I don't think this is totally wrong--if Europe had current US levels of testing at its peak then Europe would look worse relative to the US--but also like who gives a damn. https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1281206354334625793 …
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I don't think this is "the President telling people not to test", I think it's "the President learned one thing that he thinks makes him look better and is dwelling on it unhealthily".
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Xenocrypt Retweeted Don Sauberan
To be fair I think a lot of people did that, in widely-publicized outlets meant to critique Trump, in March and April or whatever...https://twitter.com/eyeformation/status/1281249994197041153?s=19 …
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I remember when Trump said the US was testing more than South Korea and people dunked on it with "ah-ha, that's true in absolute terms but not per capita", and I thought "ok but it's probably going to be true per capita soon too, and then what?". Again, who gives a damn?
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At a certain point you have to deal with your own problems. If you're broke and the repo men are coming, don't be like "but my neighbor Fred, it might look like he's doing better, but when his credit card bills are due, he's really screwed!". That is not your top priority now...
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Even if there are metrics by which your neighbor Fred really may not be doing quite as much better than you as some people are saying. Adjudicating this will not keep the repo men away.
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Some of this is the "Donny from Queens" phenomenon, where he acts more like a grumpy commentator than an authority figure. "Donny from Queens, you're on the air." "Thanks Mike, you know everyone says the US is doing sooo much worse than Italy, but if you look at tests, ya know?"
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It really has been the "Donny from Queens calling into Mike and the Mad Dog in 1992" -Presidency the whole time
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It's incredible how the 2020 US President, who has probably more access to information than anyone in human history, spends all his time watching cable news and then complaining about it.
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This is how I feel about myself on Twitter
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