Fox Hosts Go Truther On Coronavirus Deaths, Want To See Statistics On “How Full Our Hospitals Really Are”

March 30, 2020 State Television, Trump cultists

Media Matters has the transcript:

STEVE HILTON (HOST): When we see these death rates in Italy and elsewhere, how do we know that all those people actually died of coronavirus rather than, for example in Italy, they have a high rate of hospital-acquired infections. And so how do we know that these numbers are accurate?

JASON CHAFFETZ (FOX NEWS CONTRIBUTOR): Yeah, I think it’s fair to ask some of these questions. I would love to see statistics, for instance, on how full our hospitals really are. I mean, I see these passionate — you know, these people coming out of caring for these people, and it’s hard to watch and I believe them from their heart but I would love to know what those real numbers are.

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