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- Trump appears to minimize coronavirus compared to flu
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Trump appeared to minimize coronavirus as the Dow is down 1,600 points because of the health threat.
So last year 37,000 Americans died from the common Flu. It averages between 27,000 and 70,000 per year. Nothing is shut down, life & the economy go on. At this moment there are 546 confirmed cases of CoronaVirus, with 22 deaths. Think about that!
Here’s HHS Secretary Azar claiming on Fox News that “nobody is trying to minimize” the public health threat posed by coronavirus six minutes before President Trump posted a tweet doing just that pic.twitter.com/ThRGG2HE1A
Trump celebrated crashing oil prices as “good for the consumer,” blaming the market nosedive on Saudi-Russian tensions and “the Fake News.”
Good for the consumer, gasoline prices coming down!
Saudi Arabia and Russia are arguing over the price and flow of oil. That, and the Fake News, is the reason for the market drop!
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Source: Elections - theguardian.com