Reality of Coronavirus Not Allowed To Rain on Donald Trump's Parade
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Practically IDENTICAL! Both first occurred around 12,000 years ago, both have killed millions over the centuries, and both are considered eradicated in modern times.
Could they actually be the same thing but not accurately recognized by experts in the field of infectious diseases?
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"Hey Ma ,top of the world "
Articulate_and_Analytical
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As Trump accused governors of wanting too many ventilators, the real-life situation is terrifying
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/20...ilators-the-real-life-situation-is-terrifying
March 27, 2020
President Donald Trump Friday afternoon announced he has invoked the
Defense Production Act to require GM to produce vitally needed life-saving
ventilators. But it’s not the first time has and his administration have claimed
the DPA was being used to require the production of critical equipment, nor
is it being used as it should be.
In announcing he had finally invoked it to force GM to make ventilators
they already have announced they will produce, Trump immediately
backtracked, nonsensically saying he might not need to fully use the law.
“I’ve enacted the Act, we’ve used it three or four times,” Trump said,
which is a lie, claiming “the companies came through, in the end,
they didn’t need the Act.”
That’s not how the law works.
https://www.alternet.org/2020/03/tr...t-that-could-mitigate-the-coronavirus-crisis/
This question is forced upon us by an appearance by Rep. Elissa Slotkin
on “Morning Joe,” and by new reporting that suggests we’re only beginning
to glimpse the damage Trump’s failures could unleash.
Slotkin, a Michigan Democrat, has introduced a new bill that would compel
the president to deploy the Defense Production Act, or DPA, to direct the
private sector to produce a range of medical supplies to address looming
shortfalls amid the worsening coronavirus crisis.
Trump has invoked this 1950 wartime production measure but has not
deployed it. Numerous states and health officials are pleading with him
to do so, warning of severe equipment shortages crippling their own
responses.
In discussing her bill Wednesday morning, Slotkin made a point that’s more
startling than it first appears.
“I under almost no circumstances would recommend the legislative branch
forcing the executive branch to enact these powers,” Slotkin said.
“But the outcry is so strong that it’s pushed us to try and force the
president to try to centralize the retooling of our big manufacturers.”
http://littlegreenfootballs.com/art...Refusing_to_Deploy_the_Defense_Production_Act
Why must Trump be “forced” into doing this?
Emphasis mine. The question this raises is: Why must Trump be “forced” into doing this?
- Greg Sargent
March 25, 2020
Trump’s explanations for refusing to deploy the DPA don’t add up.
Mr. Trump ... was not aware that FEMA had been directed to use the
law, according to an administration official. Later Tuesday, a FEMA
spokeswoman said the administration had elected to get the tests f
rom the private sector without using the act.
The spokeswoman, Lizzie Litzow, said in a text message that
“at the last minute we were able to procure the test kits from the
private market without evoking the DPA.” She said she did not
know when those tests would be delivered.
This is strange.
Would the FEMA administrator really say this without authorization?
Did Trump find out about it and then reverse a crucial decision by his
own FEMA official? If so, why?
And how is it that this FEMA spokesperson can claim to have procured
these tests without knowing when they’ll be delivered?
Have they really been procured?
Department of Health and Human Services has some limited authority
on its own to procure equipment under the DPA, now that Trump has
invoked it. Yet HHS has not carried out basic bureaucratic steps to
make this possible.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opin...ion-looming-over-trumps-coronavirus-disaster/
Trump Threatens to Withhold Disaster Declaration for Michigan
because Gretchen Whitmer Was Mean to Him
https://www.emptywheel.net/2020/03/...n-because-gretchen-whitmer-is-a-strong-woman/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2020/03/28/coronavirus-latest-news/
President Donald Trump Friday afternoon announced he has invoked the
Defense Production Act to require GM to produce vitally needed life-saving
ventilators. But it’s not the first time has and his administration have claimed
the DPA was being used to require the production of critical equipment, nor
is it being used as it should be.
In announcing he had finally invoked it to force GM to make ventilators
they already have announced they will produce, Trump immediately
backtracked, nonsensically saying he might not need to fully use the law.
“I’ve enacted the Act, we’ve used it three or four times,” Trump said,
which is a lie, claiming “the companies came through, in the end,
they didn’t need the Act.”
That’s not how the law works.
https://www.alternet.org/2020/03/tr...t-that-could-mitigate-the-coronavirus-crisis/
This question is forced upon us by an appearance by Rep. Elissa Slotkin
on “Morning Joe,” and by new reporting that suggests we’re only beginning
to glimpse the damage Trump’s failures could unleash.
Slotkin, a Michigan Democrat, has introduced a new bill that would compel
the president to deploy the Defense Production Act, or DPA, to direct the
private sector to produce a range of medical supplies to address looming
shortfalls amid the worsening coronavirus crisis.
Trump has invoked this 1950 wartime production measure but has not
deployed it. Numerous states and health officials are pleading with him
to do so, warning of severe equipment shortages crippling their own
responses.
In discussing her bill Wednesday morning, Slotkin made a point that’s more
startling than it first appears.
“I under almost no circumstances would recommend the legislative branch
forcing the executive branch to enact these powers,” Slotkin said.
“But the outcry is so strong that it’s pushed us to try and force the
president to try to centralize the retooling of our big manufacturers.”
http://littlegreenfootballs.com/art...Refusing_to_Deploy_the_Defense_Production_Act
Why must Trump be “forced” into doing this?
Emphasis mine. The question this raises is: Why must Trump be “forced” into doing this?
- Greg Sargent
March 25, 2020
Trump’s explanations for refusing to deploy the DPA don’t add up.
Mr. Trump ... was not aware that FEMA had been directed to use the
law, according to an administration official. Later Tuesday, a FEMA
spokeswoman said the administration had elected to get the tests f
rom the private sector without using the act.
The spokeswoman, Lizzie Litzow, said in a text message that
“at the last minute we were able to procure the test kits from the
private market without evoking the DPA.” She said she did not
know when those tests would be delivered.
This is strange.
Would the FEMA administrator really say this without authorization?
Did Trump find out about it and then reverse a crucial decision by his
own FEMA official? If so, why?
And how is it that this FEMA spokesperson can claim to have procured
these tests without knowing when they’ll be delivered?
Have they really been procured?
Department of Health and Human Services has some limited authority
on its own to procure equipment under the DPA, now that Trump has
invoked it. Yet HHS has not carried out basic bureaucratic steps to
make this possible.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opin...ion-looming-over-trumps-coronavirus-disaster/
Trump Threatens to Withhold Disaster Declaration for Michigan
because Gretchen Whitmer Was Mean to Him
https://www.emptywheel.net/2020/03/...n-because-gretchen-whitmer-is-a-strong-woman/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2020/03/28/coronavirus-latest-news/
Secretive_Victoria
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Since this crisis began, Trump has consistently done just about everything possible to make the crisis worse! The hard work of tackling this pandemic is being done by medical doctors, mayors, county commissioners, governors, legislators, nurses, laborers and paramedics. Trump has refused to do any significant work and has obstructed and criticized the people on the front lines.
People are dying because of Trump's negligence and childish refusal to do his job. I hope the voters remember how irresponsible and criminally negligent he has been when Election Day rolls around in November.
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For Trump, there’s only one victim: himself. He fears political defeat more than the deaths of millions
When he wasn’t congratulating himself or accepting the thanks of the Suck-Ass Chorus, Trump was on Twitter lamenting the slings and arrows he suffers daily from his “nasty” enemies in the “media.” “The LameStream Media is the dominant force in trying to get me to keep our Country closed as long as possible in the hope that it will be detrimental to MY election success,” he tweeted. “The real people want to get back to work ASAP. We will be stronger than ever before!”
Someone in the White House press corps should have asked Trump about the “real people” in overcrowded hospitals in New York, in understaffed clinics in New Orleans, in panicked waiting rooms in Detroit, and lying on soaked sheets in their own bedrooms in every state in the union. They aren’t lining up to go back to work. They’re dying in numbers that are doubling every 24 hours.
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/03/fo...hs-of-millions/?utm_source=push_notifications
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Trump Calls Criticism of His Coronavirus Response a "Hoax" as Concerns Grow: A Closer Look
Seth takes a closer look at the president calling criticism of his response to coronavirus a "hoax" as concerns grow about the government’s handling of the outbreak.
Seth plays Trump's own words to illustrate his point.
Trump has ignored the advice of medical experts, he's downplayed the threat of this highly contagious virus and publicly called for the end of social-distancing. He's acting like this killer virus is no big deal and encouraging people to leave their homes and go shopping and whatnot.
The majority of Americans are taking the virus threat seriously, however, Trump's followers in states like Florida, Texas, Mississippi, Louisiana and Alabama have embraced the words of Trump. People in those states are gathering in large groups, partying on the beach, meeting in churches, putting themselves at great risk of catching the highly contagious COVID-19 virus.
Trump's irresponsible behavior is going to get people killed in the states where he has the most support. Come Election Day, how many of these people who thought that COVID-10 was no big deal will be dead and unable to vote?
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Trump's dangerously irresponsible behavior is going to get people killed. There's no doubt about that.
And if his irresponsible behavior costs him the election, he'll blame his losses on Hillary Clinton...or Barrack Obama...or George Soros...or Jim Acosta....anybody but himself. The buck never stops anywhere near Trump.
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Trump never takes responsibility for his own actions. He always blames some innocent third party when things go bad.
"This whole situation is a little bit like the barn door has been locked
but the horse was stolen, I’m going to say, 10 days ago.”
- Stephen King
29 Mar 2020
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/mar/29/stephen-king-the-stand-coronavirus-trump-books
but the horse was stolen, I’m going to say, 10 days ago.”
- Stephen King
29 Mar 2020
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/mar/29/stephen-king-the-stand-coronavirus-trump-books
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I'm pretty sure that dead Republicans can still vote.
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Trump spreads lies, attacks healthcare workers in unhinged pandemic press briefing
Donald Trump's daily pandemic campaign rallies have been the sources of countless lies and bizarre asides, but today's effort, moved to the Rose Garden in belated effort to more closely adhere to social distancing guidelines, is unhinged.
In stream of consciousness ramblings, Trump publicly suggested the continued shortage of masks in the nation's hospitals might be because healthcare workers are making off with them "out the back door"; accused, without evidence, hospitals of "hoarding" ventilators; repeated the lie that the U.S. military was out of ammunition, before he arrived; etc. He is lying about all of it, straight-up.
The man remains unfit, incompetent, and a direct danger to the public.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/20...e-workers-in-unhinged-pandemic-press-briefing
Donald Trump's daily pandemic campaign rallies have been the sources of countless lies and bizarre asides, but today's effort, moved to the Rose Garden in belated effort to more closely adhere to social distancing guidelines, is unhinged.
In stream of consciousness ramblings, Trump publicly suggested the continued shortage of masks in the nation's hospitals might be because healthcare workers are making off with them "out the back door"; accused, without evidence, hospitals of "hoarding" ventilators; repeated the lie that the U.S. military was out of ammunition, before he arrived; etc. He is lying about all of it, straight-up.
The man remains unfit, incompetent, and a direct danger to the public.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/20...e-workers-in-unhinged-pandemic-press-briefing
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As the virus spreads and people in red states like Mississippi, Texas and Oklahoma start dropping dead in large numbers, look for Trump to try and find a way to blame Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton.
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What you should look for is him sending supplies there that he wouldn't send to New York, Michigan, and Washington.
In which case there are going to be some really pointed campaign ads running in New York, Michigan, and Washington this fall.
March 30, 2020
Now that the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the United States —
more than 140,000 — has surpassed that of any other nation, Americans are
consigned for the coming weeks to watching the illness fell family members
and friends, and to fearing for their own fate as they watch death tolls rise.
Timing is everything in pandemic response:
It can make the difference between a contained local outbreak that
endures a few weeks and an uncontrollable contagion that afflicts
millions. The Trump administration has made critical errors over
the past two months, choosing early on to develop its own diagnostic
test, which failed, instead of adopting the World Health Organization’s
test — a move that kneecapped the US coronavirus response and, by
most public health experts’ estimation, will cost thousands if not hundreds
of thousands of American lives. Rather than making the expected federal
effort to mobilize rapidly to distribute needed gowns, masks, and ventilators
to ill-equipped hospitals and to the doctors and nurses around the country
who are left unprotected treating a burgeoning number of patients, the
administration has instead been caught outbidding individual states
(including Massachusetts) trying to purchase medical supplies.
It has dragged its heels on invoking the Defense Production Act
to get scarce, sorely needed ventilators and masks into production
so that they can be distributed to hospitals nationwide as they hit their peaks
in the cycle of the epidemic. It has left governors and mayors in the lurch,
begging for help. The months the administration wasted with prevarication
about the threat and its subsequent missteps will amount to exponentially
more COVID-19 cases than were necessary.
In other words, the president has blood on his hands.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/03/30/opinion/president-unfit-pandemic/
Now that the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the United States —
more than 140,000 — has surpassed that of any other nation, Americans are
consigned for the coming weeks to watching the illness fell family members
and friends, and to fearing for their own fate as they watch death tolls rise.
Timing is everything in pandemic response:
It can make the difference between a contained local outbreak that
endures a few weeks and an uncontrollable contagion that afflicts
millions. The Trump administration has made critical errors over
the past two months, choosing early on to develop its own diagnostic
test, which failed, instead of adopting the World Health Organization’s
test — a move that kneecapped the US coronavirus response and, by
most public health experts’ estimation, will cost thousands if not hundreds
of thousands of American lives. Rather than making the expected federal
effort to mobilize rapidly to distribute needed gowns, masks, and ventilators
to ill-equipped hospitals and to the doctors and nurses around the country
who are left unprotected treating a burgeoning number of patients, the
administration has instead been caught outbidding individual states
(including Massachusetts) trying to purchase medical supplies.
It has dragged its heels on invoking the Defense Production Act
to get scarce, sorely needed ventilators and masks into production
so that they can be distributed to hospitals nationwide as they hit their peaks
in the cycle of the epidemic. It has left governors and mayors in the lurch,
begging for help. The months the administration wasted with prevarication
about the threat and its subsequent missteps will amount to exponentially
more COVID-19 cases than were necessary.
In other words, the president has blood on his hands.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/03/30/opinion/president-unfit-pandemic/
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bodysong;92123650 Rather than making the expected federal effort to mobilize rapidly to distribute needed gowns said:
Americans are dying. Governors, mayors, medical doctors, nurses and paramedics are working their asses off to deal with the crisis, meanwhile what's Trump doing?
Trump is out there bragging about his TV ratings and telling everyone not to help the governor of Michigan because she wouldn't kiss his ass.
Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous
Secret Service signs contract this week to rent golf carts
in town of Trump club
The Secret Service this week signed a $45,000 contract to rent a fleet of golf carts
in Northern Virginia, saying it needed them quickly to protect a “dignitary” in the
town of Sterling, home to one of President Trump’s golf clubs, according to federal
contracting data.
The new contract, which the Secret Service described as an “emergency order,”
does not mention Trump or the golf club by name. But it closely mirrors past
contracts signed by the Secret Service, for agents accompanying Trump to his
golf clubs in New Jersey and Florida.
Secret Service spokeswoman Cathy Milhoan said in a statement that she
could not comment about Trump’s schedule or travel. She said the “emergency”
referred to in the document was not a security emergency: “Rather, the term was
used to signal a need for expedited handling of the procurement due to deadlines
within the agency’s business processes.”
Trump’s Virginia club — which he visits for day-trip golf outings, starting in the spring — remains open.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...d249fe-7449-11ea-85cb-8670579b863d_story.html
Secret Service signs contract this week to rent golf carts
in town of Trump club
The Secret Service this week signed a $45,000 contract to rent a fleet of golf carts
in Northern Virginia, saying it needed them quickly to protect a “dignitary” in the
town of Sterling, home to one of President Trump’s golf clubs, according to federal
contracting data.
The new contract, which the Secret Service described as an “emergency order,”
does not mention Trump or the golf club by name. But it closely mirrors past
contracts signed by the Secret Service, for agents accompanying Trump to his
golf clubs in New Jersey and Florida.
Secret Service spokeswoman Cathy Milhoan said in a statement that she
could not comment about Trump’s schedule or travel. She said the “emergency”
referred to in the document was not a security emergency: “Rather, the term was
used to signal a need for expedited handling of the procurement due to deadlines
within the agency’s business processes.”
Trump’s Virginia club — which he visits for day-trip golf outings, starting in the spring — remains open.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...d249fe-7449-11ea-85cb-8670579b863d_story.html
April 7, 2020
New York saw the biggest single-day increase in its coronavirus death toll
yesterday. New York has now lost 5,489 residents to coronavirus, up from
4,758 a day earlier. That figure represents about half of all coronavirus deaths
across the United States.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news...085d226cfd4981#block-5e8c9eae8f085d226cfd4981
Gothamist ✓
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We've updated our COVID stats page- new deaths were up in New York State
by 731 to 5489, the largest daily increase we've seen so far.
2 hours ago
New York saw the biggest single-day increase in its coronavirus death toll
yesterday. New York has now lost 5,489 residents to coronavirus, up from
4,758 a day earlier. That figure represents about half of all coronavirus deaths
across the United States.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news...085d226cfd4981#block-5e8c9eae8f085d226cfd4981
Gothamist ✓
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We've updated our COVID stats page- new deaths were up in New York State
by 731 to 5489, the largest daily increase we've seen so far.
2 hours ago
Dr. Fauci Shoots Down ‘Conspiracy Theory’ That Coronavirus Deaths Are Being Inflated:
‘No Evidence That’s the Case At All’
Asked whether the United States could be undercounting coronavirus deaths
instead, Dr. Fauci said, “That’s a good point. I think there’s more of a chance
of missing some that are really coronavirus deaths than not being counted, but
I don’t think that number is significant enough to really substantially modify t
he trends that we’re seeing at all.”
https://www.mediaite.com/tv/dr-fauc...g-inflated-no-evidence-thats-the-case-at-all/
‘No Evidence That’s the Case At All’
Asked whether the United States could be undercounting coronavirus deaths
instead, Dr. Fauci said, “That’s a good point. I think there’s more of a chance
of missing some that are really coronavirus deaths than not being counted, but
I don’t think that number is significant enough to really substantially modify t
he trends that we’re seeing at all.”
https://www.mediaite.com/tv/dr-fauc...g-inflated-no-evidence-thats-the-case-at-all/
The truly depraved nature of this problem is captured by this dispiritingly candid line from the Times report:
Advisers are torn between knowing that a less abrasive approach would help Mr. Trump and their awareness that he can’t tolerate criticism, regardless of the setting.
Trump’s advisers can risk provoking his narcissistic intolerance of criticism when it comes to superficial, theatrical matters. But they can’t risk provoking it over matters of life and death for the country, in a manner that might lead him to learn from those mistakes and save untold numbers of Americans lives.
That’s something Trump’s narcissism truly cannot handle.
- Greg Sargent
April 10, 2020
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opin...ing-his-reelection-his-own-advisers-admit-it/
Advisers are torn between knowing that a less abrasive approach would help Mr. Trump and their awareness that he can’t tolerate criticism, regardless of the setting.
Trump’s advisers can risk provoking his narcissistic intolerance of criticism when it comes to superficial, theatrical matters. But they can’t risk provoking it over matters of life and death for the country, in a manner that might lead him to learn from those mistakes and save untold numbers of Americans lives.
That’s something Trump’s narcissism truly cannot handle.
- Greg Sargent
April 10, 2020
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opin...ing-his-reelection-his-own-advisers-admit-it/
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Trump’s coronavirus task force in chaos with the president being ‘one of the biggest obstacles’ to progress
According to an extensive report by the Washington Post, the White House task force charged with stemming the deadly coronavirus pandemic is still struggling to get their arms around how to deal with the crisis and President Donald Trump is not helping matters.
With the report noting that there are multiple groups working on the COVID-19 response — described as a “bureaucratic nesting doll of groups with frequently competing aims and agendas” — the Post notes that the task force is lagging way behind where it should be.
“There is still no concerted plan for getting vital medical supplies to states, which are left to fight among themselves or seek favors from Trump. There is also no developed plan for what happens if cases or deaths spike as people begin to return to work, or how to respond if the coronavirus surges again in the fall, as many public health experts and administration officials fear,” the report states. “Two task force officials said that more important even than nationwide testing is surveillance — using data to make informed decisions about public health. But the administration has not fully grappled with the sheer manpower and resources required for an effort like contact tracing — and right now, there are not even enough coronavirus tests for those who need them, let alone the entire country.”
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/04/tr...-progress-wapo/?utm_source=push_notifications
According to an extensive report by the Washington Post, the White House task force charged with stemming the deadly coronavirus pandemic is still struggling to get their arms around how to deal with the crisis and President Donald Trump is not helping matters.
With the report noting that there are multiple groups working on the COVID-19 response — described as a “bureaucratic nesting doll of groups with frequently competing aims and agendas” — the Post notes that the task force is lagging way behind where it should be.
“There is still no concerted plan for getting vital medical supplies to states, which are left to fight among themselves or seek favors from Trump. There is also no developed plan for what happens if cases or deaths spike as people begin to return to work, or how to respond if the coronavirus surges again in the fall, as many public health experts and administration officials fear,” the report states. “Two task force officials said that more important even than nationwide testing is surveillance — using data to make informed decisions about public health. But the administration has not fully grappled with the sheer manpower and resources required for an effort like contact tracing — and right now, there are not even enough coronavirus tests for those who need them, let alone the entire country.”
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/04/tr...-progress-wapo/?utm_source=push_notifications
(Miami) Herald drafted a suit seeking ALF records.
DeSantis aide pressured law firm not to file it
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ general counsel called a representative of
the Miami Herald’s law firm seeking to quash a public records lawsuit
that would force the state to divulge the names of all elder-care facilities
that have had a positive test for the coronavirus.
The back-door pressure — through an attorney that had no involvement in the case —
paid off.
The law firm, Holland & Knight, told Sanford Bohrer, a senior partner with decades
of representing the Miami Herald, to stand down and abandon the lawsuit.
The suit will still be filed, but by another law firm, said Miami Herald publisher
and executive editor Aminda Marqués González.
“We are disappointed that the governor’s office would go so far as to apply pressure
on our legal counsel to prevent the release of public records that are critical to the
health and safety of Florida’s most vulnerable citizens,” Marques said.
“We shouldn’t have had to resort to legal action in the first place.
Anyone with a relative in an elder care facility has a right to know
if their loved ones are at risk so they can make an informed decision
about their care.”
The Herald’s lawyers had drafted the lawsuit this past week and planned to file
the petition in Leon County, the home venue for the defendants in the lawsuit,
including DeSantis’ office, the Florida Department of Health and the Agency
for Health Care Administration.
As of Saturday, the health department reported that 787 residents and workers
at long-term care facilities have tested positive for COVID-19.
April 11, 2020
The state has yet to provide a legal justification for its refusal to provide records.
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/coronavirus/article241942211.html
DeSantis aide pressured law firm not to file it
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ general counsel called a representative of
the Miami Herald’s law firm seeking to quash a public records lawsuit
that would force the state to divulge the names of all elder-care facilities
that have had a positive test for the coronavirus.
The back-door pressure — through an attorney that had no involvement in the case —
paid off.
The law firm, Holland & Knight, told Sanford Bohrer, a senior partner with decades
of representing the Miami Herald, to stand down and abandon the lawsuit.
The suit will still be filed, but by another law firm, said Miami Herald publisher
and executive editor Aminda Marqués González.
“We are disappointed that the governor’s office would go so far as to apply pressure
on our legal counsel to prevent the release of public records that are critical to the
health and safety of Florida’s most vulnerable citizens,” Marques said.
“We shouldn’t have had to resort to legal action in the first place.
Anyone with a relative in an elder care facility has a right to know
if their loved ones are at risk so they can make an informed decision
about their care.”
The Herald’s lawyers had drafted the lawsuit this past week and planned to file
the petition in Leon County, the home venue for the defendants in the lawsuit,
including DeSantis’ office, the Florida Department of Health and the Agency
for Health Care Administration.
As of Saturday, the health department reported that 787 residents and workers
at long-term care facilities have tested positive for COVID-19.
April 11, 2020
The state has yet to provide a legal justification for its refusal to provide records.
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/coronavirus/article241942211.html
Donald Trump’s Campaign Sues Wisconsin TV Station For Continuing
To Air Super PAC Ad Attacking His Coronavirus Response
Donald Trump’s campaign sued a Rhinelander, WI, TV station
April 13, 2020
The spot features a graph mapping coronavirus cases in the U.S.
over the past two months, with audio of comments Trump has made
downplaying the threat of the virus.
According to the lawsuit, the Trump campaign warned WJFW in a
March 25 letter about running the spot but the station continued to
air it.
Trump’s campaign also has warned not just of lawsuits but that they
could “put your station’s license in jeopardy.”
https://deadline.com/2020/04/coronavirus-donald-trump-priorities-usa-1202906890/
Trump bullies someone smaller than him, and too poor to fight back.
Kicking the people that have fallen down, during the coronavirus
epidemic is typical behavior, from Trump.
To Air Super PAC Ad Attacking His Coronavirus Response
Donald Trump’s campaign sued a Rhinelander, WI, TV station
April 13, 2020
The spot features a graph mapping coronavirus cases in the U.S.
over the past two months, with audio of comments Trump has made
downplaying the threat of the virus.
According to the lawsuit, the Trump campaign warned WJFW in a
March 25 letter about running the spot but the station continued to
air it.
Trump’s campaign also has warned not just of lawsuits but that they
could “put your station’s license in jeopardy.”
https://deadline.com/2020/04/coronavirus-donald-trump-priorities-usa-1202906890/
Trump bullies someone smaller than him, and too poor to fight back.
Kicking the people that have fallen down, during the coronavirus
epidemic is typical behavior, from Trump.
April 13, 2020
The reality of coronavirus testing continues to differ from Trump’s claims
New York City has announced that it is running low on test swabs,
the long Q-Tip-like devices used to take samples from patients.
The Seattle Times reported on similar shortages in that area.
“We can do more testing than what we are doing,” an official at one lab
told the paper. His lab was operating at less than 40 percent capacity.
The lack of swabs and other material was “an important bottleneck.”
To allow the economy to reopen even partially, the country will need to track
and contain outbreaks of the virus — something that requires an ability to conduct
broad, rapid tests. Over the past two weeks, the data suggest that our ability to
establish such a system has become less likely, not more.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...virus-testing-continues-differ-trumps-claims/
Running out of swabs
https://gothamist.com/news/citys-supply-of-swabs-for-covid-19-testing-will-run-out-in-days-not-weeks
The reality of coronavirus testing continues to differ from Trump’s claims
New York City has announced that it is running low on test swabs,
the long Q-Tip-like devices used to take samples from patients.
The Seattle Times reported on similar shortages in that area.
“We can do more testing than what we are doing,” an official at one lab
told the paper. His lab was operating at less than 40 percent capacity.
The lack of swabs and other material was “an important bottleneck.”
To allow the economy to reopen even partially, the country will need to track
and contain outbreaks of the virus — something that requires an ability to conduct
broad, rapid tests. Over the past two weeks, the data suggest that our ability to
establish such a system has become less likely, not more.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...virus-testing-continues-differ-trumps-claims/
Running out of swabs
https://gothamist.com/news/citys-supply-of-swabs-for-covid-19-testing-will-run-out-in-days-not-weeks
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