Reality of Coronavirus Not Allowed To Rain on Donald Trump's Parade
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‘We are so screwed’: Photo of Pence praying with coronavirus task force draws criticism from the left, praise from the right
Mike has fixed the problem, asking God Almighty to take the wheel!
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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.
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.
This week, the news leaked out that the Navy took precautions
and protected the larger population from the few that were
possibly ill from coronavirus, on their own, through their
own Navy system, their own iniative. (Built in directives,
chain of command, and control of their bases and ships.)
The Navy spoke with its own voice- "Yes, we have been
paying attention. Yes, we took precautions."
Was Defense Secretary Mark Esper taking issue with
their independent voice ?
Is Mark Esper on the coronavirus team with Mike Pence ?
Or is the WH coronavirus team really the Get Trump Re-Elected team ?
Trump's loyal minion, Mark Esper's underlying message-
"... informing the Trump administration should come
before urgent decisions about protecting service members
from coronavirus"
“We’re trying to downplay this, guys, so don’t go off
message even if the facts on the ground don’t line up
with the message”
-Laura Clawson
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/20...on-t-go-off-message-with-coronavirus-response
and protected the larger population from the few that were
possibly ill from coronavirus, on their own, through their
own Navy system, their own iniative. (Built in directives,
chain of command, and control of their bases and ships.)
The Navy spoke with its own voice- "Yes, we have been
paying attention. Yes, we took precautions."
Was Defense Secretary Mark Esper taking issue with
their independent voice ?
Is Mark Esper on the coronavirus team with Mike Pence ?
Or is the WH coronavirus team really the Get Trump Re-Elected team ?
Trump's loyal minion, Mark Esper's underlying message-
"... informing the Trump administration should come
before urgent decisions about protecting service members
from coronavirus"
“We’re trying to downplay this, guys, so don’t go off
message even if the facts on the ground don’t line up
with the message”
-Laura Clawson
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/20...on-t-go-off-message-with-coronavirus-response
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RelentlessOnanism
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I do wonder...
...if this turns out to be a big deal, and the Trump administration's response is less than stellar, might some of his base suddenly 'sober up' a little?
I mean obviously so far it's been mostly a big lark, relishing those liberal tears, going to the Trump rallies, wearing the MAGA hats etc. The economy has ticked along and the rollercoaster ride has been enjoyable.
But, what if people start dying in serious numbers? And the economy slumps? And suddenly people start waking up to the fact that this guy they voted for is actually a bit of a moron?
I assume that some people are true believers and won't budge from their devotion, but presumably some others might start waking up and smelling the coffee...
...if this turns out to be a big deal, and the Trump administration's response is less than stellar, might some of his base suddenly 'sober up' a little?
I mean obviously so far it's been mostly a big lark, relishing those liberal tears, going to the Trump rallies, wearing the MAGA hats etc. The economy has ticked along and the rollercoaster ride has been enjoyable.
But, what if people start dying in serious numbers? And the economy slumps? And suddenly people start waking up to the fact that this guy they voted for is actually a bit of a moron?
I assume that some people are true believers and won't budge from their devotion, but presumably some others might start waking up and smelling the coffee...
Trump has adopted North Korea's Kim Jong-un attitude
toward The People.
It seems that, suddenly, America's approach to having real information-
is equal to North Korea's suppression of information
According to Trump, real deaths of American people are not worth
ruining the positive Party line that will get Trump re-elected.
The propaganda from the Trump loyalists is-
"If you do not cheer Dear Leader Trump's pronouncements
you are cheering for the corona virus."
"If you do not praise the efforts of Trump and the Trump bots-
you are wishing for people to die.
Trump adopts North Korea's Kim Jong-un's attitude toward coronavirus victims-
"Fuck The People, because they use up precious trillions of dollars."
(Trump bots were stubborn about providing adequate funds to attend to the outbreak.)
Why should Trump fund a full time, World Class response team,
and a full time, fully functional Deadly Disease lab-
if a half-assed job, and last minute, seat-of-the-pants,
careless, indifferent, inadequate and slap-dash job
looks the same on TV ?
Think about Trump's response Puerto Rico-
His attitude as "Fuck these people."
"They can do nothing for me. Let the weak die."
They died in the thousands.
"What can I get for me and my friends ?"
Corrupt officials and fraudulent operations scooped cash.
"Where is the corrupt deal that will benefit me ?"
Much easier for Trumpto bribe a tiny amount of people that
needed nothing, that suffered little loss, than rescue thousands
from devastation, total loss, poverty. and death.
Trump lied about what funds were given, because Trump hoarded the funds
for himself. The help he sent was incompetent, because Trump made deals
with wealthy campaign contributors that funneled money from the grant
money back to him. He sent little help, and withdrew it quickly.
According to Trump, real deaths of American are not worth
ruining the positive Party line that will get Trump re-elected.
NY Times notes that “officials appeared to have removed figures
on the agency website counting how many Americans had
been tested.”
https://www.alternet.org/2020/03/in...t-anyone-would-expect-harvard-epidemiologist/
toward The People.
It seems that, suddenly, America's approach to having real information-
is equal to North Korea's suppression of information
According to Trump, real deaths of American people are not worth
ruining the positive Party line that will get Trump re-elected.
The propaganda from the Trump loyalists is-
"If you do not cheer Dear Leader Trump's pronouncements
you are cheering for the corona virus."
"If you do not praise the efforts of Trump and the Trump bots-
you are wishing for people to die.
Trump adopts North Korea's Kim Jong-un's attitude toward coronavirus victims-
"Fuck The People, because they use up precious trillions of dollars."
(Trump bots were stubborn about providing adequate funds to attend to the outbreak.)
Why should Trump fund a full time, World Class response team,
and a full time, fully functional Deadly Disease lab-
if a half-assed job, and last minute, seat-of-the-pants,
careless, indifferent, inadequate and slap-dash job
looks the same on TV ?
Think about Trump's response Puerto Rico-
His attitude as "Fuck these people."
"They can do nothing for me. Let the weak die."
They died in the thousands.
"What can I get for me and my friends ?"
Corrupt officials and fraudulent operations scooped cash.
"Where is the corrupt deal that will benefit me ?"
Much easier for Trumpto bribe a tiny amount of people that
needed nothing, that suffered little loss, than rescue thousands
from devastation, total loss, poverty. and death.
Trump lied about what funds were given, because Trump hoarded the funds
for himself. The help he sent was incompetent, because Trump made deals
with wealthy campaign contributors that funneled money from the grant
money back to him. He sent little help, and withdrew it quickly.
According to Trump, real deaths of American are not worth
ruining the positive Party line that will get Trump re-elected.
NY Times notes that “officials appeared to have removed figures
on the agency website counting how many Americans had
been tested.”
https://www.alternet.org/2020/03/in...t-anyone-would-expect-harvard-epidemiologist/
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Jesus_Ateo
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A biologist who has helped coordinate public health responses to global outbreaks warns that Vice President Mike Pence is one of the last officials who should be considered to lead the coronavirus response.
Dr. Lucky Tran — a scientist who coordinated public communications during previous outbreaks of Ebola, Zika virus and COVID-19 — published a column in The Guardian blasting Pence’s track record on health and science as disqualifying.
“Pence’s public health record is disastrous,” Tran writes. “As the governor of Indiana, Pence was responsible for the largest HIV outbreak in state history. He slashed public health spending, triggering the closure of HIV testing sites. Against the advice of scientists, he banned needle exchanges, causing transmissions to spread due to increased needle sharing.”
“Pence’s appointment follows a track record of the administration prioritizing politics over scientific expertise,” Tran writes. “Trump has appointed fossil fuel lobbyists to lead the EPA, climate deniers to head up NASA and the Council on Environmental Quality, Dow executives to USDA leadership, and a chemical industry insider to run the EPA’s toxic chemicals program. These appointments have eroded public trust and shifted the priorities of these agencies from saving lives to special interests.”
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/03/mi...ps-coronavirus-response-public-health-expert/
Dr. Lucky Tran — a scientist who coordinated public communications during previous outbreaks of Ebola, Zika virus and COVID-19 — published a column in The Guardian blasting Pence’s track record on health and science as disqualifying.
“Pence’s public health record is disastrous,” Tran writes. “As the governor of Indiana, Pence was responsible for the largest HIV outbreak in state history. He slashed public health spending, triggering the closure of HIV testing sites. Against the advice of scientists, he banned needle exchanges, causing transmissions to spread due to increased needle sharing.”
“Pence’s appointment follows a track record of the administration prioritizing politics over scientific expertise,” Tran writes. “Trump has appointed fossil fuel lobbyists to lead the EPA, climate deniers to head up NASA and the Council on Environmental Quality, Dow executives to USDA leadership, and a chemical industry insider to run the EPA’s toxic chemicals program. These appointments have eroded public trust and shifted the priorities of these agencies from saving lives to special interests.”
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/03/mi...ps-coronavirus-response-public-health-expert/
Until sometime over this last weekend- (article from March 3, 2020)
the Trump Administration, through the CDC, blocked all entities
other than CDC from running tests for COVID-19.
They only allowed testing under such extremely narrow circumstances
that pitifully few tests have been carried out to this point.
Pulitzer Prize winner Laurie Garrett pointed out that New York City
has had its own dedicated lab ready to go for testing for the past six
weeks.
Direct evidence of just how much damage Trump’s COVID-19
policies have done
Garrett points out, we are now seeing “community transmission”
of the virus, meaning that cases are appearing in patients who
have not traveled to known hot spots and who are not known
to have had direct contact with someone confirmed to have the
virus. Once community transmission is seen, the correct public
health policy with respect to testing is to switch from narrow
testing criteria to widespread testing.
Today’s news says we are weeks away from widespread testing.
https://www.emptywheel.net/2020/03/...s-and-dismantling-of-pandemic-response-teams/
the Trump Administration, through the CDC, blocked all entities
other than CDC from running tests for COVID-19.
They only allowed testing under such extremely narrow circumstances
that pitifully few tests have been carried out to this point.
Pulitzer Prize winner Laurie Garrett pointed out that New York City
has had its own dedicated lab ready to go for testing for the past six
weeks.
Direct evidence of just how much damage Trump’s COVID-19
policies have done
Garrett points out, we are now seeing “community transmission”
of the virus, meaning that cases are appearing in patients who
have not traveled to known hot spots and who are not known
to have had direct contact with someone confirmed to have the
virus. Once community transmission is seen, the correct public
health policy with respect to testing is to switch from narrow
testing criteria to widespread testing.
Today’s news says we are weeks away from widespread testing.
https://www.emptywheel.net/2020/03/...s-and-dismantling-of-pandemic-response-teams/
Fact-checking Trump’s accelerated timeline for a coronavirus vaccine
March 4, 2020
https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...mps-accelerated-timeline-coronavirus-vaccine/
March 4, 2020
https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...mps-accelerated-timeline-coronavirus-vaccine/
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Thousands are being held on a cruise ship off the California coast over coronavirus fears
I'm sure Mike Pence has everything under control...Right?
I'm sure Mike Pence has everything under control...Right?
King Donald the Goon's press conference/photo op in Orlando, Florida is canceled
https://www.orlandosentinel.com/pol...0200305-dxtso2w3rjenteddckqgru5dm4-story.html
Trump will not be giving a "speech" to the associates of health
companies associated with 2020 Global Health Conference & Exhibition
Miami Herald
March 5, 2020
A state of emergeny declared in Florida
Miami has cases of the Trump virus, and Orlando is following precautions.
Gathering thousand of people in one space is not such a good idea,
at the moment.
Will the Trump virus stop Trump from appearing at his Hate Rally ?
March 5, 2020
House Science Committee questions experts on coronavirus
testing and research findings
House committee hearing on coronavirus and other disease outbreaks
Suzan Murray, program director of Smithsonian’s Global Health Program,
said she is working with colleagues to identify similar coronaviruses in
Asia that could threaten human health, and have turned up some in China
that are closely related to covid-19, the disease caused by the virus.
Peter Hotez, professor and dean of the National School of Tropical
Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, said there is
still time to prepare for a larger outbreak in this country.
“It’s not like you’re going to wake up tomorrow morning and
find that the entire eastern half of the U.S. is infected,” he told
the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology.
“You will have time to prepare.”
“There are some who say there may be seasonality to this [virus].
We don’t know that at all because it’s a new agent,” Hotez added.
Tara Kirk Sell, a senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for
Health Security, said rapid tests are key to finding milder cases
and preventing the illness from spreading to more nursing home
settings, where it could affect more vulnerable patients.
“We don’t actually know what is happening at the community level,” she said.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2020/03/05/coronavirus-live-updates/
After the briefing, Azar, Fauci and other officials addressed reporters
publicly.
Fauci was pushed to explain Trump’s comment blaming Obama
but demurred, saying: “I can’t comment on that, because I don’t
even know about what that is.”
Azar then interjected, telling reporters:
“He doesn’t run the FDA. It’s an FDA question."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2020/03/05/coronavirus-live-updates/
(It has been confirmed, Obama's bill never went through)
https://www.orlandosentinel.com/pol...0200305-dxtso2w3rjenteddckqgru5dm4-story.html
Trump will not be giving a "speech" to the associates of health
companies associated with 2020 Global Health Conference & Exhibition
Miami Herald
March 5, 2020
A state of emergeny declared in Florida
Miami has cases of the Trump virus, and Orlando is following precautions.
Gathering thousand of people in one space is not such a good idea,
at the moment.
Will the Trump virus stop Trump from appearing at his Hate Rally ?
March 5, 2020
House Science Committee questions experts on coronavirus
testing and research findings
House committee hearing on coronavirus and other disease outbreaks
Suzan Murray, program director of Smithsonian’s Global Health Program,
said she is working with colleagues to identify similar coronaviruses in
Asia that could threaten human health, and have turned up some in China
that are closely related to covid-19, the disease caused by the virus.
Peter Hotez, professor and dean of the National School of Tropical
Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, said there is
still time to prepare for a larger outbreak in this country.
“It’s not like you’re going to wake up tomorrow morning and
find that the entire eastern half of the U.S. is infected,” he told
the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology.
“You will have time to prepare.”
“There are some who say there may be seasonality to this [virus].
We don’t know that at all because it’s a new agent,” Hotez added.
Tara Kirk Sell, a senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for
Health Security, said rapid tests are key to finding milder cases
and preventing the illness from spreading to more nursing home
settings, where it could affect more vulnerable patients.
“We don’t actually know what is happening at the community level,” she said.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2020/03/05/coronavirus-live-updates/
After the briefing, Azar, Fauci and other officials addressed reporters
publicly.
Fauci was pushed to explain Trump’s comment blaming Obama
but demurred, saying: “I can’t comment on that, because I don’t
even know about what that is.”
Azar then interjected, telling reporters:
“He doesn’t run the FDA. It’s an FDA question."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2020/03/05/coronavirus-live-updates/
(It has been confirmed, Obama's bill never went through)
House science committee hears from health experts on coronavirus
and dealing with epidemics
March 5, 2020
On Thursday morning, health experts are testifying before
the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee c
oncerning the 2019 novel coronavirus
"The session is addressing misconceptions and providing
a blunt view of political misuse of data, and it is definitely
worth watching."
Among those testifying is Dr. Peter Hotez, who has previously stated
that he developed a vaccine against the coronavirus disease SARS
years ago … only to have that vaccine sit in a freezer because
...there was no money allocated to bring it to trials
Expert on the history of disease, Dr. Tara Kirk Sell of Johns Hopkins
(Senior Scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security and
an Assistant Professor in the Department of Environmental Health
and Engineering at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.)
speaks to House Science, Space, and Technology Committee -
“There are some who say there may be seasonality to this [virus].
We don’t know that at all because it’s a new agent,” Hotez added.
Lawmakers questioned researchers about the importance of more
diagnostic tools, such as testing kits, to get a better idea of how
many cases there are in the United States. preventing the illness
from spreading to more nursing home settings, where it could
affect more vulnerable patients.
“We don’t actually know what is happening at the
community level,” she said.
Daily Kos
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/20...rts-on-Coronavirus-and-dealing-with-epidemics
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2020/03/05/coronavirus-live-updates/
and dealing with epidemics
March 5, 2020
On Thursday morning, health experts are testifying before
the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee c
oncerning the 2019 novel coronavirus
"The session is addressing misconceptions and providing
a blunt view of political misuse of data, and it is definitely
worth watching."
Among those testifying is Dr. Peter Hotez, who has previously stated
that he developed a vaccine against the coronavirus disease SARS
years ago … only to have that vaccine sit in a freezer because
...there was no money allocated to bring it to trials
Expert on the history of disease, Dr. Tara Kirk Sell of Johns Hopkins
(Senior Scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security and
an Assistant Professor in the Department of Environmental Health
and Engineering at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.)
speaks to House Science, Space, and Technology Committee -
“There are some who say there may be seasonality to this [virus].
We don’t know that at all because it’s a new agent,” Hotez added.
Lawmakers questioned researchers about the importance of more
diagnostic tools, such as testing kits, to get a better idea of how
many cases there are in the United States. preventing the illness
from spreading to more nursing home settings, where it could
affect more vulnerable patients.
“We don’t actually know what is happening at the
community level,” she said.
Daily Kos
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/20...rts-on-Coronavirus-and-dealing-with-epidemics
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2020/03/05/coronavirus-live-updates/
King Donald the Goon passed the buck to Mike Pence
Mike Pence passed the buck to local state officials-
but the information flow has been blocked since the
Presiderp seated his mom-inherited backside into
the Oval Office chair. All state science labs are
under the governors's thumb. Campaign money
is taken from Trump's machine, governors
stay bought.
Twitter › Wonkette
Three GOP Idiots Think We Can Stop Coronavirus With Money
Found Under White House Couch Cushions
Congress passes $8.3 billion emergency bill
2 hours ago
House Passes $8.3 Billion Emergency Coronavirus Response
Senate approves $8.3 billion emergency coronavirus package
The measure now heads to President Donald Trump, who is
expected to quickly sign the bill.
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/...-billion-emergency-coronavirus-package-122266
Stephen Robinson
Twitter › SER1897
You'd assume no one is "pro" coronavirus, but we also thought
no one would vote for Trump in 2016. Conventional wisdom
is off the table these days.
2 hours ago
Mike Pence passed the buck to local state officials-
but the information flow has been blocked since the
Presiderp seated his mom-inherited backside into
the Oval Office chair. All state science labs are
under the governors's thumb. Campaign money
is taken from Trump's machine, governors
stay bought.
Twitter › Wonkette
Three GOP Idiots Think We Can Stop Coronavirus With Money
Found Under White House Couch Cushions
Congress passes $8.3 billion emergency bill
2 hours ago
House Passes $8.3 Billion Emergency Coronavirus Response
Senate approves $8.3 billion emergency coronavirus package
The measure now heads to President Donald Trump, who is
expected to quickly sign the bill.
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/...-billion-emergency-coronavirus-package-122266
Stephen Robinson
Twitter › SER1897
You'd assume no one is "pro" coronavirus, but we also thought
no one would vote for Trump in 2016. Conventional wisdom
is off the table these days.
2 hours ago
Scranton, PA Road Trip for King Donald the Goon
Coronavirus is not stopping the rubbing of shoulders and elbows!
Murica!
FUX TV Town Hall!
Air Force One arrived
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport
Luzerne County
Lou Barletta and Tom Marino there to greet their King
SCRANTON—
Crowds have filled the area around the Scranton
Cultural Center for this evening’s Fox Town Hall
event with President Donald Trump.
Among those lining up are visitors from around
the region and beyond, including at least two local
Republican Congressional candidates.
https://www.timesleader.com/news/775187/excitement-builds-for-trump-town-hall
Coronavirus is not stopping the rubbing of shoulders and elbows!
Murica!
FUX TV Town Hall!
Air Force One arrived
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport
Luzerne County
Lou Barletta and Tom Marino there to greet their King
SCRANTON—
Crowds have filled the area around the Scranton
Cultural Center for this evening’s Fox Town Hall
event with President Donald Trump.
Among those lining up are visitors from around
the region and beyond, including at least two local
Republican Congressional candidates.
https://www.timesleader.com/news/775187/excitement-builds-for-trump-town-hall
Running his mouth, telling vintage lies that are re-purposed
Trump to take questions at 1st TV town hall of 2020 campaign
March 5, 2020
(Presiderp's) favorite network, Fox News, is hosting the live
event in Scranton, Pennsylvania, a rare instance where the
president will take questions from the public.
It will be Trump’s first visit this year to Pennsylvania,
a battleground state he won by about 44,000 votes in
2016. He did particularly well in northeastern
Pennsylvania, where Scranton and Wilkes-Barre
have long anchored a strong Democratic presence.
That’s home turf to Biden, who spent his first 10 years
in Scranton before his family moved to Wilmington,
Delaware. An electric billboard reminded Trump of
that as his motorcade sped into the city.
“Scranton is Joe Biden country,” the board said.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...541400-5f10-11ea-ac50-18701e14e06d_story.html
Trump to take questions at 1st TV town hall of 2020 campaign
March 5, 2020
(Presiderp's) favorite network, Fox News, is hosting the live
event in Scranton, Pennsylvania, a rare instance where the
president will take questions from the public.
It will be Trump’s first visit this year to Pennsylvania,
a battleground state he won by about 44,000 votes in
2016. He did particularly well in northeastern
Pennsylvania, where Scranton and Wilkes-Barre
have long anchored a strong Democratic presence.
That’s home turf to Biden, who spent his first 10 years
in Scranton before his family moved to Wilmington,
Delaware. An electric billboard reminded Trump of
that as his motorcade sped into the city.
“Scranton is Joe Biden country,” the board said.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...541400-5f10-11ea-ac50-18701e14e06d_story.html
FFS
arrgghhhh
Trump’s latest coronavirus lies have a galling subtext
March 5, 2020
President Trump is now claiming he has a “hunch” that the
World Health Organization is wrong about the death rate
from coronavirus — it’s far lower, Trump claims —
while also suggesting that going to work with the virus
isn’t dangerous.
Meanwhile, Trump is attacking Democratic criticism of his
administration’s response to the virus as nothing more than
an effort to hurt him politically — a move that’s designed
to place his government’s handling of a public health emergency
beyond scrutiny entirely.
Each of those things is profoundly galling on its own.
But if you put them together, they add up to something
substantially worse than the sum of their parts.
To wit: It is now falling to Democratic elected officials
to correct Trump’s lies to the American people about
something that poses a dire threat to them. At times
Democrats are literally going around Trump to get
the real truth out to the public.
Trump is misleading the American people while making
it harder for other elected officials to responsibly inform
them where Trump will not.
Democrats have claimed that coronavirus shows previous
decisions by the White House — the elimination of a top
position on pandemics and the ignoring of an expert panel’s
warnings about future global health threats — are misguided.
And they have argued for more funding and preparedness
in the future.
Yet Trump wants all such debates off the table entirely.
Really?
We must not debate how to learn from this emergency
to be prepared for future ones, because Trump must not
be criticized for anything, ever?
Perhaps most gallingly, in reality, what Democrats are
actually doing in some cases is informing the public
in a way that Trump is not. Indeed, in some cases,
they are correcting his falsehoods.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opin...latest-coronavirus-lies-have-galling-subtext/
arrgghhhh
Trump’s latest coronavirus lies have a galling subtext
March 5, 2020
President Trump is now claiming he has a “hunch” that the
World Health Organization is wrong about the death rate
from coronavirus — it’s far lower, Trump claims —
while also suggesting that going to work with the virus
isn’t dangerous.
Meanwhile, Trump is attacking Democratic criticism of his
administration’s response to the virus as nothing more than
an effort to hurt him politically — a move that’s designed
to place his government’s handling of a public health emergency
beyond scrutiny entirely.
Each of those things is profoundly galling on its own.
But if you put them together, they add up to something
substantially worse than the sum of their parts.
To wit: It is now falling to Democratic elected officials
to correct Trump’s lies to the American people about
something that poses a dire threat to them. At times
Democrats are literally going around Trump to get
the real truth out to the public.
Trump is misleading the American people while making
it harder for other elected officials to responsibly inform
them where Trump will not.
Democrats have claimed that coronavirus shows previous
decisions by the White House — the elimination of a top
position on pandemics and the ignoring of an expert panel’s
warnings about future global health threats — are misguided.
And they have argued for more funding and preparedness
in the future.
Yet Trump wants all such debates off the table entirely.
Really?
We must not debate how to learn from this emergency
to be prepared for future ones, because Trump must not
be criticized for anything, ever?
Perhaps most gallingly, in reality, what Democrats are
actually doing in some cases is informing the public
in a way that Trump is not. Indeed, in some cases,
they are correcting his falsehoods.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opin...latest-coronavirus-lies-have-galling-subtext/
03/06/2020
"...once the CDC finally began its national testing regime,
it faltered in almost every way imaginable.
Failure of tests for coronavirus
Contaminated laboratory
Tests defective
The protocol restricted
“We have a crisis of coronavirus, and President Trump
has no plan, no urgency, no understanding of the facts
or how to coordinate a response.”
After the virus started spreading and cases popped up
outside China, the U.S. policy did not change quickly.
James Lawler, a global-health expert at the University of
Nebraska Medical Center’s Global Center for Health Security,
where some coronavirus evacuees are being treated and the
possible course of the epidemic is being modeled, said the
government’s failures have been so extensive that when
asked what went wrong, he parried, “What went right?”
Harvard School of Public Health communicable disease expert
Marc Lipsitch told a news briefing this week-
“I think you could have certainly hundreds, if not more,
cases around the United States by this point,” he said.
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/06/coronavirus-testing-failure-123166
"...once the CDC finally began its national testing regime,
it faltered in almost every way imaginable.
Failure of tests for coronavirus
Contaminated laboratory
Tests defective
The protocol restricted
“We have a crisis of coronavirus, and President Trump
has no plan, no urgency, no understanding of the facts
or how to coordinate a response.”
After the virus started spreading and cases popped up
outside China, the U.S. policy did not change quickly.
James Lawler, a global-health expert at the University of
Nebraska Medical Center’s Global Center for Health Security,
where some coronavirus evacuees are being treated and the
possible course of the epidemic is being modeled, said the
government’s failures have been so extensive that when
asked what went wrong, he parried, “What went right?”
Harvard School of Public Health communicable disease expert
Marc Lipsitch told a news briefing this week-
“I think you could have certainly hundreds, if not more,
cases around the United States by this point,” he said.
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/06/coronavirus-testing-failure-123166
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Twitter › ddale8
Trump just said at the CDC that the coronavirus tests are perfect
just like the transcript of his phone call with the president of
Ukraine, but actually not as perfect as that transcript
It was not a perfect transcript. And: ...)
3 hours ago
Trump at the Fox town hall:
"We got hit with the virus really three weeks ago, if you think
about it, I guess. That's when we first started really to see some
possible effects."
The first confirmed US case was announced more than six weeks
ago.
CNN
9 hours ago
FALSE: @realDonaldTrump, while visiting CDC, just said,
“Anyone who wants a test can get a test.” That’s the govt
guidance, but across US health care providers say they don’t
have tests to administer. VP Pence said yesterday there are not
enough tests to meet demand. #coronavirus
March 6, 2020
The president is also speaking with characteristic hyperbole,
calling the coronavirus tests “perfect” and “beautiful”:
Daniel Dale (@ddale8)
6 Mar 2020
Trump used a freewheeling CDC press conference, intended to
provide updates on the coronavirus, as an opportunity to attack
Democrats, praise his own intelligence, lash out at CNN and
spread false and misleading information about the status of
the outbreak.
The president made false statements about the availability of tests.
Trump is continuing to speak at the CDC about coronavirus,
and just said, “Anyone who wants a test can get a test.”
There is, in fact, a test kit shortage across the country, as US health
care providers have repeatedly reported. Trump’s own vice president
has said there are not enough tests to meed the demand.
Paula Reid (@PaulaReidCBS)
Trump just said at the CDC that the coronavirus tests are perfect
just like the transcript of his phone call with the president of
Ukraine, but actually not as perfect as that transcript.
(It was not a perfect transcript. And: ...)
March 6, 2020
Dan Diamond (@ddiamond)
AZAR tries to explain that more tests are coming, but Trump waves him off to jump in.
TRUMP: “Anybody that needs a test gets a test….
the tests are all perfect like the letter was perfect.
The transcription was perfect. Right?
This was not as perfect as that but pretty good.”
March 6, 2020
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news...08c2df6d274db5#block-5e62d0228f08c2df6d274db5
Twitter › ddale8
Trump just said at the CDC that the coronavirus tests are perfect
just like the transcript of his phone call with the president of
Ukraine, but actually not as perfect as that transcript
It was not a perfect transcript. And: ...)
3 hours ago
Trump at the Fox town hall:
"We got hit with the virus really three weeks ago, if you think
about it, I guess. That's when we first started really to see some
possible effects."
The first confirmed US case was announced more than six weeks
ago.
CNN
9 hours ago
FALSE: @realDonaldTrump, while visiting CDC, just said,
“Anyone who wants a test can get a test.” That’s the govt
guidance, but across US health care providers say they don’t
have tests to administer. VP Pence said yesterday there are not
enough tests to meet demand. #coronavirus
March 6, 2020
The president is also speaking with characteristic hyperbole,
calling the coronavirus tests “perfect” and “beautiful”:
Daniel Dale (@ddale8)
6 Mar 2020
Trump used a freewheeling CDC press conference, intended to
provide updates on the coronavirus, as an opportunity to attack
Democrats, praise his own intelligence, lash out at CNN and
spread false and misleading information about the status of
the outbreak.
The president made false statements about the availability of tests.
Trump is continuing to speak at the CDC about coronavirus,
and just said, “Anyone who wants a test can get a test.”
There is, in fact, a test kit shortage across the country, as US health
care providers have repeatedly reported. Trump’s own vice president
has said there are not enough tests to meed the demand.
Paula Reid (@PaulaReidCBS)
Trump just said at the CDC that the coronavirus tests are perfect
just like the transcript of his phone call with the president of
Ukraine, but actually not as perfect as that transcript.
(It was not a perfect transcript. And: ...)
March 6, 2020
Dan Diamond (@ddiamond)
AZAR tries to explain that more tests are coming, but Trump waves him off to jump in.
TRUMP: “Anybody that needs a test gets a test….
the tests are all perfect like the letter was perfect.
The transcription was perfect. Right?
This was not as perfect as that but pretty good.”
March 6, 2020
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news...08c2df6d274db5#block-5e62d0228f08c2df6d274db5
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Holy fucking fuck.
Trump told reporters at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, Georgia, on Friday that doctors across the nation were amazed that he “knows so much” about the COVID-19 coronavirus.
Trump said doctors he’s come across as the administration tries to get a handle on the outbreak have been surprised about how much he knows about COVID-19. “Maybe I have a natural ability,” he said. “Maybe I should have done that instead of running for president.”
https://politicaldig.com/trump-amaz...eetDbiJ2VV534ebadcDat8gaM7mKWBYL-ZNE3IDGnsspA
Trump told reporters at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, Georgia, on Friday that doctors across the nation were amazed that he “knows so much” about the COVID-19 coronavirus.
Trump said doctors he’s come across as the administration tries to get a handle on the outbreak have been surprised about how much he knows about COVID-19. “Maybe I have a natural ability,” he said. “Maybe I should have done that instead of running for president.”
https://politicaldig.com/trump-amaz...eetDbiJ2VV534ebadcDat8gaM7mKWBYL-ZNE3IDGnsspA
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A CNN “State of the Union” panel grew heated on Sunday morning after a defender of Donald Trump laughingly attempted to downplay Trump's lies about the growing coronavirus epidemic.
With host Jake Tapper noting that the president has continually made false claims about the growing epidemic, lobbyist and conservative panelist David Urban smirked and said that the president should leave it to the professionals — but seemed unconcerned by the damage the president is doing.
“If I was the president, just let those guys speak. The president is trying to be the calmer-in-chief here and say, ‘listen, people, stick to the facts, just wash your hands.’ I understand your — ,” Urban stated before being cut off.
“He doesn’t stick to the facts,” host Tapper corrected him. “He says things that aren’t true.”
With Urban urging everyone to “calm down” and listen to other White House officials, conservative commentator Linda Chavez pulled him up short.
“The problem is, David, you can say if anybody wants a test they can get it, but people who are coughing and hacking show up and can’t get the test,” Chavez lectured him. “He should calm the American public, we should not overreact, but the worst thing you want to do if you want to keep people calm is to speak mistruths.”
Panelist Bakari Sellers then piled on.
“This is a public health crisis,” he scolded. “This doesn’t need Republican talking points. All of us have elderly grandparents to worry about, I have an immunosuppressed daughter who is devastatingly afraid. I’m tired of the political BS. I wish we had [Surgeon] General Jerome Adams at the forefront more often because he’s more reassuring. What I don’t want is the president of the United States lying to me.”
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/03/tr...ronavirus-lies/?utm_source=push_notifications
With host Jake Tapper noting that the president has continually made false claims about the growing epidemic, lobbyist and conservative panelist David Urban smirked and said that the president should leave it to the professionals — but seemed unconcerned by the damage the president is doing.
“If I was the president, just let those guys speak. The president is trying to be the calmer-in-chief here and say, ‘listen, people, stick to the facts, just wash your hands.’ I understand your — ,” Urban stated before being cut off.
“He doesn’t stick to the facts,” host Tapper corrected him. “He says things that aren’t true.”
With Urban urging everyone to “calm down” and listen to other White House officials, conservative commentator Linda Chavez pulled him up short.
“The problem is, David, you can say if anybody wants a test they can get it, but people who are coughing and hacking show up and can’t get the test,” Chavez lectured him. “He should calm the American public, we should not overreact, but the worst thing you want to do if you want to keep people calm is to speak mistruths.”
Panelist Bakari Sellers then piled on.
“This is a public health crisis,” he scolded. “This doesn’t need Republican talking points. All of us have elderly grandparents to worry about, I have an immunosuppressed daughter who is devastatingly afraid. I’m tired of the political BS. I wish we had [Surgeon] General Jerome Adams at the forefront more often because he’s more reassuring. What I don’t want is the president of the United States lying to me.”
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/03/tr...ronavirus-lies/?utm_source=push_notifications
Intelligencer ✓
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Trump Vows More Rallies Despite CPAC Coronavirus Case
13 hours ago
"There may soon come a point when Trump's projected
confidence risks the health of his most faithful supporters"
14 hours ago
Intelligencer – New York Magazine
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Intelligencer – Daily News, Politics,
Business, and Tech. Politics
Twitter › intelligencer
Trump Vows More Rallies Despite CPAC Coronavirus Case
13 hours ago
"There may soon come a point when Trump's projected
confidence risks the health of his most faithful supporters"
14 hours ago
Intelligencer – New York Magazine
https://nymag.com › intelligencer
Intelligencer – Daily News, Politics,
Business, and Tech. Politics
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New York governor rips Trump’s CDC for holding them back from doing their own testing
Trumpy is afraid that if people know they have Covid-19 that he will be blamed,but if they can't get tested they will just think it's "just the flu."
Trumpy is afraid that if people know they have Covid-19 that he will be blamed,but if they can't get tested they will just think it's "just the flu."
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Expert told American Hospital Association to brace for up to ’96 million’ coronavirus cases: leaked report
Seems a little high in mortality rate, but we all know Mississippi has poor health care, so...
Seems a little high in mortality rate, but we all know Mississippi has poor health care, so...
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