Donald Trump – – Irresponsible and dangerous

On Friday, during an election rally in Waterford Township, Michigan, US President Donald Trump made critical remarks against doctors treating patients with covid-19. It writes, among others, The New York Times.

The president pointed out that patients at risk, with other fatal diseases, can be reported as corona deaths if they become infected before they die.

– Our doctors earn more if someone dies of covid. You know this, right? I mean, our doctors are very smart people. So what they say, sorry, but everyone dies of covid, Trump said from the stage.

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Furthermore, he apparently suggested that doctors may have a financial interest in overreporting covid-19 deaths.

– In Germany – and elsewhere – if you have a heart attack, have cancer or have a fatal disease, and you get covid, they say you died of cancer or heart attack. With us: “When in doubt, choose covid!” That’s $ 2,000 more, he further claimed.

The statements quickly attracted attention. Health reporter Jessica Glenza in The Guardian is among those who react.

– Donald Trump has – again – made false claims that the US counts overreporting covid-19 deaths. The reality is that the country is probably underreporting, she writes.

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Medical organizations are raging

Trump has recently made similar statements during election rallies in Wisconsin and New Hampshire.

NBC News and Forbes write that several medical associations have already responded to the accusations.

On October 25, the American Medical Association (AMA) issued a statement on its

"Our doctors get more money if someone dies from Covid. You know that, right? I mean, our doctors are very smart people." -- Trump pushes a baseless conspiracy that greedy American health care workers are overcounting coronavirus deaths pic.twitter.com/fsajGTvvN3

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 30, 2020

. AMA is the largest association of physicians and medical students in the United States.

– Let us be clear: Doctors do not overreport covid-19 deaths, the organization writes, referring to “incorrect information about how patients are counted”.

The American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP), an association of American emergency physicians, also struck back:

“On behalf of the country’s emergency physicians, ACEP is appalled by Trump’s unjustifiable and false allegations that doctors are overreporting covid-19 deaths,” they wrote in a response on their website.

They were supported by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), which wrote the following on

Science is science & data are data. Doctors have no reason to make up #COVID19 case numbers, & in fact many have died from the virus. It’s irresponsible & dangerous to suggest doctors, incl. #obgyns, have done anything other than bravely battle this pandemic. #NoSpinJustScience

— ACOG (@acog) October 25, 2020

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– Science is science and data is data. Doctors have no reason to fabricate covid. 19th century. Many have died from the virus. It is irresponsible and dangerous to suggest that doctors, including gynecologists, have done anything other than fight bravely against this pandemic, they write.

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Forbes’ regular health commentator Bruce Y. Lee is also critical, referring to previous reports that several doctors, on the contrary, are experiencing pay cuts as a result of the pandemic.

– Maybe Trump confuses doctors with the nation’s 644 billionaires, who have experienced a total increase in their net worth of one trillion dollars since March, according to new figures. In the meantime, the salaries of many doctors have gone down and home.

Vanity Fair commentator Bess Levin also strongly criticizes the statement. Under the headline “Donald Trump, colossal asshole, claims that doctors earn extra if people die of covid-19”, she sharply criticizes the statement.

– It is quite typical that Trump comes up with hair-raising lies about health professionals, but has nothing to say about doctors who have worked hard for the last seven months, often without adequate protective equipment, and risked their lives with life or no help from federal authorities, she thunders .