The Vice President argued in an op-ed that there “isn’t a coronavirus ‘second wave,’” and reiterated his erroneous belief that testing accounts for case increases.
Tuesday on his argument there “isn’t a coronavirus ‘second wave’” and that a surge in positive tests is the result of isolated cases and increased testing—despite charges he’s misinterpreting available data in a misleading way.... [+]
meets with industry executives in the Cabinet Room of the White House April 27, 2020 in Washington, DC. Trump met with the executives to discuss ongoing responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. On Monday Pence urged governors to “continue to explain to your citizens the magnitude of the increase in testing” to assuage their fears about coronavirus, according to the, however, called that claim “misleading” because at least 14 states have a positive test rate climbing faster than the increase in tests.
“More than half of states are actually seeing cases decline or remain stable,” Pence noted, asserting that, in states with large increases, “increased testing has allowed public health officials to identify most of the outbreaks in particular settings—prisons, nursing homes and meatpacking facilities—and contain them.”
He lauded the decrease of daily average cases from 30,000 in April to 20,000 in the past two weeks and celebrated the fact that “deaths are down to fewer than 750 a day,” which he called “a testament to the leadership of President Trump.
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