1./ “Doctors get more money and hospitals get more money. Think of this incentive.”

The President is, again, lying about the number of COVID deaths.

*This is a gross insult to ALL hospital workers who have sacrificed during this mismanaged pandemic*

2./ “You know in some countries, they report differently.” If somebody’s sick with a heart problem and they die of COVID, they say they died of a heart problem.”

This is idiotic. A person can live with coronary artery disease (CAD) for many years....

3./ If that person with coronary artery disease (CAD) becomes infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus and dies, THEY DIED OF COVID-19...not CAD.

4./ Almost every doctor I know has had their salary, staff, and benefits frozen or reduced.

But don’t feel bad for us.

Feel bad for every nurse, lab tech, therapist, janitor, and cook that has worked non-stop in US hospitals since February. The president is calling us crooks

5./ Reminder: Over 225,000 Americans have died of COVID-19.

This is a gross underestimate.

The true estimate (based on excess deaths) is likely >300,000

https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid19/excess_deaths.htm

6./ Over 1,700 US healthcare workers have died of COVID-19...and the president of the United States thinks these deaths, somehow, don’t count.... https://act.nationalnursesunited.org/page/-/files/graphics/0920_Covid19_SinsOfOmission_Data_Report.pdf

7./ Every person who dies of COVID-19 deserves to be remembered. I would encourage @realDonaldTrump to read about the stories of US healthcare workers that have died-many of these deaths were preventable. Sadly, I doubt he will. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2020/aug/11/lost-on-the-frontline-covid-19-coronavirus-us-healthcare-workers-deaths-database