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TomCADem

(17,390 posts)
Thu Oct 22, 2020, 07:08 PM Oct 2020

Trump's campaign made stops nationwide. Coronavirus cases surged in his wake in at least five places

As expected, Trump is the super spreader in chief bringing the blessings of COVID outbreaks to battleground states.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trumps-campaign-made-stops-nationwide-coronavirus-cases-surged-in-his-wake-in-at-least-five-places/ar-BB1aj7q8?li=BBnb7Kz

As President Donald Trump jetted across the country holding campaign rallies during the past two months, he didn’t just defy state orders and federal health guidelines. He left a trail of coronavirus outbreaks in his wake.

The president has participated in nearly three dozen rallies since mid-August, all but two at airport hangars. A USA TODAY analysis shows COVID-19 cases grew at a faster rate than before after at least five of those rallies in the following counties: Blue Earth, Minnesota; Lackawanna, Pennsylvania; Marathon, Wisconsin; Dauphin, Pennsylvania; and Beltrami, Minnesota.

Together, those counties saw 1,500 more new cases in the two weeks following Trump’s rallies than the two weeks before – 9,647 cases, up from 8,069 to 9,647 cases.

Public health officials additionally have linked 16 cases, including two hospitalizations, with the rally in Beltrami County, Minnesota, and one case with the rally in Marathon County, Wisconsin. Outside of the counties identified by USA TODAY with a greater case increase after rallies, officials identified four cases linked to Trump rallies.
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Trump's campaign made stops nationwide. Coronavirus cases surged in his wake in at least five places (Original Post) TomCADem Oct 2020 OP
I'd call that voter suppression. louis-t Oct 2020 #1
I noticed that also. still_one Oct 2020 #2
COVIDIOT Don Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Oct 2020 #3
I would expect nothing less. ananda Oct 2020 #4
Sturgis Alone caused a Huge Surge in South Dakota TomCADem Oct 2020 #6
These kinds of superspreader events... ananda Oct 2020 #7
The Thing Is That It Is Not Limited to The State The Rally Takes Place TomCADem Oct 2020 #9
Thanks. ananda Oct 2020 #10
Although some of the data was supposed to have appeared yesterday, PA reported 2,063 positives today BumRushDaShow Oct 2020 #5
#ETTD...Trump spreads virus in his wake... Wounded Bear Oct 2020 #8
Yet, Chuck Todd is complaining Biden isn't doing these events JI7 Oct 2020 #11
He's literally bdamomma Oct 2020 #12

TomCADem

(17,390 posts)
6. Sturgis Alone caused a Huge Surge in South Dakota
Fri Oct 23, 2020, 11:00 AM
Oct 2020

How many Will Trump’s rallies ultimately kill.

ananda

(28,873 posts)
7. These kinds of superspreader events...
Fri Oct 23, 2020, 12:37 PM
Oct 2020

have contributed greatly to our current surge
in cases and deaths.

I hope they all get it and suffer greatly...

Am I evil for saying that? I don't know, but
that's how i feel right now.

I'm just too saturated with the dying and
suffering of so many, all caused by sociopathic
rightwingers aided and abetted by Trump and
his cabal of nothing but evil corrupt stooges.

TomCADem

(17,390 posts)
9. The Thing Is That It Is Not Limited to The State The Rally Takes Place
Sun Oct 25, 2020, 12:04 AM
Oct 2020

For example, Michigan, Wisconsin and Iowa have been experiencing major surges in the wake of Trump's rallies, but now you even have places like Illinois seeing increases, which is not surprising, since Illinois is right between these three Trump targets.

BumRushDaShow

(129,280 posts)
5. Although some of the data was supposed to have appeared yesterday, PA reported 2,063 positives today
Thu Oct 22, 2020, 08:54 PM
Oct 2020

which was the highest daily total ever since the beginning of the pandemic, and it doesn't appear to be slowing.

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