During the final presidential debate between Trump and Democratic candidate Joe Biden, the two spoke about the ongoing pandemic, when Trump said, 'It will go away and, as I say, we're rounding the turn.'
Despite Trump's consistent claims that the U.S. is nearing the final turn of the pandemic, many health professionals have expressed opposition to his claims.
And if you look at the map of the United States, there are areas that when it gets above a certain percentage, that is an indication, percentage of tests that are positive, that is an indication that you're actually going in the wrong direction.During a interview with BBC on Sunday, Fauci was asked again about Trump's comments made during the final presidential debate and was asked,"Is that so?" regarding the U.S."rounding the turn" with COVID-19.
"Anyone who is responsible for that many deaths should not remain as president of the United States of America. We're in a situation where there are a thousand deaths a day and there are over 70,000 new cases per day," the former vice president said during the debate."The expectation is that we'll have another 200,000 dead by the end of the year. Come on."
US President Donald Trump steps off Air Force One upon arrival at Bangor International Airport in Bangor, Maine on October 25, 2020According to data released by the COVID Tracking Project, the seven-day moving average of cases as of October 25 was 68,954, a large increase from the end of August, when data showed an average of 41,373 on August 30.
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