Covid is not the flu. It's not even part of the same family.

In late February, Trump labeled the virus a “hoax” during a South Carolina rally. On March 9, when more than 500 people had been diagnosed with COVID-19, he compared coronavirus to the “common flu.” 

So last year 37,000 Americans died from the common Flu. It averages between 27,000 and 70,000 per year. Nothing is shut down, life & the economy go on. At this moment there are 546 confirmed cases of CoronaVirus, with 22 deaths. Think about that!  -March 9th Trump tweet.

Let's keep in mind that a year represents 365 sometimes 366 days. 37,000 people died from influenza last year. The covid-19 death toll by April 1st what's around 5,000. At least 30,000 people died since April 1st and we haven't even reached May yet. 

Why does it seem like I keep hearing the same lie repeated.. the border between the United States and People's Republic of China was never closed. Infected people came in from China after January 31st. The Jan. 31 directive ONLY "banned foreigners" who had been in China in the last 14 days from entering the United States. So thousands of people was traveling back and forth between China and the United States after the mandate. And there was no testing. By January 31st community spread was already underway. 

February 14, 2020,   U.S. Senators drafting a letter about their concerns. On Feb. 18th,  26 Democratic senators sent a letter to Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Alex Azar and Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and Mick Mulvaney.

The letter in part..

"Here in the United States, the total number of infections stands at 15 and the risk to the general public remains low, but public health experts expect additional cases will occur. Just this week, World Health Organization Director-General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said that the virus is not only a serious emergency for China, but a very grave threat for the rest of the world" wrote the Senators.

"Finally, it is troubling that the President’s newly released Budget proposes to cut public health programs that are critical to preventing and containing the spread of infectious diseases like COVID-19, including almost $100 million from crucial CDC global health investments, and $35 million from the CDC’s Infectious Disease Rapid Response Reserve Fund, which has served as the primary source of funding for responding to COVID-19. These budget cuts risk undermining the agency’s ability to access immediately available funding to initiate an early and rapid response to emerging pandemic threats like novel coronavirus when the U.S. is faced with a public health emergency." the letter continued

It seemed a government expert, Nancy Messonnier of the CDC agreed with the senators. 

We can and should be prepared for this new virus to gain a foothold in the U.S. The goal of the measures we have taken to date are to slow the introduction and impact of this disease in the United States, but at some point, we are likely to see community spread in the U.S.” - Feb. 26 Nancy Messonnier centers for disease control.

So how did the administration respond to the concerns of the coming pandemic? They started to label it a hoax. Mulvaneys response to the letter: The reason you’re seeing so much attention to it [coming pandemic] today is they think this is going to be what brings down the president. That’s what this is all about.” Feb 28th White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney.

Then later that day, we heard Trump’s infamous comment at the Feb. 28th rally where he declared that the Democrats’ concerns and or criticisms from that letter was "their new hoax." Was Nancy Messonnier a part of the new hoax? Is she merely a figment of our imagination that was invented solely to contradict the head of the executive Branch? Many will try to lead you to believe that she too is part of the deep state. 

The senators that signed that letter were right, Trump was wrong. At least 30,000 dead since April 1st. The Democrats’ concerns were no deep state hoax.