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08/12/2020 Business, Health, Sports


Trump cited misleading recent increases in reported cases of European coronavirus to suggest that the US is doing better than European countries whose business levels are much lower. He alleged false former President Barack Obama and former Vice President Joe Biden committed “betrayal.”

He made a baseless blanket statement that college footballers should not have serious problems with the coronavirus because they are very fit. He falsely claimed that New York City had recently fired a large number of police officers. And he wrongly stated that he has signed an executive order that prevents evictions.

Trump talked about how the number of new cases of coronavirus is increasing in many European countries while it is falling in the US.

“Last week, France and Germany both registered their highest daily number of new cases in three months,” he said. “The average of seven days for Germany has increased by 62% since last week, unfortunately. And that’s really sad. It’s increased in France by 82%.”

The president went on to announce increases in Spain, the United Kingdom and other European countries.

Facts first: While it is true that the number of daily reported new cases in the US is declining and the number of cases is increasing in many European countries, Trump was misleading by omission: not to mention that European countries have far fewer cases than the US itself after their recent increases and even adjust for population.

In Germany, for example, the recent spike brought its seven-day average to 859 new cases as of Aug. 10, according to New York Times tracking.

On August 3, the German average was 720 new cases. That is an increase of 19%, not a 62% increase. (Trump was not clear on when exactly he started and stopped his calculation; it is possible to get an increase as large as the one he quoted by starting the clock in July.)

The increase is certainly of concern. However, the U.S. seven-day average on August 10 was 53,750, per Times data. Even taking into account population differences in eight – the US has about 330 million people, Germany about 83 million – the US does it much less than Germany, even after its decline from the August 3 average of 60,209.
In France, the same, the seven-day average on August 10 was 1,528. One week before, it was 1,174. That’s about a 30% increase – not the quoted 82% Trump, but substantial. (Again, it’s possible to get an increase as big as Trump’s by starting the clock in July.) However, even adjusting for population – France has about 67 million people – the US is not nearly as far.

NYPD officers

The president falsely stated that New York City fired police officers without justification.

“Mayor Bill de Blasio must immediately recover all police officers who were fired without justification. They were fired. I think this is part of the police being defunct by the Democrats. They should hire the most beautiful back of New York,” Trump said. .

Facts first: New York police officers were not systematically fired from their jobs.

The New York City Council agreed at the end of June on a budget that cut or transferred about $ 1 billion from the NYPD budget as part of a larger city budget deficit as a result of the pandemic, as well as efforts to police the city. This included hiring more than 1,000 new officers. In a separate move, units of plainclothes officers were disbanded in June and reassigned to other units.

Trump’s claim that the New York police were fired is false. He disputes the decision to cancel a new class of recruits with the dismissal of active officers.

The new class of recruits that was canceled was set to begin the following month, and the cancellation was part of a city-friendly rental deal. Another new class of recruits is currently planned for October.

College football

While discussing the coronavirus and getting schools to reopen, Trump also mentioned his desire to get college football afloat and said players would have “no major problem” with the coronavirus.

“These are young strong people, they will not have a big problem with the China virus,” Trump said of the players. Trump also said he hopes athletes “would be able to fight athletes.” [the virus] off “and said that” most of them will never get it, statistically. ”

During a radio interview that morning, Trump made similar remarks about college football, saying that “the disease has very little effect on young people, the immune system, and plus, they are in great health.”

Facts first: While some studies have found that younger people are less likely to contract or die from the coronavirus than older demographics, no age is immune. In addition, some college footballers have a heart condition that could be linked to the virus. This is one of the reasons why several conferences are worried about the start of the season and some have already canceled their seasons.
As ESPN reported, “[a] rare heart condition that may be linked to the coronavirus damp concerns among Power 5 conference administrators about the viability of college sports this fall. The Power 5 conferences include the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC), Big Ten Conference, Big 12 Conference, Pac-12 Conference and Southeast Conference.

The condition has been found “in at least five athletes from the Big Ten Conference and among several other athletes in other conferences,” according to ESPN sources. The potential health risks associated with heart disease have fueled meetings at conferences across the US, ESPN reported.

The Big Ten and Pac-12 conferences announced Tuesday that they would postpone the season, with the Big Ten citing “ongoing health and safety concerns related to the COVID-19 pandemic.”
Professional teams on sports struggle to prevent outbursts between players, and imply strict quarantine rules that are often broken. It is unclear how much better colleges would earn to allow safe student athletes.
The US has seen a recent uptick in the number of children who have contracted cases. According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, nearly 100,000 children tested positive for the virus in the last two weeks of July. The age at which to define a child varies by state, ranging from 14 to 24 years old. Still, this group represents only 0% – 0.4% of all Covid-19 deaths, according to the report.

During the press conference, Trump also repeated several false claims.

Evictions

Asked about the millions of people who have potential eviction, Trump said, “We will not let that happen … We will not let people – the Democrats, maybe they will not stop, but I will. And we have. sign an executive offer – you know, executive order – you know that, right. And we do not let people be fired. ”

Facts first: Trump’s executive order prevents anyone postponed. After all, it just directs administration officials to “consider” as “measures that temporarily suspend housing from potential tenants for failure to pay rent are reasonably necessary to prevent the further spread of COVID-19 …”

When he said, “we will not let people be fired,” Trump may have made a future commitment instead of simply describing his executive order. But he at least left the impression that the order itself prevents evictions.

In addition, Democrats are taking measures to prevent evasions. House Democrats proposed a $ 100 billion rent assistance program and supported the expansion of the July 24 eviction moratorium.

Obama, Biden and “betrayed”

For the second consecutive news conference, Trump suggested that former President Barack Obama committed treason for allegedly spying on his campaign. This time, Trump added former Vice President Joe Biden to the list.

“We caught Joe Biden, President Obama, the whole group,” Trump said, adding, “this was an illegal act like no other illegal act. This was treason. This was at the highest level of treason. And Obama and Biden were caught spying on my campaign. ”

Fdoes first: Nothing related to the investigation into the Trump campaign’s relationship with Russia comes remotely close to the constitution’s definition of treason. There is no evidence that Obama or Biden did anything illegal. And there is no evidence that Obama or Biden personally targeted the FBI to investigate people in the Trump campaign.

Also, FBI Director Christopher Wray, who was appointed by Trump, said he would not use the word “spies” to describe what he called “surveillance activity.” But that is more subjective.

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