President Trump listens as Dr. Deborah Birx, White House coronavirus response coordinator, speaks during a coronavirus task force briefing in the Rose Garden of the White House on Sunday.President Trump listens as Dr. Deborah Birx, White House coronavirus response coordinator, speaks during a coronavirus task force briefing in the Rose Garden of the White House on Sunday.
The U.S has ramped up testing, but still lags other countries like Italy and South Korea, when it comes to testing on a per capita basis. But the U.S population is around 327 million, which means about 1 in 366 people are getting tested. For comparison, Italy has a population of about 60 million and has done approximately 454,000 tests, meaning 1 in 133 people are being tested there — about three times more, per capita, than in the U.S.
Watchdogsniffer Of course PutinsPuppet's job was to destroy us and enslave us to master Putin. Get a clue!
So, that means it’s a true statement. By you converting it to per capita to suit your own agenda that is what implies he is not telling the truth. Give it a break already.
Tests should be free, but in Jacksonville FL there are strings attached in a written agreement to pay all treatment costs + collection costs - very threatening.
Just wait; the US will soon start testing snails and flies as it is not cheap for any of these tests and Capitalism will be at its best. But on a beneficial note, the US will have WAY MORE test per person and capita as that is who we Americans are and care. Awesome !
Prove your statements. People no longer trust the media. Interviewing other reporters is ridiculous. Reporters thoughts or opinions about anything is worthless. Just report facts and back them up!
So say it!!’ He is LYING!! This is not a time Fir genteel reporting!!! Does your style book allow you to say lie? npr
This is such a lame ass statistical ‘gotcha’ check. If measured in raw numbers, is potus accurate?
What if you measure it by comparison to to the weight of unicorn horns?
Thank you for always keeping the facts first. realDonaldTrump is going to end up killing many Americans by his selfishness, lack of doing the right thing and saying thinks that are just not true. He is NOT a wartime president!!!!!!! StayAtHomeAndStaySafe
Is he ever truthful?
I call bull$h!t
EVeRyDaY!!!! DumbAzz ORanGe HaiR HaS No CoNSCiouS! No MoRaL FiBeR!
You mock Trump but ignore the more important context: ROK's dense population (half in one capital area), single-payer healthcare=info on everyone, 2015 MERS experience led to bolstering test capabilities. High school journalism.
Would love to see an NPR story without the “BUT” sentence. Why the fixation on “but”?
NPR is not qualified to 'fact check' anyone or anything.
truth. I have nearly all symptoms. I have no testing.
DJT is correct. Per reported case stats rely on complete accurate reporting. The USA media does not do that.
Fake News
Fact check, stop adding to the problem and find solutions! Fact check!
Great face for falling.
I think everyone understands the per capita vs total issue. What some of don’t understand is why npr and other media are driven to find and focus on the negative.
Are you serious NPR? Sound like a hater in high school.
Had he even visited any hospital .Not the Navy hospital Ship where he looks like a little boy waving bye bye
Cut him some slack, he's been fucking around for the past few months.
You can’t just change the measurement tool and proclaim it false. His claim was by total number of tests, which was a true statement. This isn’t even journalism anymore, this is tabloid stuff.
Why is the media still covering him and repeating his lies for him?
It strikes me what idiots work in , day after day they are busy badmouthing and “factchecking” the very people who’s standing between the American people and the coronavirus.
what part of number of tests is it so difficult to understand? Percentages or per-capita were not mentioned.
The only difference between Roman Emperor Nero and POTUS is that Nero played the Lyre while realDonaldTrump is a liar.
He can't tell the truth...
Really? Let's see your stats NPR....
Nrp , this president is getting shit done , fact check this
I understood what he said. Why didn’t you?
Media armchair quarterbacking & shameful bitterness, disgusting - either assist this nation or get out of the way
It’s time for that clown to step down. He is sorely incompetent and has now cost lives due to his inbred, ingrained, incompetence!
defundnpr
Oh, I'm sorry, did he speak to per capita numbers? Or are you just making up FakeNews? DefundNPR
Holy cow at the people that don’t understand the level of manipulation and gaslighting NPR is doing right here! Get out your calculators yourself. Don’t believe me if you don’t want to but why the hell would you protect NPR while they are treating you like an idiot?
Really Is this really newsworthy? Geez, do something that uplifts people for a change.
Now do number of cases per capita.
WE'RE FAR BEHIND, BUT I GUARANTEE, IF ANY OF THESE OTHER COUNTRIES WERE BEHIND LIKE US THEY'D BE WORSE OFF, WE'RE BEHIND BUT STILL WE'LL GET A HANDLE ON THIS AND BEAT THIS SHIT … WE NEED TO LOOK TO TAIWAN, THEY CLOSE TO CHINA WITH ONLY 3 CORONA DEATHS..
More misinformation from Trump -- to make him look good.
Is this a Fact Check or Spin Check? It appears to be NPR's default position to take what POTUS is saying and denounce it as a falsehood in any possible 'interpretation'. So have we done more tests in the world than any other country or have we not NPR?
So he’s right but you’ve come up with some convoluted nonsense measuring stick to judge with so you can continue to talk shit about the president. There’s a name for reporting like this.
Lies. They are lies.
Will anything this president does be good enough for you to support him? He's still your president too like it or not. You should be helping to unify us not cause divisions . . . doublely ugly as a publiically funded media outlet.
God help America.
Trump does not know what per capita means -- he & Pence got their tests so 'Mission accomplished!'
Now OUR PUBLICLY FUNDED npr-DNC (who just got another F $75million of OUR TAX $$$) wants to count 'per capita' again! But they didn't bother counting 'per capita' when they were hyping 'We're No. 1' hashtag, abt of Americans infected or dead, to mock POTUS a couple of days ago.
Why did you report this? Is it news we can use or are you just making the President look bad? Please stop and report the news.
realDonaldTrump just says words. They never mean anything to him. DT has zero integrity. The US deserves better. A MAJORITY of Americans thought so 3 years ago. TrumpIsTheWORSTPresidentEVER
He didn't make the claim on a per capita basis. Just in pure numbers.
So per capita does US have most cases? NPR=hypocrites.
Lies, lies and more lies!
Are you helping, NPR?
the media: Maybe stop giving him unlimited free ad time The more ridiculous the claim, the more airtime he’s given. To watch an entire industry, full of bright and intellectual minds, fall right into the trap is a disgrace
Reporters need to call him on it. Watch the stable genius crash. Any time someone calls him out on his lies that he has said he goes bonkers. Reporters need to do that more often so America can watch him dwindle into the little piece of shit that he is.
Here are the numbers as of yesterday:
It's bizarro world. If he said the sky was blue, I'd be inclined to check
He waits 3 months So its spread then Sells his 'self swab testing kits' on his Information platforms!!! This must be illegal?!!! RemovedagerousTrumpNow
It's no suficient we needs a salomonic solution
Well... you know, lying.
Actually 🇺🇸 has one of lowest percentage of CovidTesting in the world. 👇
Why does the press keep covering his press conferences live when he has demonstrated over and over again that he lies and puts millions of people at risk? There should be fact checking in the broadcast at the same time, or it should not be broadcast at all.
Testing was inadequate from the beginning, criminal. I hope someone (Fauci) writes a book about the meetings,discussions and decisions made around not using the WHO kits at least from the start. Capitalism at its worst.
shawnlsn Trump will keep repeating that claim until, unfortunately, he gets it right, which will be a very sad day in US history.
Look! Two liars!
Only more positive tests
Trump Lied? Color me shocked.
That's a separate point. You quote him saying 'We have more cases because we're doing far more testing than anybody in the world.' Aggregate tests would be the appropriate metric for that claim, not per capita. I don't like Trump but come on.
The US has been way behind the curve since day one. Should have ramped up production of ventilators months ago coronavirus
Fake news🌈
this news tells me that instead of reporting something meaningful and informative, you post biased hit pieces on a person you just don’t like. NPR, hire conservative reporters.
Who must we repeat his claim as even potentially true? I suggest a rewrite that foregrounds the fact rather than the lie: 'Measured on a per capita basis, Italy is testing about three times as many people as the U.S., despite what President Trump has claimed.'
He always lies.
Fact check we all make mistakes except NATIONAL PUBIC RADIO
I would LOVE it if the press would ask POTUS to visit ‘ground zero’, for ex: Elmhurst Hospital in NYC, like presidents have done w/other disasters, ie: 9-11 He NEEDS 2c this in person, w/Hazmat suit on! 1st Pres in my memory who hasn’t done that. Why?
Ill ride with the President on this one. Your info is bullshish.
What, Trump is lying again!😱🤮😱🤮😱
His constant lies are killing people.
We should have been more proactive too late now
NPR Fact Check 'Trump factually correct, but wrong if you use different parameters than him.'
And measured on a per capita basis, the U.S. does NOT have the most positive cases of coronavirus yet everyone still reports that as a fact.
He is a clown
No more of the nonsense!!! UNFOLLOW
MLSchultze And numerically, by a simple count of tests, we still are.
Not even a global pandemic can keep him from misrepresenting the truth!
npr has repeatedly claimed to be an unbiased news outlet. In fact npr is a nest of Seditious Vipers. Defund. MAGA
The way he looks at a woman speaking is very different from the way he looks when a man is doing the speaking
Why are you looking at the numbers per capita and not raw data? All you are doing is undermining the leadership of our country in a time when it is needed. America MSM integrity
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HE LIED. Why is this so hard to say?
Ahhhh the old per capita claim, using that BS metric Caribbean islands pollute more than China
We are not testing more, they are short on tests and backlogged a week or more in many places.
More testing. NOT testing per capita...smh. FAKENEWS
aravosis You just can't say TraitorTrump is a liar? WTF!
Per capita basis? The US surgeon general claimed the US was doing 5x more tests than South Korea. I guess he didn't do the per capita basis thing either. Anything the media can use Trump's name in vain for.
The testing that matters most is blood testing everyone to see who’s already had it.
Don’t you have something constructive to do? This article is worthless.
Tests take time to develop. Masks on public workers is best immediate strategy to protect many. Let’s act now to prevent headlines
Hey let me know of Trump ever tells a truth. That would be a headline.
We will continue to lag behind with tearing. Why? Simple. TrumpVirusCoverup lies, mistruths, misdirected, cover-up, DemocratHoax we must never let him forget those words. coronavirus COVIDー19
Wait. The President is lying?!
Big surprise- his little man complex influences everything- most of us know better & have far more things to worry about. Pity those who believe him & those who fail to confront him.
That’s because trump always LIES.
Testing vs. overall care is not apples to apples. This headline is designed to spread lies.
This isn't reporting - it's nitpicking. FearMongering
That is why needs to STOP covering his news conferences live. Please fact check. Then tell us.
If only we could muzzle him for 24hrs.. 😏
WhereAreTheTestKitsTrump
Without tests available for everyone, you cannot stop the spread of the virus
So what he said is right. We've done more testing than any other country. Per capita doesn't matter. What does matter: Death rate %. Thank God we are sub 2%.
What are these 'facts' that you claim to 'check?' In the Trump era, objective truth is meaningless!
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