Millä perusteella? Vertaapa vaikka Italiaan, niin väitteesi osoittautuu vääräksi.
Italia on tehnyt jo yli 60000 testiä, USA:ssa yli 25000. Kummasti alkaa lukemat jenkeissäkin kasvamaan, kun pääsevät testauksessa vauhtiin. Italia mokasi alun, niin teki USA:kin. Eka tartunta todettiin Italiassa 31.1, USA:ssa se todettiin 20.1. Hyvin sillä on ollut aikaa levitä jenkkilän puolella.
Trump administration statements
On February 11, Trump predicted at a rally that "by April ... when it gets a little warmer it miraculously goes away", and at a White House event said "The heat generally speaking kills this kind of virus."
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On February 24, Trump tweeted "The Coronavirus is very much under control in the USA."
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On February 25, Trump said, "I think that whole situation will start working out. We’re very close to a vaccine."
[47] The White House later clarified that the statement about the vaccine refers to the Ebola virus, not COVID-19.
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On February 26, with no deaths yet reported, Trump said that the risk to Americans was still very low, and appointed Vice-President
Mike Pence to take charge of the nation's response to the virus.
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He also criticized media outlets for making the coronavirus epidemic look as bad as possible, which was panicking financial markets.
[50] House Speaker Nancy Pelosi disputed his assertions, and expressed concern over his selection of Mike Pence.
[49] Pence requested that to insure the public receives consistent public statements about the epidemic, they first be approved by his office, although some officials claimed that step could slow down the process of spreading information.
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At a campaign rally in South Carolina on February 28, Trump said "The Democrats are politicizing the coronavirus... this is their new hoax," and criticized the press as "in hysteria mode."
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On March 9, after more than 20 deaths, with confirmed cases in over 25 states, and new cases being reported all over the country on a daily basis, Trump tweeted, "The Fake News Media and their partner, the Democrat Party, is doing everything within its semi-considerable power (it used to be greater!) to inflame the CoronaVirus situation, far beyond what the facts would warrant. Surgeon General, 'The risk is low to the average American.'"
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On March 17 Trump stated, "I felt it was a pandemic long before it was called a pandemic."
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