TRUMP DID NOT LIE. ABOUT COVID MORTALITY RATE

The big lie about President Trump “lying” about
coronavirus mortality rates.

I read recently,  “Trump Keeps Bragging About Covid 19 Death rate “ ....The Intercept,  July 17, 2020  by Robert Makey.  The article claims that the President “lied” regarding how well USA is doing in regard to the number of deaths of coronavirus.

. The article insists that the president lied.

But it’s not true. The fact of the matter is United States does have one of the lowest Covid 19 death rates per hundred thousand population when compared to other modern, wealthy western states. As of  mid July the USA has recorded about 42 deaths per hundred thousands. That is much lower than many of the hard hit Western European states.

In the data chart published to support Mr Makey’s contention we clearly see that Belgium (86 deaths attributed to Covid 19/ 100K population) UK: 68/100K; Spain 61; Italy 58;
Sweden 55; France 45, USA 42, Peru 39, Chile 39, Brazil 37, Germany 11.

Looking at these data one can NOT say that the USA is the one of the highest. It along with France is in the lower group of advanced western nations.  It is not nearly as low as that of Germany which had a death toll of 9000 per 83 million population or @11 deaths per 100,000.  That rate is almost 1/4th of  the USA rate.  But Germany has much more of a homogeneous population.  It has Europe’s top rated medical system,  Its population is known to follow government dictates slavishly—some might say to a fault—And it is not not a world center of tourism, business or banking or an entertainment hub. Nor is it a hub of commercial air travel to compare with the USA.   All these are factors which may put it in a class by itself.  But among nations of similar stature the USA was relatively lower on the list.

Should the President get bagging rights?  Perhaps not —-but is it fair to claim that the President “lied”.  Now that is different.  Does anyone know what a “lie” is?  It is to purposely tell a mistruth or untruth for some element of personal gain.  Is this mild boasting of the President a lie?

No. His statement is valid and is not even open to an other interpretation.  Yes in terms of similar nations, the USA has a low rate of mortality per 100,000 population.

It is Mr.Robert Makey who is purposely manipulating the data to LIE about the issue.