is getting harder to track: The US conducts 100,000 fewer virus tests each day now than it did in July.
Thats due to White House meddling and the arrival of new types of test,
@alexismadrigal
and I report:
The article in the Atlantic:
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/09/how-many-people-america-testing-coronavirus/616249/
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The Pandemic Is Getting Harder to Track Due to White House Meddling: (Original Post)
mucifer
Sep 2020
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Didn't this administration also recently say that new tests put out by companies
CrispyQ
Sep 2020
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femmedem
(8,203 posts)1. In other words, they're not just lying with words, they're lying with figures.
Better to die than to panic, I guess.
Seriously, though, I hope our best commentators connect the dots and show how Trump is using every trick possible to hide the truth in order to boost he reelection chances, regardless of how many lives it costs.
K&R.
CrispyQ
(36,478 posts)2. Didn't this administration also recently say that new tests put out by companies
don't have to be approved by the FDA? So people will be getting tested with kits that may not even work.
TRUMP = FUBAR
AnnaLee
(1,041 posts)3. Testing doesn't cause or spread the virus. Report results are even safer.
So why does anyone buy such poo?
2naSalit
(86,647 posts)4. On purpose. ...nt