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Trump Says, “Herd Mentality” Will Cause COVID-19 to Disappear; and Nearly Two-Thirds of American Young Adults Unaware 6m Jews Killed During the Holocaust.
On Tuesday, President Trump said that the coronavirus would “disappear.” That’s with or without a vaccine. He said the virus would go away because the United States would develop “herd mentality.”
“With time it goes away,” said Trump. “You’ll develop, you’ll develop herd—like a herd mentality. It’s going to be, it’s going to be herd-developed. And that’s going to happen. That will all happen. But with a vaccine. I think it will go away very quickly.”
It is believed that Trump was mistaking the term “herd mentality” for “herd immunity.”
Trump then insisted that the United States is “rounding the corner” when it comes to COVID-19. However, Anthony Fauci disagreed with Trump’s assessment. He recently warned that the U.S. should hunker down for the fall. He said, “it’s not going to be easy.”
When pressed about Fauci’s disagreement, Trump said, “A lot of people do agree with me. You look at Scott Atlas. You look at some of the other doctors that are highly—from Stanford. Look at some of the other doctors. They think maybe we could have done that from the beginning.”
Atlas is a recent addition to Trump’s coronavirus advisor team. Last month, The Washington Post reported that Atlas was pushing a “herd immunity” strategy. However, the White House denied that the administration has ever considered such an approach to the coronavirus pandemic.
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A shocking new survey has revealed that almost two-thirds of young American adults do not know that 6 million Jews were killed during the Holocaust. More than one in 10 said they believed Jews caused the Holocaust. Almost half couldn’t name a single concentration camp.
12 percent said they hadn’t heard about the Holocaust, while 23 percent said they believed the Holocaust was a myth, or that it had been exaggerated. Sadly, that isn’t the case.
Of those surveyed, a little under 50 percent said they’d seen Holocaust denial posts online. 56 percent said they’d seen Nazi symbols on social media.
“The results are both shocking and saddening. They underscore why we must act now while Holocaust survivors are still with us to voice their stories,” said Gideon Taylor, president of the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference).
Nationally, 36 percent thought fewer than 2 million Jews had been killed. Another 63 percent said they didn’t realize 6 million Jews were murdered.
The data was collected from 200 interviews in each state. 1,000 interviews were made nationwide. The people interviewed were selected at random, aged 18 to 39.
Related: Facebook Pulls Down Trump Ad Over Nazi Symbol
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