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NEW VIDEO: Coronavirus Deaths Surpass 100,000 Because Trump Spent Months Downplaying Virus

By May 27, 2020May 29th, 2020No Comments

NEW VIDEO: Coronavirus Deaths Surpass 100,000 Because Trump Spent Months Downplaying Virus

Deadly Marker Comes After New Study Finds 83% of Deaths Were Avoidable If Trump Had Taken Crisis More Seriously

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As the number of Americans who have lost their lives due to coronavirus hits 100,000, Protect Our Care’s Coronavirus War Room is today releasing a new digital ad that will air in battleground states highlighting how Trump wasted months downplaying the crisis instead of taking decisive action to keep Americans safe.

This grisly milestone comes after a new study found that 83% of the deaths would have been avoided if Trump had issued social distancing guidelines two weeks earlier than he did on March 16.

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“It’s now clear that Trump sentenced tens of thousands of Americans to death during those months he spent downplaying the coronavirus and misleading the public of its dangers,” said Coronavirus War Room Director Zac Petkanas. “Thousands of families are mourning their loved ones today as a direct result of his decision to ignore the medical experts who urged him to enact social distancing guidelines and a national testing strategy as quickly as possible. Let’s be clear: Americans are dead because Trump didn’t take the crisis seriously.”

Instead of taking action to protect Americans from the coronavirus, Trump has repeatedly downplayed its threat.

  • On January 22nd, Trump described the coronavirus as “one person coming in from China.” 
  • By February 7th, Trump began insisting that coronavirus would become weaker and disappear as the weather started to warm. 
  • On February 10th, Trump insisted that the U.S. only had 11 cases of coronavirus and “most of them are getting better very rapidly.” 
  • On February 26th, Trump wrongly claimed that coronavirus was like the regular flu and “we’ll essentially have a flu shot for this in a fairly quick manner.” 
  • On February 26th, Trump declared that the 15 cases in the United States would get to zero “within a couple of days.”
  • On February 28th, Trump insisted that “One day — it’s like a miracle — it will disappear” and suggested that coronavirus was Democrats’ “new hoax.”
  • On March 2nd, Trump baselessly claimed that the World Health Organization’s estimate that the coronavirus had a 3.4% mortality rate was “really a false number.” 
  • On March 2nd, Trump claimed there would be a vaccine available within two months. 
  • Through March 10th, Trump continued to insist “Just stay calm. It will go away.” 
  • On March 11th, Trump said the risk of coronavirus was “very, very low” for most Americans. 
  • On March 19th, Trump touted hydroxychloroquine as a treatment despite there being no evidence that it helps coronavirus patients.
  • On March 24th, Trump said it was possible the country would be open by Easter, April 12.
  • On April 17th, Trump flouted social distance orders by calling for protesters “LIBERATE!” in Michigan, Minnesota and Virginia.
  • On April 22nd, Trump downplayed the threat of a second wave despite top medical experts warning of deadly reemergence of the virus in the winter.
  • On May 8th, Trump dismissed the importance of testing and claimed the virus would go away without a vaccine.