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What will his opinion be next week? 

Washington (AFP) - President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the risk from coronavirus is emphatically worse than regular flu, reversing his previous statements.

Trump told a White House press conference that "a lot of people" had previously suggested the country should simply let the coronavirus take its course, just like the seasonal flu.

"Ride it out, don't do anything, just ride it out and think of it as the flu," they said, according to Trump, who said: "But it's not the flu. It is vicious."

Trump's clear statement contrasted with numerous recent times when he made the argument himself that the pandemic was comparable to the annual spread of flu.

He appeared to favor this thinking while questioning the need to shut down the US economy through social distancing measures and travel bans.

On March 9, for example, Trump noted that tens of thousands of Americans die from the flu annually.

"Nothing is shut down, life & the economy go on," he tweeted. "At this moment there are 546 confirmed cases of CoronaVirus, with 22 deaths. Think about that!"

Just a week ago, Trump told Fox News in an interview that despite deaths of about 36,000 people a year on average from flu, "we've never closed down the country for the flu."

"So you say to yourself, 'What is this all about?'"

Projections that at least 100,000 people will have been killed by the coronavirus in the United States, even if social distancing measures are carried out, appear to have prompted a major shift in Trump's outlook.

On Tuesday, he said that with no social distancing, the projections ran as high as 2.2 million deaths.

"If we did nothing, if we just carried on with our life," he said, "you would have seen people dying on airplanes, you would have seen people dying in hotel lobbies. You would have seen death all over."

 

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6 minutes ago, spin_dry said:

What will his opinion be next week? 

Washington (AFP) - President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the risk from coronavirus is emphatically worse than regular flu, reversing his previous statements.

"If we did nothing, if we just carried on with our life," he said, "you would have seen people dying on airplanes, you would have seen people dying in hotel lobbies. You would have seen death all over."

 

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BUTTCOCKS!!!

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23 minutes ago, Mainecat said:

Highmark should be right along to decipher what Trump said OR change the narrative. 

Approval ratings in the stratosphere 

haha

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Just now, Pete said:

Shovel ready jobs that weren’t... well ... shovel ready 

lie

Somebody should give  you a shovel job upside the head...smarten you up some. :groin:

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28 minutes ago, Pete said:

Approval ratings in the stratosphere 

haha

 

3 minutes ago, Pete said:

Like obamaphones? Yeah 

 

1 minute ago, Pete said:

Shovel ready jobs that weren’t... well ... shovel ready 

lie

 

Just now, Pete said:

What a great job MR MAGA is doing 

awesome 

:lol2:

Are you screaming this through your empty house? :lmao:

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Just now, Jimmy Snacks said:

Somebody should give  you a shovel job upside the head...smarten you up some. :groin:

In comes the sites top douche bag who can’t keep his yap shut and spends 24/7 on a fucking snowmobile site 

total piece of shit 

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1 hour ago, Pete said:

Shovel ready jobs that weren’t... well ... shovel ready 

lie

Says you. There were lots of those here. We did a couple recovery act jobs. 

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9 minutes ago, Anler said:

Says you. There were lots of those here. We did a couple recovery act jobs. 

That chump doesn't know...he works in a public school of some sort and bitches about government spending. :lol:

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Just now, Jimmy Snacks said:

That chump doesn't know...he works in a public school of some sort and bitches about government spending. :lol:

Now, that's a bit below the belt.  I've never heard him degrade your profession.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

:lol: 

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21 minutes ago, Jimmy Snacks said:

That chump doesn't know...he works in a public school of some sort and bitches about government spending. :lol:

Nothing in govt moves as fast as we would like. Should have sent those $1200 checks out a week ago! 

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1 hour ago, Jimmy Snacks said:

That chump doesn't know...he works in a public school of some sort and bitches about government spending. :lol:

Yeah that’s it. You know zip as usual and making up flat out lies all based on assumptions 

Drop dead already 

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2 hours ago, Pete said:

What a great job MR MAGA is doing 

awesome 

:lol2:

 

2 hours ago, Pete said:

Trumps doing great 

now GFY 

 

1 hour ago, Jimmy Snacks said:

That chump doesn't know...he works in a public school of some sort and bitches about government spending. :lol:

He bitches about government spending? This will really tick him off then!

 

 

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1 hour ago, XCR1250 said:

As information & research evolve knowledge evolves too.

Exactly. Its bullshit and irresponsible for a president to puke hunches out of his cake hole. Especially when he’s a dumb fuck. 

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2 hours ago, XCR1250 said:

As information & research evolve knowledge evolves too.

Captain Obvious

58 minutes ago, DriftBusta said:

Finally.  A non douchebag comment.  :bc: 

Partisan Hack 

1 minute ago, spin_dry said:

Exactly. Its bullshit and irresponsible for a president to puke hunches out of his cake hole. Especially when he’s a dumb fuck. 

Good post

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