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San Diego County supervisor says 6 of 194 confirmed deaths are ‘pure, solely coronavirus’ deaths

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By Andrew Mark Miller | 15 May 2020

WASHINGTON EXAMINER — The supervisor of San Diego County, California, is pushing back against Gov. Gavin Newsom’s stay-at-home order, arguing that only six of the county’s 194 recorded coronavirus deaths are “pure, solely coronavirus deaths.”

“We’ve unfortunately had six pure, solely coronavirus deaths — six out of 3.3 million people,” San Diego County Supervisor Jim Desmond said in an interview this week, according to the San Diego Tribune. “I mean, what number are we trying to get to with those odds? I mean, it’s incredible. We want to be safe, and we can do it, but unfortunately, it’s more about control than getting the economy going again and keeping people safe.”

San Diego County Public Health Officer Wilma Wooten disagreed with Desmond, who downplayed deaths resulting from patients with preexisting conditions.

“Their life is no less valuable than someone’s life who does not have underlying medical conditions,” she said. “This is not just San Diego. This is how this is done throughout the entire nation in terms of identifying who has died of COVID-19.” […]

1 Comment on San Diego County supervisor says 6 of 194 confirmed deaths are ‘pure, solely coronavirus’ deaths

  1. You can bet Ms. Wooten, this un-elected “official” is all about keep abortion clinics humming. More than six dead there?

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