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Mike 03

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Sat Jul 4, 2020, 01:10 PM Jul 2020

Trump coronavirus 'Death Clock' truck heads to Washington ahead of July 4th celebration

The Hill
July 04, 2020 - 12:46 PM EDT

Protesters will drive the "Trump Death Clock" around Washington on Saturday ahead of July 4 celebrations in the city.

The truck displays digital statistics on three different faces of the vehicle and will feature a real-time tracker of coronavirus deaths in the country. Names of COVID-19 victims will also be read aloud over a loudspeaker.

"Trump and his administration were advised as early as January that urgent measures were needed to stop the spread of the pandemic, but he refused to take action until mid-March, resulting in an estimated 76,000 unnecessary deaths, or 60% of the overall coronavirus death total," Public Citizen, a co-sponsor of the clock, said in a press release. "Trump has also undermined his own public health experts, pushed states to reopen early and spread misleading information about the virus."

The display uses information pulled from the Trump Death Clock webpage, which claims, "Experts estimate that, had mitigation measures been implemented one week earlier, 60% of American COVID-19 deaths would have been avoided."


Read more: https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/505861-trump-coronavirus-death-clock-truck-heads-to-washington-ahead?amp
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Trump coronavirus 'Death Clock' truck heads to Washington ahead of July 4th celebration (Original Post) Mike 03 Jul 2020 OP
Good for them. K&R crickets Jul 2020 #1
good! make them face the reality of Trumps ctiminal negligence SiliconValley_Dem Jul 2020 #2
K and fucking R... dhill926 Jul 2020 #3
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