(NPR) Some People 'Have The Sniffles': Trump Downplays The Coronavirus' Severity

Some People 'Have The Sniffles': Trump Downplays The Coronavirus' Severity








"Cases are up because we have the best testing in the world," President Trump said in an interview that aired Sunday. "I'm glad we do [testing], but it really skews the numbers." In fact, cases are rising faster than tests.



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Some People 'Have The Sniffles': Trump Downplays The Coronavirus' Severity






In a Fox News interview, the president weighed in controversially on the pandemic and issues of race.