Trump denies 3,000 Puerto Ricans died from hurricanes; Claims Dems made it up

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(09-13-2018, 11:58 AM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: A reasoned and rational response that will be completely ignored by some.  Let's say every death attributed to the hurricane was caused directly by it.  How many of those deaths was caused by an inadequate US response?  How many of those were caused by an inadequate response from the local governments?  How many were reasonably unavoidable?  Without that kind of data the casualty numbers tell us absolutely nothing about how adequate the Trump administrations response was or were blame for avoidable deaths lies.  

The local government's number was 70ish. The federal government (Trump) was 6-18ish.

The local government's study was 2,975. Harvard had another study that said 4,645 (link below).

A quick search, but it sounds like the modality was 'there was a hurricane, more people died, therefore it was because of the hurricane.' If you aren't looking at each cause of death — and for $300,000 I don't think they had the resources to look at several thousand police or coroner reports, along with speaking to witnesses, family and officials — then it's probably not a good gauge. 

Quote:The recent findings are just part of the first phase of what GWU expects to be a two-part investigation, in which they hope to interview families of victims who died during Maria’s aftermath, in an effort to identify how many of the 2,975 deaths can be attributed directly to the hurricane.

https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/puerto-rico-crisis/hurricane-maria-death-toll-puerto-rico-may-be-closer-2-n904426