In Wednesday's COVID-19 briefing, Pres. Trump: - inaccurately declared he has absolute power over state coronavirus restrictions - falsely claimed 'nobody needs' ventilators anymore - accused the WHO of perpetrating a 'cover-up' without providing evidence
He inaccurately declared, again, that he has absolute power over state coronavirus restrictions. He falsely claimed"nobody needs" ventilators anymore. He exaggerated the number of federal judges confirmed during his presidency. He repeated some of his standard false claims about trade with China.Trump also accused the World Health Organization of perpetrating a"cover-up" without providing evidence of deliberate malfeasance.
That's far short of the billion-plus masks that the government projected in 2015 would be needed in the event of a flu-like pandemic -- and well short of the 7 billion needed in a worst-case scenario. In 2010, the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials wrote a report sponsored by the CDC, titled"Assessing Policy Barriers To Effective Public Health Response In The H1N1 Influenza Pandemic.
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