Dr. Fauci took the appalling out of these nightly numbers today by taking the mystery away. Appalling is to be expected now so don't be appalled. Dr. Fauci so avoided and caveated and parenthetical-ed his way there that Jake Tapper didn't even react when Dr. Fauci clarified that it was 100,000-200,000 deaths he meant to say, not cases, those will rise to the millions. Those other estimates, of 1,000,000 or 2,000,000 deaths were not reasonable, possible yes, but not reasonable, Jake, what is reasonable is 100,000-200,000 deaths. Dr. Fauci was so reasonable that he made 100,000-200,000 deaths reasonable. It's all an expectations game and now the expected is 100,000-200,000 deaths.
Trump:
"So if we can hold that down, as we're saying, to 100,000, it's a horrible number, maybe even less, but to 100,000, so we have between 100 and 200,000, we all together have done a very good job.”
So adjust your eye glasses accordingly so you don't hold Trump accountable. Unbelievable. But that is what Dr. Fauci did for Trump today.
142,106: Confirmed cases.
Pasadena California pop. 141, 371.
2,479: Deaths.
Trump:
"So if we can hold that down, as we're saying, to 100,000, it's a horrible number, maybe even less, but to 100,000, so we have between 100 and 200,000, we all together have done a very good job.”
So adjust your eye glasses accordingly so you don't hold Trump accountable. Unbelievable. But that is what Dr. Fauci did for Trump today.
142,106: Confirmed cases.
Pasadena California pop. 141, 371.
2,479: Deaths.