Pence falsely claims Oklahoma has 'flattened the c
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Source: Guardian
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At the White House, Mike Pence claimed that “in a very real sense”, Oklahoma had “flattened the curve” of new Covid-19 infections.
“Today their hospital capacity is abundant,” said Pence, who leads the White House coronavirus taskforce and will attend the rally in Tulsa. “The number of cases in Oklahoma has declined precipitously and we feel very confident going forward with the rally this coming weekend.”
But what he said was untrue.
At the weekend, Oklahoma reported its highest daily total of new Covid-19 cases, 225, since the pandemic began. On Sunday, Tulsa county reported its largest single-day increase since early March. On Monday, state statistics showed the seven-day rolling average for new cases in Tulsa county was 65, up on a previous peak of 26 in early April.
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At the White House, Trump revealed his thoughts on the efficacy of testing.
“If we stop testing right now,” the president said, “we’d have very few cases, if any.”
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jun/...rump-rally