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WASHINGTON POST: Poll-hungry Donald Trump’s pandemic lies
The US faces a tough battle ahead that demands science, medicine and truth
The voting has ended but the pandemic has not. In the final days of the US election campaign President Donald Trump produced a flurry of deception and denial. Nothing is more important now than getting an honest handle on the runaway virus that is killing more than 800 Americans every day. The nation’s trust must be rebuilt for the difficult battle ahead.
At a crowded rally in Michigan, Trump made the sickening and false claim that doctors are inflating the number of patients who died of Covid-19 to “get more money”. American Medical Association president Susan R Bailey called it a “malicious, outrageous, and completely misguided charge”. It was also an insult to the courageous health-care workers who have exhausted themselves and risked their lives to serve...
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