Trump Asks For Slowing Down The Covid-19 Tests

President Donald Trump boasted of his administration’s response to the corona virus pandemic and again blamed china for spreading the virus. He said Saturday he asked his administration to slow down corona virus testing because robust testing turns up too many cases of COVID-19.

The president has claimed falsely on several occasions that surges of COVIF-19 in several states can be explained by greater numbers of diagnostic tests. According to trump, “when you do testing to that extend, you are going to find more people, you are going to find more cases.” At his first rally since the outbreak forced nationwide shut downs in March, trump told the crowd in Tulsa, Oklahoma that testing was a “double-edged sword.”

The campaign of likely democratic presidential rival, Joe Biden, said trump was putting politics ahead of the safety and health of Americans. Trump opted to hold his first rally in 110 days despite concerns from local health officials that it could lead to further spread of the virus in Tulsa. Most of those in attendance declined to wear a mask.

“In an outrageous moment that will be remembered long after tonight’s debacle of a rally, President Donald Trump just admitted that he is putting politics ahead of the safety and economic well-being of the American people. Even as we just recorded the highest number of new COVID-19 cases in almost two months and 20 million workers remained out of work.” According to Biden campaign’s statement.

The outbreak has killed about 120,000 people in the U.S., and nearly a half-million worldwide, according to a count by Johns Hopkins University, though the real numbers are believed to be higher. Rising case numbers can partially be explained by the wider availability of testing. Mild cases, previously undetected because of limits on who could be tested, are now showing up in the numbers.