12. An Illogical Argument

Our Vice President, Mike Pence, made an illogical argument about the amount of COVID-19 cases showing up in the states. When asked about why cases were going up across America, Pence replied, “And that in most of the cases where we are seeing some marginal rise in number, that’s more a result of the extraordinary work you’re doing.” Pence states here that due to the amount of testing being done, there are more cases present. This is illogical because there are still a lot of cases, they just aren't shown due to people being tested. Numbers aren't rising because people are being tested, they are rising because people are getting infected. A better way to say this would be to explain that even though there are more tests being administered, it's because of the rate of infection that there is a rise in cases. This would correct saying that just because people are being tested there is a rise in cases because the amount of cases would be the same even without testing. 

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  1. Rajah BarrettJuly 17, 2020 at 4:48 PM

    I 100% agree. The lack of accessible and affordable testing is a true problem. So many people are dying from this disease unknowingly. If this doesn’t change soon, I fear that it may be a while before this pandemic is over. Excellent post, I truly enjoyed it.

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