As stated elsewhere, more people born 1945-1960 equals more deaths now.
Has nothing to do with a president or politics.
People achieving the end of natural life expectancy.
I'd have to disagree with the conclusions you've drawn.
Of course the older demographic(s) will have a higher rate of death, but it can't be totally correlated
with the incidence of contracting Coronavirus. You have to consider the far higher incidence of pre-existing
medical conditions as one ages, an increasingly deficient immune system, a degradation of vital bodily
organ function, a slowing metabolic rate, and an inevitable physical body frailty.
In fact, the incidence of contracting Coronavirus is more than three times higher in the 20 - 39 year
age group than it is in the 60- 79 year age group. [
Australian NNDSS, 24 December.]
And of course the world record incidence and death rate has everything to do with Trump. The following
abbreviated list of his stuff-ups is a long one, but proves the fact that Trump actually had not the faintest
notion of what he was talking about, downplayed the seriousness of the pandemic for 4 months, ignored
advice from epidemiologists and CDC data, and caused thousands of unnecessary deaths.
January: "We have it
totally under control. It’s one person coming in from China, and we have it under control. It’s —going to be just fine".
"We do have a plan and we think it’s going to be handled very well. We’ve already handled it very well. We’re in
very good shape".
"It will all
work out well".
"We have the best experts anywhere in the world, and they are on top of it 24/7!"
"We have very little problem in this country at this moment —we think it’s going to have a
very good ending for us".
February: "My administration will take all necessary steps to safeguard our citizens from this threat".
Trump
again claims the coronavirus is “under control” in an impromptu South Lawn press conference.
"We’re very —very cognizant of everything going on. We have it
very much under control in this country".
"When you have 15 people, and the 15 within a couple of days is going to be down to close to zero, that’s a
pretty good job we’ve done".
"It’s going to disappear. One day
it’s like a miracle, it will disappear".
March: Trump spent much of the month promoting potential treatments like
hydroxychloroquine.
He walked back previous statements downplaying the coronavirus by comparing it to
the seasonal flu.
"The US has
only 129 cases and 11 deaths. We are working very hard to keep these numbers as low as possible!"
Trump says falsely that “anybody that wants a test can get a test”.
He again compares the coronavirus to the common flu, a comparison which at that time had
already been debunked.
Trump makes an error-ridden prime-time address from the Oval Office —"The vast majority of Americans, the risk is
very, very low".
He
incorrectly claims that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine for treating Covid-19.
Trump says "it’s been around for a long time, so we know that if things don’t go as planned it’s
not going to kill anybody".
He
again touts hydroxychloroquine —"Let’s see if it works. I happen to feel good about it, but who knows,
I’ve been right a lot".
Trump says "I would love to have the country opened up and just raring to go by Easter".
"If we have between 100,000 and 200,000 we’ve all together done
a very good job", Trump says.
April: Trump claims to have the legal right to overrule governors’ shelter-in-place orders, asserting that the president’s “authority is total.”
He floats
bleach as a potential coronavirus treatment: "And then I see the disinfectant, where it knocks it out in a minute. One minute. And is there a way we can do something like that, by injection inside or almost a cleaning. Because you see it gets in the lungs and it does a tremendous number on the lungs".
May: Trump claims that the US is “the world leader” in responding to the coronavirus, and claims that the US coronavirus response "is
the toast of world leaders".
"We are getting
great marks for the handling of the Coronavirus pandemic; Compare that to the Obama/Sleepy Joe disaster known as H1N1 Swine Flu".
Trump tells reporters that he is taking hydroxychloroquine.
Etc, etc, etc...
—The man was an utter disgrace as a world leader, and has made the US a laughing stock amongst
similarly wealthy, enlightened Western countries. And, sadly, a source of pity.