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When you fire the statistics collection people for true-but-bad news, you guarantee that you fly blind going forward, as people wont tell you bad news anymore.

We simply can't trust government stats after this.

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[–] hddsx@lemmy.ca 61 points 23 hours ago (6 children)

What do you mean? If you stop collecting data there is no issue! Everyone knows that!

Don’t you know how much faster Trump could have solved the pandemic?

[–] CosmoNova@lemmy.world 29 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

Trumps entire success strategy can be summarized with: „claiming victories where there are none“. That‘s it. It‘s not a very clever or original strategy but that orange is clinging to it like few before him.

[–] hddsx@lemmy.ca 8 points 22 hours ago

Hey, Trump has done a lot! Do you remember the Sharpie? What does a sharpie even cost? $500? Don’t say the man hasn’t sacrificed!

[–] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 1 points 21 hours ago

Mission accomplished

[–] SpoonyBard@lemmy.world 16 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

It’s like me not going to the doctor anymore. The only person that can diagnose you with cancer is a doctor, ergo no see doctor, no get cancer.

[–] meco03211@lemmy.world 5 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

I can diagnose you with cancer for way less than a doctor. I also happen to sell supplements that cure cancer. Hit me up if you want some help.

[–] grysbok@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 19 hours ago

I charge twice whatever this guy charges, but I won't diagnose you with cancer. You can trust me because I don't sell cancer cures.

[–] Hideakikarate@sh.itjust.works 12 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

He tried that, actually. Saying we were counting too well or some shit.

[–] hddsx@lemmy.ca 3 points 22 hours ago

Yeah, wasn’t it great when people resisted Trumps stupidity?

[–] tomkatt@lemmy.world 10 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Don’t you know how much faster Trump could have solved the pandemic?

I’m sure you’re joking, but you are aware that Trump was still president for the entire first year of the pandemic, right?

[–] hddsx@lemmy.ca 7 points 22 hours ago

I mean, he did indeed try to just stop testing IIRC. Luckily, at the time he got pushback. The pushback is somewhere between less apparent to nonexistent right now

[–] sun_is_ra@sh.itjust.works 9 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

i think the idea is to "collect" data that shows how brilliant his policies are anything else is data "manipulation"

[–] hddsx@lemmy.ca 9 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

No, it’s a covert attack by the democrats on the best president America has ever had.

[–] kreskin@lemmy.world 2 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

yes, the centrist dems are political ninjas. You never see them coming to fight for Americans interests.

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 3 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (1 children)

"I just want to find 11,780 votes."

[–] sun_is_ra@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 hours ago

Cant wait to see if he would find them on next election

[–] BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world 2 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

Don’t you know how much faster Trump could have solved the pandemic?

Didn’t you hear?

There was no war in Ba Sing Se.