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

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








"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 Severity Of The Coronavirus






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