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alp227

(32,006 posts) Sun Jul 5, 2020, 04:46 PM Jul 2020

FDA commissioner refuses to defend Trump claim that 99% of Covid-19 cases are 'harmless'

Source: CNN

The commissioner of the US Food and Drug Administration on Sunday declined to defend President Donald Trump's unfounded claim that 99% of coronavirus cases are "totally harmless" and repeatedly refused to say whether Trump's remark is true or false.

"I'm not going to get into who is right and who is wrong," Dr. Stephen Hahn, a member of the White House coronavirus task force, told CNN's Dana Bash on "State of the Union."

During his remarks Saturday at the White House Independence Day event, Trump claimed without evidence that 99% of coronavirus cases "are totally harmless."

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that 35% of cases are asymptomatic, but even people with mild or no symptoms can spread the virus to others.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/05/politics/fda-commissioner-coronavirus-trump-cnntv/index.html

Video of Hahn's interview:

Transcript of today's "SOTU" show.

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FDA commissioner refuses to defend Trump claim that 99% of Covid-19 cases are 'harmless' (Original Post) alp227 Jul 2020 OP

This administration's universal position on everything is that actual FACTS are impertinent (nt) mr_lebowski Jul 2020 #1

If you have it you can spread it, and that's not harmless. Iggo Jul 2020 #2

If you have it AND IF YOU DO NOT KNOW YOU HAVE IT-you can spread it, and that's not harmless. riversedge Jul 2020 #4

Also true. Iggo Jul 2020 #5

If you have it and take it to work...... louzke9 Jul 2020 #15

Every department polluted by the orange nazi will take decades to repair once the fascist nazi yaesu Jul 2020 #3

That's Not Good Enough DallasNE Jul 2020 #6

I've read reports of asymptomatics who actually show lung damage intrepidity Jul 2020 #7

Long term damage..... louzke9 Jul 2020 #16

"Refuses to defend Trump claim" Fritz67 Jul 2020 #8

Total Cases 2,841,906 --- Total Deaths 129,576 keithbvadu2 Jul 2020 #9

So who does Benedict Donald replace him with? Joel Eyeforth Jul 2020 #10

Trump screws up a stat Shoonra Jul 2020 #11

The current death rate is 4.5% in the US. jcgoldie Jul 2020 #12

Crazy that he has to worry about mentioning facts DeeDeeNY Jul 2020 #13

The number of "cases" Shoonra Jul 2020 #14

Well if 99% of COVID19 cases are HARMLESS.... louzke9 Jul 2020 #17

mr_lebowski

(33,643 posts)

1. This administration's universal position on everything is that actual FACTS are impertinent (nt)

Reply to alp227 (Original post)

Sun Jul 5, 2020, 04:52 PM

Jul 2020

Iggo

(47,534 posts)

2. If you have it you can spread it, and that's not harmless.

Reply to alp227 (Original post)

Sun Jul 5, 2020, 04:57 PM

Jul 2020

The people who claim to not understand this are actually dumb or they're just playing dumb.

riversedge

(70,084 posts)

4. If you have it AND IF YOU DO NOT KNOW YOU HAVE IT-you can spread it, and that's not harmless.

Reply to Iggo (Reply #2)

Sun Jul 5, 2020, 05:06 PM

Jul 2020

Iggo

(47,534 posts)

5. Also true.

Reply to riversedge (Reply #4)

Sun Jul 5, 2020, 05:10 PM

Jul 2020

louzke9

(296 posts)

15. If you have it and take it to work......

Reply to riversedge (Reply #4)

Mon Jul 6, 2020, 09:28 AM

Jul 2020

Then you put your co-workers at risk, FORCING them to quarantine. You put your employers at FINANCIAL RISK and ECONOMIC LOSS in the process. Without paychecks, employees have to juggle their finances. There is a WIDE HARMFUL RIPPLE AFFECT. There is HARM IN EVERYTHING related to COVID19!

yaesu

(8,020 posts)

3. Every department polluted by the orange nazi will take decades to repair once the fascist nazi

Reply to alp227 (Original post)

Sun Jul 5, 2020, 05:04 PM

Jul 2020

republican party is crushed once & for all.

DallasNE

(7,402 posts)

6. That's Not Good Enough

Reply to alp227 (Original post)

Sun Jul 5, 2020, 05:18 PM

Jul 2020

He knows who is right and who is wrong and to not label a statement that is clearly false as false does not serve the needs of the American people. He deserves to be fired as he has no integrity.

intrepidity

(7,275 posts)

7. I've read reports of asymptomatics who actually show lung damage

Reply to alp227 (Original post)

Sun Jul 5, 2020, 05:30 PM

Jul 2020

Harmless my ass.

louzke9

(296 posts)

16. Long term damage.....

Reply to intrepidity (Reply #7)

Mon Jul 6, 2020, 09:30 AM

Jul 2020

and shorter term life expectancy!

Fritz67

(353 posts)

8. "Refuses to defend Trump claim"

Reply to alp227 (Original post)

Sun Jul 5, 2020, 05:47 PM

Jul 2020

Well, I expect him to be fired by this time tomorrow.

keithbvadu2

(36,659 posts)

9. Total Cases 2,841,906 --- Total Deaths 129,576

Reply to alp227 (Original post)

Sun Jul 5, 2020, 06:07 PM

Jul 2020

05 July

Total Cases 2,841,906 ---

Total Deaths 129,576

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/cases-updates/us-cases-deaths.html

equals 4.56% death rate not counting those who are seriously ill.

Donald just makes up his lies as he needs them.

Joel Eyeforth

(34 posts)

10. So who does Benedict Donald replace him with?

Reply to alp227 (Original post)

Sun Jul 5, 2020, 07:53 PM

Jul 2020

My money's on Jenny McCarthy.

Shoonra

(518 posts)

11. Trump screws up a stat

Reply to alp227 (Original post)

Sun Jul 5, 2020, 08:51 PM

Jul 2020

It is possible that Trump heard that 99% of the Covid cases are not fatal; this sort of statistic is plausible. But this is a long way from harmless since about twenty times the number of Covid deaths are cases that had to go to hospital, often for weeks and often requiring extensive care and very debilitating outcomes.

jcgoldie

(11,612 posts)

12. The current death rate is 4.5% in the US.

Reply to Shoonra (Reply #11)

Sun Jul 5, 2020, 09:14 PM

Jul 2020

129,891 deaths/2,876143 caes = .04516.

DeeDeeNY

(3,354 posts)

13. Crazy that he has to worry about mentioning facts

Reply to alp227 (Original post)

Sun Jul 5, 2020, 09:35 PM

Jul 2020

With almost 130,000 dead he can’t say who is right and who is wrong??

Shoonra

(518 posts)

14. The number of "cases"

Reply to alp227 (Original post)

Sun Jul 5, 2020, 11:57 PM

Jul 2020

The number of reported Covid "cases" are almost certainly the cases serious enough to be sent to hospital, and this omits what may be a considerable number of mild cases that were asymptomatic or recuperated at home. I doubt that these uncounted mild cases are enough to justify Trump's statistic but they may be enough to say that 99% of all the cases do not die of the virus.

louzke9

(296 posts)

17. Well if 99% of COVID19 cases are HARMLESS....

Reply to alp227 (Original post)

Mon Jul 6, 2020, 09:38 AM

Jul 2020

HOW THE HELL did we end up here with millions more cases, an economic depression, millions unemployed and 130,000 dead? We started with five HARMLESS cases?

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