No, the coronavirus is not like the flu

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By Katherine J. Wu Mere hours after defiantly advising Americans not to fear the coronavirus or let it “dominate your life,” President Donald Trump took to Twitter on Tuesday morning with misleading comparisons of COVID-19 to the flu. “Many people every year, sometimes over 100,000, and despite the Vaccine, die from the Flu,” Trump tweeted. … Read more

Citing new book, Joe Biden accuses Trump of betraying Americans on coronavirus

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WARREN: Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden accused President Donald Trump on Wednesday of betraying the American people, saying he knowingly lied about the deadliness of the novel coronavirus in what amounted to a “dereliction” of duty. According to newly released recordings of interviews done in February for a book by journalist Bob Woodward, Trump acknowledged … Read more

Five takeaways from ‘Rage,’ Bob Woodward’s new book about President Donald Trump

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by Aishvarya Kavi “This is deadly stuff,” President Donald Trump said of the coronavirus in a February 7 interview with journalist Bob Woodward for his upcoming book, “Rage.” But it was a vastly different story than he was telling the public at the time. Trump would later admit to Woodward that publicly, he “wanted to … Read more

Donald Trump downplayed coronavirus risk to reduce panic: Book

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WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump has acknowledged downplaying the dangers of the deadly novel coronavirus as he did not want to create panic, according to a new book by a renowned US investigative journalist. The book, ‘Rage’, by Bob Woodward is being described by the publisher as an “unprecedented” and “intimate tour de force” of new … Read more

Report: Trump Downplayed COVID Threat

Sept. 9, 2020 — President Donald Trump knew in early February, before the first known U.S. death from COVID-19, that the new coronavirus could be transmitted through the air and was deadlier than the seasonal flu. “You just breathe the air and that’s how it’s passed,” he said in a Feb. 7 call with … Read more