WASHINGTON: Deaths from the coronavirus pandemic in the United States is poised to tick over 100,000 on Tuesday even as President Donald Trump congratulated himself for “great reviews on our handling of Covid-19” amid a bitter partisan political battle over his administration’s approach to the crisis and rising tensions with China.
The US President has literally obliterated the manual laid out by pandemic and healthcare experts recommending shutdowns and social distancing, and is now aggressively pushing for complete re-opening of the country, claiming he has controlled the pandemic and infections and death rates are falling. He also resumed calling the pathogen a “China virus.”
“For all of the political hacks out there, if I hadn’t done my job well, & early, we would have lost 1 1/2 to 2 Million People, as opposed to the 100,000 plus that looks like will be the number. That’s 15 to 20 times more than we will lose. I shut down entry from China very early!” Trump said on Tuesday. Fatalities from the pandemic in the U.S stood at 99,950 as if noon Tuesday and is expected to cross 100,00