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SunSeeker

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32. Thousands of dead Americans because of Trump's corruption will ALWAYS look bleak.

Sun Apr 12, 2020, 07:31 PM

Apr 2020

We should be comparing ourselves to other wealthy, industrial counties. Countries like Canada, South Korea, Germany and Australia are all doing so much better than us.

The point of the OP is to show what a lie a current right wing talking point is.

Those "Trump responded well" bullshit right wing talking points will still be just just as wrong even if and when those third world countries currently doing better than us take a turn for the worse.

We will still have been shown up by countries like South Korea, when it should have been us setting an example for the world, like we did under Obama with N1H1 and ebola.

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94% of countries have lower Covid-19 death rates than US [View all] SunSeeker Apr 2020 OP

Thank you for this realty check, SunSeeker.. Cha Apr 2020 #1

Reality is the enemy of right wing bullshit! SunSeeker Apr 2020 #3

Yes it is and it will bring them down. Cha Apr 2020 #9

A couple of things come immediately to mind. PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2020 #2

By population, we are not even close to China and India, yet they have lower rates. SunSeeker Apr 2020 #6

How confident can we be in their numbers? PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2020 #7

How confident are you in our numbers? SunSeeker Apr 2020 #13

No, I am not saying it is all fake news. PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2020 #15

So you trust China's numbers over Cuomo's? former9thward Apr 2020 #24

I trust Cuomo's more than China, but even NY's numbers are underreported. SunSeeker Apr 2020 #34

We are way down the list. former9thward Apr 2020 #42

So now that it is obvious the data doesn't support your assertion... SunSeeker Apr 2020 #43

The point is not to trust China's numbers jimfields33 Apr 2020 #26

The point is, even if you totally disregard China's numbers, Trump's response has been awful. SunSeeker Apr 2020 #35

I'm Confident In Our Numbers ProfessorGAC Apr 2020 #33

I live in CA and love Newsom. But I know our numbers are underreported. SunSeeker Apr 2020 #36

100 % of them dont have Trump as president. nt. drray23 Apr 2020 #4

They actually care for their people and hulmanity. Cha Apr 2020 #10

I check out the charts and graphs at this link several times a day BigmanPigman Apr 2020 #5

A word of caution DFW Apr 2020 #8

Oh please. Germany is testing twice more per capita than the US. SunSeeker Apr 2020 #11

Here in Germany, we are not impressed DFW Apr 2020 #16

Everything is relative. You have universal health coverage. We don't. SunSeeker Apr 2020 #17

Where in the world did you hear that we had universal health coverage here? DFW Apr 2020 #19

Germany does have univsersal multi-payer coverage. SunSeeker Apr 2020 #20

Do you live there? Somebody from Germany gives a on the ground observation jimfields33 Apr 2020 #27

I go by documented evidence. SunSeeker Apr 2020 #37

But no other countries have trump duforsure Apr 2020 #12

Trump is a cancer on the world. SunSeeker Apr 2020 #14

Thanks for posting! BlueMTexpat Apr 2020 #18

Love it! SunSeeker Apr 2020 #21

I've noticed customerserviceguy Apr 2020 #22

Thousands of dead Americans because of Trump's corruption will ALWAYS look bleak. SunSeeker Apr 2020 #32

All I can say is customerserviceguy Apr 2020 #39

This isn't about comparing Trump to Hillary. It's about comparing Trump to South Korea. SunSeeker Apr 2020 #41

Another way to look at this KatyMan Apr 2020 #23

Exactly jimfields33 Apr 2020 #28

What is that clappy "truth"? That we're the best of the 12 worst of 195 countries? SunSeeker Apr 2020 #31

Any way you look at it, 94% of the world's countries have lower deaths per 1 million. nt SunSeeker Apr 2020 #30

1) It is not only right wing yacking about "per capitia" even on DU its has been pointed out. jmg257 Apr 2020 #25

And 99.49 percent of countries Turbineguy Apr 2020 #29

The US is actually 14th, that link left off San Marino and Andorra (micro states, but your OP Celerity Apr 2020 #38

What's so sad is so many countries relied on us to see what to do, and Trump completely botched it. SunSeeker Apr 2020 #40