Coronavirus is one mutation away from infecting millions

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Trump bumbles into disaster as his coronavirus response turns out to be nothing but a gust of bluster

The president spoke to the nation Wednesday about the spread of the coronavirus. It didn’t go well,

He was at times barely coherent even for someone who knew what he was trying to say.

I can’t imagine what it was like for the bulk of the nation,

folks who only sometimes pay attention to politics

but might have tuned in because they want to be reassured that the government is on top of the problem.

He must have been almost completely incomprehensible to them,

rambling on about how he had recently discovered that the flu can kill lots of people

and referring in a totally oblique way to the budget requests he had made to Congress and their reaction.

He occasionally said something that sort of made sense, but mostly?

Not. Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel’s reaction was what I thought:

“I found most of what he said incoherent.”
At no time over the course of the news conference did Trump supply evidence that he had any idea what he was talking about.

https://www.rawstory.com/2020/02/trump-bumbles-into-disaster-as-his-coronavirus-response-turns-out-to-be-nothing-but-a-gust-of-bluster/

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Mike Pence was criticized for his handling of Indiana’s HIV outbreak.

He will lead the U.S. coronavirus response.

The worst HIV outbreak in the state’s history happened on his watch in 2015,

which critics blamed on Pence’s belated response and his opposition to authorizing a needle-exchange program.

Two months passed from the start of the outbreak in 2015 before Pence declared a public state of emergency.

Pence didn’t agree with federal health experts that distributing clean needles was a good idea.

Pence said if state lawmakers tried to send him a bill for a needle-exchange program, he would veto it.


As cases ed, Pence reportedly turned to prayer.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/02/27/mike-pence-hiv-indiana/?utm_campaign=wp_post_most&utm_medium=email&utm_so urce=newsletter&wpisrc=nl_most

[Winehole23]

They're running coronavirus messaging through the VP. Trump is treating this as a political problem for him, not as a public heath danger to us.

[DarrinS]

[rjv]

The CDC warning is taking the worst case scenario because of the "superspreader" fear. How many people become infected from these individuals will be a metric to assess how serious this novel coronavirus is in terms of spreading. My guess is that after all the hype, and full data comes in, that medical prac ioners will deal with this strain of coronavirus just as is done with influenza.

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Trump bumbles into disaster as his coronavirus response turns out to be nothing but a gust of bluster

The president spoke to the nation Wednesday about the spread of the coronavirus. It didn’t go well,

He was at times barely coherent even for someone who knew what he was trying to say.

I can’t imagine what it was like for the bulk of the nation,

folks who only sometimes pay attention to politics

but might have tuned in because they want to be reassured that the government is on top of the problem.

He must have been almost completely incomprehensible to them,

rambling on about how he had recently discovered that the flu can kill lots of people

and referring in a totally oblique way to the budget requests he had made to Congress and their reaction.

He occasionally said something that sort of made sense, but mostly?

Not. Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel’s reaction was what I thought:

“I found most of what he said incoherent.”
At no time over the course of the news conference did Trump supply evidence that he had any idea what he was talking about.

https://www.rawstory.com/2020/02/trump-bumbles-into-disaster-as-his-coronavirus-response-turns-out-to-be-nothing-but-a-gust-of-bluster/

Part of Trump’s appeal to his cons uency is that he doesn’t know or use any complicated words.

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Trump bumbles into disaster as his coronavirus response turns out to be nothing but a gust of bluster

The president spoke to the nation Wednesday about the spread of the coronavirus. It didn’t go well,

He was at times barely coherent even for someone who knew what he was trying to say.

I can’t imagine what it was like for the bulk of the nation,

folks who only sometimes pay attention to politics

but might have tuned in because they want to be reassured that the government is on top of the problem.

[[[[[[[[[He must have been almost completely incomprehensible to them,

rambling on about how he had recently discovered that the flu can kill lots of people ]]]]]]]]]

and referring in a totally oblique way to the budget requests he had made to Congress and their reaction.

He occasionally said something that sort of made sense, but mostly?

Not. Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel’s reaction was what I thought:

“I found most of what he said incoherent.”
At no time over the course of the news conference did Trump supply evidence that he had any idea what he was talking about.

https://www.rawstory.com/2020/02/trump-bumbles-into-disaster-as-his-coronavirus-response-turns-out-to-be-nothing-but-a-gust-of-bluster/

[[[[[[[[[Over a million thru the last 2 decades.

But, we didn't give a about (it) during, after, or, currently.]]]]]]]]]

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They're running coronavirus messaging through the VP. Trump is treating this as a political problem for him, not as a public heath danger to us.

yep, EVERYTHING is all about, and only about Trash's self-aggrandizement, his wealth, his tiny little enfantile insecure ego.

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Part of Trump’s appeal to his cons uency is that he doesn’t know or use any complicated words.

but his gradeschool vocab is simple, but his ing brain produces gibberish, fractured, incoherent garbage of simple words

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Ministry of Truth
WH Moves To Screen Scientists’ Statements On Coronavirus

As fears grow of a politicized White House response to the coronavirus outbreak, the White House has placed Vice President in charge of messaging about the virus,

Pence, who Trump said Wednesday night would be the White House point person on the outbreak, will clear public health officials’ statements on the virus,

top economic adviser Larry Kudlow,

along with the surgeon general who is?

and the Treasury secretary, Munchkin where is Hannity, Pirro, Dobbs?

would join the White House Coronavirus Task Force.

Kudlow subsequently went on CNBC.

The economic adviser claimed three times that the director-general of the World Health Organization had urged people not to “overreact” to the virus —

something the WHO head hadn’t actually said.

reports indicated he was furious about the stock market’s dive.

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/wh-moves-to-screen-scientists-statements-on-coronavirus?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed& utm_campaign=Feed%3A+tpm-news+%28TPMNews%29

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...

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And in other news

California is monitoring 8,400 people for the coronavirus

[RandomGuy]

Ministry of Truth
WH Moves To Screen Scientists’ Statements On Coronavirus

As fears grow of a politicized White House response to the coronavirus outbreak, the White House has placed Vice President in charge of messaging about the virus,

Pence, who Trump said Wednesday night would be the White House point person on the outbreak, will clear public health officials’ statements on the virus,

top economic adviser Larry Kudlow,

along with the surgeon general who is?

and the Treasury secretary, Munchkin where is Hannity, Pirro, Dobbs?

would join the White House Coronavirus Task Force.

Kudlow subsequently went on CNBC.

The economic adviser claimed three times that the director-general of the World Health Organization had urged people not to “overreact” to the virus —

something the WHO head hadn’t actually said.

reports indicated he was furious about the stock market’s dive.

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/wh-moves-to-screen-scientists-statements-on-coronavirus?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed& utm_campaign=Feed%3A+tpm-news+%28TPMNews%29

Doubleplus undgood reports will be erased by the Ministry of Truth. The mini-plenty supply of vaccine will be available as soon as the war with Oceania is won.

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Disturbing Letter About Life in COVID-19 Ward in China Is Abruptly Retracted

“The conditions and environment here in Wuhan are more difficult and extreme than we could ever have imagined,” they wrote.

Zeng and Zhen described

a severe shortage of protective equipment in Wuhan,

citing insufficient access to face masks, face shields, goggles, gowns, and gloves.

Hands are being washed so often, they say, that nurses are developing “painful rashes,” and

respirators are worn for extended periods, resulting in pressure ulcers on foreheads and ears.

Many nurses have mouths covered in blisters, they said, and some are experiencing fainting episodes on account of hypoglycaemia (low blood glucose) and hypoxia (inadequate oxygen), according to the letter.

Owing to the length time it takes to put on protective clothing (including four layers of gloves),

Zeng and Zhen claim that nurses avoid food and drink for up to two hours before their shifts.

https://gizmodo.com/disturbing-letter-about-life-in-covid-19-ward-in-china-1841952748?utm_source=gizmodo_newsletter&utm_mediu m=email&utm_campaign=2020-02-27

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Let’s Get Mikey!

Mike Pence victimized by Trump yet again:

The decision to put Mr. Pence in charge was made on Wednesday after

the president told some people that

the vice president didn’t “have anything else to do,”

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/mike-pence-trump-covid-19?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campa ign=Feed%3A+tpm-news+%28TPMNews%29

[baseline bum]

Shinzo Abe announced Japan is shutting down their schools nationwide until April.

https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20200227_47/

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Suck if these were San Antonio care givers too.

U.S. workers without protective gear assisted coronavirus evacuees, HHS whistleblower says
Officials at the Department of Health and Human Services sent more than a dozen workers to receive the first Americans evacuated from Wuhan, China, the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak, without proper training for infection control or appropriate protective gear, according to a whistleblower complaint.
The workers did not show symptoms of infection and were not tested for the virus, according to lawyers for the whistleblower, who is a senior HHS official based in Washington who oversees workers at the Administration for Children and Families, a unit within HHS.
The whistleblower is seeking federal protection because she alleges she was unfairly and improperly reassigned after raising concerns about the safety of these workers to HHS officials, including those within the office of Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar. She was told Feb. 19 that if she does not accept the new position in 15 days, which is March 5, she would be terminated.
The whistleblower has decades of experience in the field, received two HHS department awards from Azar last year, and has received the highest performance evaluations, her lawyers said.
The complaint was filed Wednesday with the Office of the Special Counsel, an independent federal watchdog agency. The whistleblower’s lawyers provided a copy of a redacted 24-page complaint to The Washington Post. A spokesman for the Office of the Special Counsel said he could not comment on complaints filed with the office.
The complaint alleges that HHS staff were “improperly deployed” and were “not properly trained or equipped to operate in a public health emergency situation.” The complaint also alleges that the workers were potentially exposed to coronavirus because appropriate steps were not taken to protect them, and staff were not trained in wearing personal protective equipment, even though they had face-to-face contact with returning passengers. The workers were in contact with passengers in an airplane hangar where evacuees were received and on two other occasions: when they helped distribute keys for room assignments and hand out colored ribbons for identification purposes.
“We take all whistleblower complaints very seriously and are providing the complainant all appropriate protections under the Whistleblower Protection Act. We are evaluating the complaint and have nothing further to add at this time,” HHS spokeswoman Caitlin Oakley said.
In her complaint, the whistleblower states that “appropriate steps were not taken to quarantine, monitor, or test [the workers] during their deployment and upon their return home.” The repatriated Americans were among those evacuated from Wuhan and quarantined on military bases in California and Texas because they were considered at high risk for contracting the flu-like illness.
About 14 ACF personnel were sent to March Air Force base in Riverside County, California, and another team of about 13 ACF personnel were sent to Travis Air Force in Fairfield, California, according to the complaint and the whistleblower’s lawyer, Ari Wilkenfeld. Several people within HHS voiced objection to sending the ACF personnel to receive passengers, according to a person familiar with the conversations, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss private deliberations.
A second person familiar with the situation said the workers were not tested for coronavirus because none of them met the criteria for testing, which only calls for testing people who had recent travel to China or contact with a confirmed case. The workers also did not exhibit any symptoms, the person said. If they had, appropriate protocol would have been followed.
The deployments took place Jan. 28 to 31, around the time when the first planeload of evacuees arrived at March, and Feb. 2 to Feb. 7, during the time when additional flights were arriving at Travis. The planes each carried about 200 Americans who were repatriated from Wuhan.
After their deployments, the workers returned to their normal duties, some taking commercial airline flights to return to their offices around the country, the lawyers said.
“Our client was concerned that ACF staff — who were potentially exposed to the coronavirus — were allowed to leave quarantined areas and return to their communities, where they may have spread the coronavirus to others,” said Lauren Naylor, one of the whistleblower’s lawyers.
The whistleblower is also seeking assistance from the office of Rep. Jimmy Gomez, (D-Ca.), a member of the House Ways and Means committee and vice chair of the House Oversight Committee, according to a Gomez spokesman.
During a hearing Thursday, Gomez asked Azar whether any employees from the Administration for Children and Families could have been sent to help with the repatriation of Americans from Wuhan, China without any training in emergency response. Azar replied that some ACF employees were involved.
Asked what sort of health and safety training the personnel received, and whether any of them were exposed to high-risk evacuees from China, Azar said: “They never should have been without P.P.E,” referring to personal protective equipment.
Asked whether any protocols may have been broken, given the urgency on the ground, Azar replied that urgency was never a reason for breaking safety protocols.

[DarrinS]

I'm sure just total coincidence

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manit...hina-1.5307424

[Thread]

I'm sure just total coincidence

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manit...hina-1.5307424

...MSM will make that decision, D.

[ChumpDumper]

I'm sure just total coincidence

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manit...hina-1.5307424

What's your conspiracy theory, Darrin?

[Winehole23]

Instead of getting to the bottom of the problem and fixing it, Trump minions retaliate on the bringer of bad news.

The whistleblower is seeking federal protection because she alleges she was unfairly and improperly reassigned after raising concerns about the safety of these workers to HHS officials, including those within the office of Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar. She was told Feb. 19 that if she does not accept the new position in 15 days, which is March 5, she would be terminated.

[DarrinS]

I'm sure just total coincidence

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manit...hina-1.5307424

Just another coincidence

China's only Level 4 microbiology lab, the National Biosafety Laboratory, is part of the Wuhan Ins ute of Virology.

[RandomGuy]

Just another coincidence

China's only Level 4 microbiology lab, the National Biosafety Laboratory, is part of the Wuhan Ins ute of Virology.

Wow. You have gone from stupid mother er to full on conspiracy . Congrats, you can stand in the corner with Cosmored.

I'm sure Vice President Sleepytime McMayonnaise has it full under control. President Sharpie put him in charge.

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Mike Pence, Faith Healer (works every time)

“We remind everyone that the first defense against this outbreak is vigorous handwashing and repentance.”

[DarrinS]

I'm sure Vice President Sleepytime McMayonnaise has it full under control. President Sharpie put him in charge.

Orange man bad