solarbird | Today's News (2020/6/20): COVID-19 Edition

Well, lots of people were accusing Trump of slowing testing intentionally, now he's said he did. White House officials called it "obviously a joke" shortly thereafter.

"If it is God’s will that I get coronavirus, that is the will of the Almighty"
Trumpist: "We had a friend who died from Covid... so we know it's real, but... you don't know what the facts are."
Another Florida record day. Added 4049 new COVID-19 cases overnight.
Trump at rally says he had testing slowed because the numbers looked bad.

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Lauren Wolfe
twitter.com/Wolfe321
11:13 AM · Jun 20, 2020

https://twitter.com/Wolfe321/status/1274405024496594951

“If it is God’s will that I get coronavirus, that is the will of the Almighty,” Robert Montanelli, on line for the Trump rally in Tulsa, told NYT today. “I will not live in fear.” Montanelli chose not to wear a mask (which is what most on the line for the rally have chosen too)

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John Aravosis
twitter.com/aravosis
20 June 2020

https://twitter.com/aravosis/status/1274355082402955269

Trump rallygoer sans mask: “We had a friend who died from Covid, and his son was on a ventilator, he almost died. So we know it’s real, but then at the same time you don’t know what the facts are, you feel like maybe one side plays it one way and the other side plays it another.”

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Daniel Uhlfelder
twitter.com/DWUhlfelderLaw
8:09 AM · Jun 20, 2020

https://twitter.com/DWUhlfelderLaw/status/1274358729329258496

BREAKING: Another Florida record day. Added 4049 new COVID-19 cases overnight. 12.36% positivity rate.

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Daniel Dale
twitter.com/ddale8
20 June 2020

https://twitter.com/ddale8/status/1274501140294635520

! Trump says testing is a "double-edged sword" because you find even lots of minor cases, then adds, "I said to my people, 'Slow the testing down, please.'" He has never before said he asked anyone to slow down testing -- this has been an allegation by his opponents.