Wednesday, October 28, 2020

Alternative facts

The White House included ending the coronavirus pandemic on a list of the Trump administration's science and technology accomplishments, despite nearly half a million Americans tested positive for Covid-19 in just the last week.

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"Highlights include: ENDING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC," the news release sent to reporters read

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The news release comes as the country reports the largest number of daily cases seen to date. .

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When asked for comment on including ending the pandemic among the administration's first term accomplishments, office spokeswoman Kristina Baum pointed to the full report.

"The great work the Trump Administration is doing to end the pandemic is a top priority and worthy of highlighting," she said in an email.

The internal report that the news release was describing did not say that the Covid-19 pandemic is over. It merely touted the administration's various actions to fight it.

"Since the start of the pandemic, the Administration has taken several actions to engage scientists in academia, industry, and government to understand and defeat this disease," the report says.

  CNN
...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

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