Tulsa Health Director: Trump Rally Was “Likely” Source of Giant Virus Spike
July 9th 2020
President of the United States Donald Trump speaking with supporters at a Make America Great Again campaign rally (Gage Skidmore)
By ericlewis0 (of the Daily Kos community)
This was predicted by many. From the AP:
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — President Donald Trump’s campaign rally in Tulsa that drew thousands of people in late June, along with large protests that accompanied it, “likely contributed” to a dramatic surge in new coronavirus cases, Tulsa City-County Health Department Director Dr. Bruce Dart said Wednesday.
Tulsa County reported 261 confirmed new cases on Monday, a one-day record high, and another 206 cases on Tuesday.
Although the health department’s policy is to not publicly identify individual settings where people may have contracted the virus, Dart said those large gatherings “more than likely” contributed to the spike.
“In the past few days, we’ve seen almost 500 new cases, and we had several large events just over two weeks ago, so I guess we just connect the dots,” Dart said.
A spokesman for the Trump campaign didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.
Remember, this is where the venue management placed stickers on every other seat, telling people to leave it empty, thereby socially distancing. But Trump ordered the stickers removed before the event. Surely there is some liability there.
He is killing his own base! Are these folks really going to stick with Trump after their grandma gets killed by his utter disregard for human life?
Our own Explorer8939 has a diary up about the sudden infection surge happening now in Tulsa: www.dailykos.com/...
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