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said Trump...

President Trump on Friday broke with health experts, telling reporters that the coronavirus will “go away without a vaccine.”

“This is going to go away without a vaccine, it’s gonna go away, and we’re not going to see it again, hopefully, after a period of time,” Trump said at the White House.

Is it February 2nd? Why would he say this?

At a time when everyone needs to take this virus seriously, is there any benefit to the American people in that statement?

https://news.yahoo.com/trump-says-corona...54249.html

Beyond that, if the press wanted to cast this in the way you apparently think it should be cast to "benefit the American people," then the headline could just as accurately have said "Trump says 'vaccine would be very helpful.' "  He also praised the companies doing work on vaccine development, something that was never mentioned in the story.  If you're concerned about the effect of this on the public, would you agree that this would have been a better headline and approach to reporting the comments?  

76lsjumb, I apologize if I took this out of context.  However, I'm still not sure what context surrounds the quote above (I don't know which interview it happened in).  If you could expand on how that quote came about, I'd truly appreciate it.  I'd be more than happy to know that Trump isn't sending out mixed signals and it's unfortunately the media misrepresenting random snippets.  The more Trump can stay on point with the message that this virus is more serious than the flu and that we need to take precautions (promote the CDC guidelines.  Heck, just don't go out if you're sick), it would go a long way towards reducing the transmissibility of this virus.  Sure there will always be people that won't listen.  But there are those that will listen to whatever the President says (like the governor of Florida, when he finally decided to act only after Trump's demeanor changed), and every little bit helps.

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said Trump...

President Trump on Friday broke with health experts, telling reporters that the coronavirus will “go away without a vaccine.”

“This is going to go away without a vaccine, it’s gonna go away, and we’re not going to see it again, hopefully, after a period of time,” Trump said at the White House.

Is it February 2nd? Why would he say this?

At a time when everyone needs to take this virus seriously, is there any benefit to the American people in that statement?

https://news.yahoo.com/trump-says-corona...54249.html

Beyond that, if the press wanted to cast this in the way you apparently think it should be cast to "benefit the American people," then the headline could just as accurately have said "Trump says 'vaccine would be very helpful.' "  He also praised the companies doing work on vaccine development, something that was never mentioned in the story.  If you're concerned about the effect of this on the public, would you agree that this would have been a better headline and approach to reporting the comments?  

76lsjumb, I apologize if I took this out of context.  However, I'm still not sure what context surrounds the quote above (I don't know which interview it happened in).  If you could expand on how that quote came about, I'd truly appreciate it.  I'd be more than happy to know that Trump isn't sending out mixed signals and it's unfortunately the media misrepresenting random snippets.  The more Trump can stay on point with the message that this virus is more serious than the flu and that we need to take precautions (promote the CDC guidelines.  Heck, just don't go out if you're sick), it would go a long way towards reducing the transmissibility of this virus.  Sure there will always be people that won't listen.  But there are those that will listen to whatever the President says (like the governor of Florida, when he finally decided to act only after Trump's demeanor changed), and every little bit helps.