President Donald Trump defied logic at his Michigan rally Friday, claiming that physicians “get more money” when they falsely inflate the number of COVID-19 deaths. Trump falsely insisted to his Michigan crowd that reports of COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. inflate the actual toll because doctors, for some reason, collect more money from coronavirus fatalities — so they lie about them to boost the numbers. Our doctors get more money if somebody dies of COVID,” Trump said. The total number of deaths this year is about 300,000 over the average, according to data, indicating that COVID-19 deaths have actually been higher than reported. Dr. Anthony Fauci testified before Congress in May that deaths from COVID-19 are “almost certainly higher” than reported.

Source: Huffington Post October 30, 2020 23:48 UTC