Surgeon General says there is no reason to doubt number of COVID-19 deaths

The American surgeon general pushed back President TrumpDonald Trump appeals court dismisses Gohmert’s election lawsuit against Pence Kentucky governor calls vandalism at McConnell’s home “ unacceptable. ”COVID-19 claims about the artificially inflated death toll in an interview on Sunday.

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The question came in response to a tweet by Trump Sunday morning accusing the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC] methodology for the death toll in the United States from the virus, which he called “fake news”.

“I am not speaking for the president. I speak for the Office of the Surgeon General and the Public Health Department, and I focus on the information they need. Wear a mask. Wash your hands. Watch your distances. Get your vaccine as soon as it becomes available, ”Adams said.

“Is it real? Is the death toll real? 350,000 Americans dead … or does the CDC have a false way of” When in doubt, call it COVID “as the President claims wrongly?” Tapper asked.

“From a public health perspective, I have no reason to doubt these numbers,” Adams said in response before adding that Americans should also be concerned about the rate of new hospitalizations resulting from COVID-19 .

His remarks came minutes after the country’s leading infectious disease expert, Anthony FauciAnthony FauciSunday shows preview: Senate Candidates Prepare for Georgia Second Round; Government continues to roll out coronavirus vaccine in Britain to allow COVID-19 vaccine mixing and pairing COVID-19 model predicts 150,000 more deaths in the United States in next month MORE, publicly rejected the president’s remarks while pointing to the high rate of hospitalizations as a warning sign.

“Well, the dead are real dead. I mean, all you have to do is go out into the trenches, go to the hospitals, see what the healthcare workers are up against. They are in very stressed situations in many parts of the country. Hospital beds are stretched, ”Fauci told ABC’s“ This Week ”.

“People are running out of beds, short of qualified staff who are exhausted right now. It’s real. It’s not wrong. It’s real,” he added.