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To: neolib who wrote (35515)	3/5/2020 12:16:58 PM
From: Pravin Kamdar	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 73183

I have seen many liberal media articles with headlines something like: "Trump disputes WHO 3.4% virus death rate based on 'hunch'". These headlines are meant to support the narrative that Trump is not making decisions based on data, and is unfit to lead on this subject (or any other) and that he does not believe in science. While Trump should, by now, know better to have used the word "hunch", his reasoning was sound. That the WHO rate is based on confirmed cases and deaths, but that the actual number of cases can be expected to be far more than tested and confirmed. The media articles do not mention this, or the truth of it. The highest rates are being reported from Iran and Italy. Iran: 107/3513 = 3.05% Italy: 148/3858 = 3.84% I assume the denominators in both of these cases are much higher than known. I would trust Korea's data the most (as they are on it, run a tight ship, and have the resources to test). Korea: 40/6088 = 0.66% And, even their denominator is probably low. So, who's narrative is not based on data and science?