Including his own. Rounding up superfans for a superspreader rally in florida. With a raft of Unanswered Questions about his health. Trump is taking his coronavirus misinformation tour back on the road. He plans to do right up until election day. With his magical thinking. Even as the virus remains a very real and growing threat. As daily cases gnashly hit levels not seen since midaugust. More than 50,000 cases a day. For three days last week. With 58,000 cases reported on friday. The vast majority of states showing rising cases over the last 14 days including spikes across the midwest and the west. Tonight trumps press secretary tweeted out a letter addressing one aspect of the health. His credibility has taken a severe hit. During the course of the Public Service to the president. Claims i can share with you he tested negative on straight days. He didnt mention which days. Specifically. Adding our medical Team Assessment is the president is not infectious to others. Would get in an elevator with trump . It doesnt mean hes in the clear. Trump is taking it further. Saying its okay for him to go across the country because hes immune. A claim he made if in a tweet so false that twitter put a warning on it for violates rules about spreading misleading information. Hes so intent on putting a political and emotional neediness ahead of science. Hes on the road, his campaign is openly misrepresenting dr. Fauci. In a campaign ad. Using a clip of an interview from march. To suggest he supports trumps handling of the virus. President trump is recovering from the coronavirus. So is america. President trump tackled the virus head on. As leaders should. I cant imagine that anybody could be doing more. Nope. Nope. In a statement dr. Fauci said hed never endorse a candidate in five decade of Public Service. Nor was he now. Adding the comments attributed to me without permission were out of context. From a broad statement i made months ago about the efforts of federal Public Health officials. In an interview he said he thought the campaign should take the ad down. Dr. Fauci correctly called the september 26 rose garden event a superspreader event. Where 13 of the 26 people in and around the white house who tested positive were in attendance. Of course trump is showing just how much hes learned which is nothing. And no humility since his diagnosis. He cares so much about health of supporters he rounded up hundreds of them addressing them maskless. On saturday. From the balcony over looking the south lawn. Vice president pence was also in on it on saturday. Packing in 3,000 mostly elderly supporters. At an event of his own in florida. Of course trump isnt limiting attempt at creating superspreaders to florida. Tomorrow hes in pennsylvania and tm des moines, iowa. And North Carolina on thursday. All three of those states seeing a recent rise in cases. Joining me now White House Reporter for the associated press. Editorial board member of the new york times. Who has recovered from covid19. And associate professor aft Oregon Health and science university. Doctor, i want to start with you. This letter the that came out from the president physician, who had issues with the statements hes made being odd. He said that donald trump is no longer infectious with not providing any proof. And he said he tested negative on two straight days. But didnt say which days. Am i overthinking this . Does it stand out to you its odd he didnt specify when he tested negative on this day and this day . The note is odd. All of us on medical side are head scratching. Like every time he releases something. It is never straightforward. It always takes many levels of thinking to figure out what hes talking about. In this memo he talks about trump being negative and mentions antigen test. Which are known to be low sensitivity tests. And actually even on the hhs web site it says if you are using antigeneral test theres a likelihood of false negative. And follow it up. When you have Something Like a pcr test a High Sensitivity test. And antigen. They are choosing the test not used particularly because it is not sensitive enough to pick up disease that is still there. They are choosing a strategy again they name all the tests
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