Yo, Fox News! Facts Matter
From various dark corners of the right wing, like Fox News (an oxymoron if there ever was one), the cynical gas bag Rush Limbaugh, and of course Dumpster Fire Don, we hear arguments that the Trump administration is handling the COVID-19 pandemic perfectly (“10 out of 10”). Additionally they falsely claim that they are doing better than Obama did on the H1N1 outbreak. About 30K people died from H1N1 and so the demagogues use this number way out of context to say Trump handles crises better than Obama. Perhaps they should be honest for once and admit the fact that when it comes to competence and incompetence they have got things ass-backwards.
To help them see their way through the fog of propaganda and self-deception and into the light of evidence-based reason, perhaps the following will help.
Do you know how many people died of the Seasonal Flu in the 2017–2018 season? 61,000! Here is a link to typical seasonal flu deaths.
Here is a fact-checked evaluation of the Obama administration’s response to the H1N1 outbreak.
Is it really fair to peddle misinformation to those unfortunates who are slow prey to conspiracy theories and “alternative facts”?
Commit to honesty or go silent!