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You can read the full George Washington Univ. study here:

Ascertainment of the Estimated Excess Mortality from Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico. publichealth.gwu.edu/sites/default/…
The George Washington Univ. study explains its executive summary of the study here. publichealth.gwu.edu/sites/default/…
Pres. Trump rejects independent study that reports an estimated 2,975 people died in Puerto Rico in 5 months after Hurricane Maria; provides no evidence to discount study; declares, without evidence, that higher toll is political ploy to make him look bad. nbcnews.to/2x9XkYd
BREAKING: "People in Puerto Rico don’t deserve to have their pain questioned," Ricardo Rosselló, Puerto Rico's governor, says after President Trump's tweets about death toll; says of study's review that "I trust that such process was conducted adequately.” nbcnews.to/2x9XkYd
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This is CATEGORICALLY FALSE and @FEMA_Brock should be ASHAMED of himself, laying down “spousal abuse goes through the roof” card
Goddamnit I am going to make it my mission to ensure this MF resigns because👇🏻
1) @fema @FEMA_Brock CNN SUED to get an ACCURATE death count of AMERICANS that died.
2) no power = medical issues
3) no clean running water = medical issues
READ THE _____ing report Brock,
The methodology is clearly explained.
The factored in deaths do to age, etc
READ IT you intractable ignoramus

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Late on a Friday night, the President is still venting his frustration about hurricane death toll estimates in Puerto Rico
For those who want to read the GW study - publichealth.gwu.edu/sites/default/…
GW isn't even on the high end - Harvard did an earlier study that estimated over 4,600 deaths attributable to the hurricane and it's aftermath hsph.harvard.edu/news/press-rel…
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The death rate in Puerto Rico is an estimate and covers a five month period. The study was done by George Washington University and requested by authorities. The number is not based on actual death certificates read here👇
publichealth.gwu.edu/sites/default/…
@rising_serpent you can readz study? 🙏
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In tweets, Pres. Trump rejects independent study that reports an estimated 2,975 people died in Puerto Rico in 5 months after Hurricane Maria; provides no evidence to discount study; declares, without evidence, that the higher death toll is a political ploy to make him look bad.
You can read the George Washington Univ. study here:

Ascertainment of the Estimated Excess Mortality from Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico. publichealth.gwu.edu/sites/default/…

You can read the Harvard Univ. study here:

Mortality in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria. nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…
"People in Puerto Rico don’t deserve to have their pain questioned," Ricardo Rosselló, Puerto Rico's governor, says after President Trump's tweets about death toll; says of study's review that "I trust that such process was conducted adequately.” nbcnews.to/2x9XkYd
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Thread now from @POTUS on the #HurricaneMaria deaths. Here's the @GWpublichealth study @realDonaldTrump is disputing: publichealth.gwu.edu/sites/default/…
React from an #Illinois congressman of Puerto Rican heritage who has been deeply involved in the #HurricaneMaria effort:
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Since you guys are prioritizing and moving things along and such, maybe some kind of stream-lined Senate action for an official inquiry into the 3000 Americans that died under your watch?
Maybe? Seems like an important thing to do with what is, I know, limited time.
Here's the full report, but you can probably just skim the executive summary and get a sense of just how horrifying it all is publichealth.gwu.edu/sites/default/…
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