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Igor Derysh May 12, 2020 9:49PM (UTC) A leaked unreleased White House coronavirus task force report showing cases spiking in areas across the country has undercut President Donald Trump's claim that cases are declining across the nation. "You know, the numbers are coming down very rapidly all throughout the country, by the way," Trump declared at a Monday news conference. "There may be one exception, but all throughout the country, the numbers are coming down rapidly." This is, of course, not true. Though cases are decreasing in 14 states, they are rising in nine states, according to The New York Times. A lack of widespread testing in 27 other states, plus Washington and Puerto Rico, suggests that cases in those areas are being undercounted. But a leaked coronavirus task force report obtained by NBC News shows that some parts of the country — rural counties in Tennessee and Kansas — have seen cases balloon by more than 1,000% in a matter of one week. Other counties in Missouri, Nebraska, Minnesota and Wisconsin saw increases of more than 400%. Dr. John Ross, a professor at Harvard Medical School, pointed out that all but one of the top 10 counties that saw the largest increases voted for President Donald Trump in 2016. The top 10 cities in the report, which was produced on May 7, saw cases increases by more than 72% over seven days. Some areas, like St. Louis and Central City, Ky., saw cases skyrocket by 650% over that span. St. Cloud, Minn., saw cases increase by more than 400%. Other cities like Gainesville, Ga., Racine, Wisc., and Nashville saw increases of more than 100% over a single week.
I have to get back to work.
originally posted by: Bluntone22
a reply to: Waterglass
So what are the actual numbers?
Percentages don't really tell the story.
Did a county with 2 cases jump to 20 cases resulting in a 1000% increase?
Still not exactly earth shattering numbers.
originally posted by: Waterglass
rural counties in Tennessee and Kansas — have seen cases balloon by more than 1,000% in a matter of one week. Other counties in Missouri, Nebraska, Minnesota and Wisconsin saw increases of more than 400%.
Tennessee's Trousdale County, which is just outside Nashville, saw the biggest spike with infections increasing by more than 1,000 percent
Huge increase is due to an outbreak at the Trousdale Turner Correctional Center where nearly 1,300 inmates and 50 staffers recently tested positive
Leavenworth County in Kansas, just west of Kansas City, has also seen its infections increase by 1,000 percent over a week with 587 new cases reported
originally posted by: Waterglass
a reply to: Xtrozero
DHS wrote the report. They spun it. Are they at work to discredit the Trumpster? Or to scare the USA population?