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And to distract from the 100,000 dead bodies.

• 082349872349872 6y ago
  https://www.theonion.com/white-house-press-secretary-trump-s-critics-will-seiz-1843734621 https://www.theonion.com/white-house-press-secretary-trump-s...
• dingaling 6y ago
  What about the estimated 62,000 dead bodies from the current flu season, why doesn't he need to "distract" from them? Answer: because they haven't been editorialised by the likes of the NYT to promote an agenda. Which brings us neatly back on topic.
  • belltaco 6y ago
    >the estimated 62,000 dead bodies from the current flu season Source?
  • pwinnski 6y ago
    Two years ago was one of the worst on record, and still didn't quite hit 62,000 dead, "only" 61,099[0]. Last year was more "normal" with 34,157 deaths[1]. From everything I've read, current CDC estimates for this flu season are between those two numbers, and the 100k and counting COVID-19 deaths are in addition to those. The flu sucks, but making up numbers doesn't help anybody. Taking the highest-possible value from the range "24,000 – 62,000"[2] at the end of the flu season is not a good comparison to the at-least 100,000 COVID-19 deaths nowhere near the end of "COVID-19 season." [0] https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/burden/2017-2018.htm https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/burden/2017-2018.htm [1] https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/burden/2018-2019.html https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/burden/2018-2019.html [2] https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/burden/preliminary-in-season-estimates.htm https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/burden/preliminary-in-season-e...