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Nearly a Third of Americans Believe Covid-19 Death Toll Conspiracy theory
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<blockquote data-quote="ArmenianJohn" data-source="post: 75198829" data-attributes="member: 324023"><p><a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2020/07/21/nearly-a-third-of-americans-believe-covid-19-death-toll-conspiracy-theory/#5402304a40ab" target="_blank">Nearly A Third Of Americans Believe Covid-19 Death Toll Conspiracy Theory</a></p><p></p><p>What do people here think? Vote in the poll. Feel free to explain your choice, or if the poll didn't represent your response let us know what it is.</p><p></p><p>Politics clearly plays a big part in this. From the article:</p><p></p><p>"The growing belief that the death toll is inflated comes as Trump and his allies have attempted to discredit and attack public health experts, particularly infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci. The White House has tried to <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/jackbrewster/2020/07/15/fauci-calls-white-house-effort-to-discredit-him-bizarre-and-completely-wrong/#33d831fd3610" target="_blank">undermine</a> Fauci after the public health expert publicly warned the current pandemic situation was worse than the Trump administration was acknowledging, and Trump was criticized for <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/elanagross/2020/07/13/white-house-plans-to-release-its-own-guidelines-for-schools-reopening-as-trump-retweets-claim-that-cdc-is-lying/#706d1f621868" target="_blank">sharing</a> a tweet suggesting the CDC was “lying.” But while the Axios/Ipsos poll shows that the White House and conservative media’s messaging is landing with some Americans, a majority of the country still trusts public health experts like Fauci over the president. A Quinnipiac poll released last week found that 65% of Americans <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/andrewsolender/2020/07/15/amid-white-house-attacks-polls-show-dr-fauci-remains-nations-most-trusted-voice-on-covid-19/#2fde6e781ee2" target="_blank">trusted information</a> about the pandemic coming from Fauci, as compared with 67% who <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2020/07/17/americans-dont-trust-what-trump-says-about-coronavirus-poll-finds/#b3cabfb69404" target="_blank">distrust</a> information coming from Trump. Approval for the president’s response to the coronavirus pandemic has also reached an all-time low as cases have exploded, with the Quinnipiac poll finding <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/andrewsolender/2020/07/15/no-upside-for-the-president-biden-lead-grows-to-15-points-in-quinnipiac-poll-trump-approval-drops-to-36/#1ca3747b7454" target="_blank">62% disapprove</a> of his coronavirus response."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ArmenianJohn, post: 75198829, member: 324023"] [URL="https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2020/07/21/nearly-a-third-of-americans-believe-covid-19-death-toll-conspiracy-theory/#5402304a40ab"]Nearly A Third Of Americans Believe Covid-19 Death Toll Conspiracy Theory[/URL] What do people here think? Vote in the poll. Feel free to explain your choice, or if the poll didn't represent your response let us know what it is. Politics clearly plays a big part in this. From the article: "The growing belief that the death toll is inflated comes as Trump and his allies have attempted to discredit and attack public health experts, particularly infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci. The White House has tried to [URL='https://www.forbes.com/sites/jackbrewster/2020/07/15/fauci-calls-white-house-effort-to-discredit-him-bizarre-and-completely-wrong/#33d831fd3610']undermine[/URL] Fauci after the public health expert publicly warned the current pandemic situation was worse than the Trump administration was acknowledging, and Trump was criticized for [URL='https://www.forbes.com/sites/elanagross/2020/07/13/white-house-plans-to-release-its-own-guidelines-for-schools-reopening-as-trump-retweets-claim-that-cdc-is-lying/#706d1f621868']sharing[/URL] a tweet suggesting the CDC was “lying.” But while the Axios/Ipsos poll shows that the White House and conservative media’s messaging is landing with some Americans, a majority of the country still trusts public health experts like Fauci over the president. A Quinnipiac poll released last week found that 65% of Americans [URL='https://www.forbes.com/sites/andrewsolender/2020/07/15/amid-white-house-attacks-polls-show-dr-fauci-remains-nations-most-trusted-voice-on-covid-19/#2fde6e781ee2']trusted information[/URL] about the pandemic coming from Fauci, as compared with 67% who [URL='https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2020/07/17/americans-dont-trust-what-trump-says-about-coronavirus-poll-finds/#b3cabfb69404']distrust[/URL] information coming from Trump. Approval for the president’s response to the coronavirus pandemic has also reached an all-time low as cases have exploded, with the Quinnipiac poll finding [URL='https://www.forbes.com/sites/andrewsolender/2020/07/15/no-upside-for-the-president-biden-lead-grows-to-15-points-in-quinnipiac-poll-trump-approval-drops-to-36/#1ca3747b7454']62% disapprove[/URL] of his coronavirus response." [/QUOTE]
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