Donald Trump repeats racist term for Covid as top adviser warns about 'surgings'
Telegraph, 24 Jun 2020
US President Donald Trump again used the racist term "Kung Flu" to describe the coronavirus at a rally in Phoenix on Tuesday.
Mr Trump has used the term multiple times in recent days despite heavy criticism.
Since coronavirus infections started appearing in the United States in January, Asian Americans have shared stories of minor aggression to blatant attacks from people blaming them for the pandemic, which has killed more than 120,000 people in the United States.
Meanwhile, the US president’s claim that testing would be reduced was flatly denied by a member of the White House Covid-19 taskforce.
Dr. Anthony Fauci, who heads the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said: "None of us have ever been told to slow down on testing… That just is a fact. In fact, we will be doing more testing."
In contrast to Mr Trump saying Covid-19 was "hopefully" ending, Dr Fauci warned that "the next couple of weeks are going to be critical in our ability to address those surgings that we're seeing in Florida and Texas, in Arizona and in other states".
He added: "They're not the only ones that are having a difficulty... it's a mixed bag, some good and some now we have a problem with."
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Mr Trump has used the term multiple times in recent days despite heavy criticism.
Since coronavirus infections started appearing in the United States in January, Asian Americans have shared stories of minor aggression to blatant attacks from people blaming them for the pandemic, which has killed more than 120,000 people in the United States.
Meanwhile, the US president’s claim that testing would be reduced was flatly denied by a member of the White House Covid-19 taskforce.
Dr. Anthony Fauci, who heads the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said: "None of us have ever been told to slow down on testing… That just is a fact. In fact, we will be doing more testing."
In contrast to Mr Trump saying Covid-19 was "hopefully" ending, Dr Fauci warned that "the next couple of weeks are going to be critical in our ability to address those surgings that we're seeing in Florida and Texas, in Arizona and in other states".
He added: "They're not the only ones that are having a difficulty... it's a mixed bag, some good and some now we have a problem with."
For more, head here: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/06/24/trump-vows-stop-left-wing-mob-pushing-us-chaos-arizona-rally/?WT.mc_id=tmg_youtube_offsite_televideo-youtubevideo_24JuneUS&utm_source=tmgoff&utm_medium=tmg_youtube&utm_content=offsite_televideo&utm_campaign=tmg_youtube_offsite_televideo-youtubevideo_24JuneUS
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