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Re:How the CDC’s restrictive testing guidelines hid the coro... by tathougies on Sunday March 22, 2020 @08:55PM (#22660307)
Read the politifact. Trump said the accusations he hasn't responded are a hoax like the impeachment accusations. He never said covid was a hoax. Not sure why everyone keeps saying this. Its quite clear from his speech.
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Re:How the CDC’s restrictive testing guidelines hid the coro... by jayd16 on Monday March 23, 2020 @03:02AM (#22661819)
In the same speech he compared the projected fatalities to that of the common flu and said the press was in "hysteria mode." The message was very clearly from Trump. There's nothing to worry about.

He downplayed the threat and called the alarm bells a political hoax. That is the same thing as calling the threat a hoax even if he never denied the existence of the virus. A week later it was a national emergency.

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