US Cases: 3,692,061*
US Deaths: 132,395*
Worldwide Cases: 14,246,121*
Worldwide Deaths: 601,512*
* - Numbers are a lower bound. True numbers are being suppressed by the Trump administration
Trump is serious about cutting back on our testing for the virus (emphasis mine):
Negotiations are expected to kick off with increased urgency because of the rapid growth of cases — and steady uptick in deaths — in the United States. The number of cases began falling in April but accelerated sharply after Memorial Day, shattering records in the past two weeks.In late May, there were fewer than 20,000 new cases of coronavirus reported each day. On Friday, there were more than 76,000 new cases reported.The two political parties are far apart on a number of contentious issues, such as unemployment insurance, but the conflict between Trump administration officials and Senate Republicans on money for testing and other priorities is creating a major complication even before bipartisan negotiations get under way. Some lawmakers are trying to reach a deal quickly, as enhanced unemployment benefits for millions of Americans are set to expire in less than two weeks.
One person involved in the talks said Senate Republicans were seeking to allocate $25 billion for states to conduct testing and contact tracing, but that certain administration officials want to zero out the testing and tracing money entirely. Some White House officials believe they have already approved billions of dollars in assistance for testing and that some of that money remains unspent.
Senate Republicans deserve a nominal amount of credit, in that they're not mindlessly supporting Trump's insanity for a change. However, it is nothing short of criminal to want to eliminate funding for testing and tracing AS INFECTIONS ARE SPIKING.
For this and many other reasons, Americans of all political leanings should be in the streets demanding the resignation of this corrupt cancer.
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