Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Dr. Anthony Fauci watches as Vice President Mike Pence speaks after leading a White House Coronavirus Task Force briefing at the Department of Health and Human Services on June 26, 2020 in Washington, DC.Joshua Roberts/Getty Images
- "We flattened the curve," Vice President Mike Pence said on Friday after a meeting with the White House Coronavirus Task Force
- That's false. These charts from the task force prove it.
America has never had as many new, diagnosed cases of the coronavirus as it does today.
Across the US, cities and states are pressing pause on their reopening plans, and instituting mask mandates, as the number of new cases in many populous areas hit all-time highs.
But to hear Vice President Mike Pence tell it, the country is doing fine.
"As we stand here today, all 50 states and territories across this country are opening up safely and responsibly," Vice President Pence told reporters after a meeting with the White House Coronavirus Task Force on Friday. "The truth is, we did slow the spread. We flattened the curve."
Here are 14 charts and maps shown by his White House Coronavirus Task Force that show how the virus is spreading faster than ever in many heavily populated areas of the southern US.