Official Trump administration bungling response to pandemic thread.

[RandomGuy]

Didn't California do the same thing and bought from China? Didn't the gov of California just say he knew the first covid transmission in the state was because of a nail salon? Lol. Who cares, it is not one persons fault.

Why play the blame game? If you pledge allegiance to a party and then try to blame others simply because of affiliation then you are dumber than these two clowns. Sadly they have both won because not only are you ignorantly binding yourself to a political party, but you are on the internet complaining about it rather than actually doing something productive, which is what both parties want. They are not doing anything more than marketing to you just like the NBA. Sad.

Dude, there is ONE person ultimately in charge of the federal response.

ONE.

[boutons_deux]

Trump Predictably Brushes Off Historic Job Losses:

“They'll Be Back Very Soon”

After months downplaying the public health threat from coronavirus, Trump now suggests millions of jobs lost to the pandemic will quickly return—

analysts expect recovery to take years.

“We had the strongest economy in the history of the world—

the strongest economy we've ever had—

The Bungler-in-Chief always trying to LIE and CON his way to aggrandize, enrich himself



and we had to close it, which is artificial,”


“We artificially closed it.

Those jobs will all be back,

and they'll be back very soon,

and next year we're gonna have a phenomenal year.”

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/05/trump-predictably-brushes-off-historic-job-losses-theyll-be-back-very-soon?utm_source=nl&utm_brand=biz&utm_campaign=aud-dev&utm_mailing=thematic_business_051120&utm_mediu m=email&bxid=5bd6795524c17c1048022fcc&cndid=437585 49&utm_content=Final&utm_term=Thematic_Business

[boutons_deux]

60 Minutes exposes

Trump de-funding NIH Pandemic Research

b/c head wouldn't go along w his China CT



Why it matters that the NIH canceled a coronavirus research grant

President Trump said he would check if any U.S. funds had been granted to the Wuhan Ins ute, and if so, he said, they would immediately be terminated.

But the $3.7 million grant was not given to the Wuhan Ins ute. It had been awarded to Daszak's New York-based organization, EcoHealth Alliance.

Ending an NIH grant usually requires a full investigation and proof of an egregious action like scientific or financial fraud—neither of which applied to EcoHealth Alliance.

"This is the worst kind of thing that political interference can cause in a democracy."

Recognizing the ramifications of NIH's decision involves understanding of the scope of Daszak's work—and its impact on future coronavirus pandemics

Last year, the NIH reauthorized EcoHealth's five-year grant after independent scientists reviewed the application.

According to Daszak, EcoHealth's grant received a high-priority score and

was in the top three percent of grants the NIH reviewed last year.

This report enraged Trump, who responded on Twitter.

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/202...tail=emaildkre

Bungler-in-chief, acting on lies from ing Gaetz

[boutons_deux]

Americans see Trump as the ‘main source’ of COVID-19 misinformation — and it’s not even close 47 percent of Americans have identified the Trump administration as “the main source” of COVID-19 misinformation, while an additional seven percent identified the White House as the second-largest source of bad pandemic information.

“Partisans have clear ideas of what en ies are most responsible for misinformation,” the Night Foundation writes.

“For Democrats, it is the Trump administration;

for Republicans, it is the mainstream national news media. stupid s

https://www.rawstory.com/2020/05/americans-see-trump-as-the-main-source-of-covid-19-misinformation-and-its-not-even-close-poll/?utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=4505&re cip_id=298460&list_id=1

[boutons_deux]

Trump’s gaslighting of America over increased pandemic safety is falling apart

Trump and his advisers benefit from testing and tracing that the rest of us mostly do not enjoy,

though that’s damning enough.

It’s also that this

shatters the larger illusion Trump is trying to weave with his magical reality-bending powers —

that the coronavirus has been so tamed by his stupendous leadership

that it’s now safe to reopen the country,

setting the stage for an equally spectacular Trump-marshaled comeback.”

https://www.rawstory.com/2020/05/tru..._campaign=4505

[boutons_deux]

Re-opening is a HUGE TRASH BUNGLE

South Korea’s new coronavirus cases show the perils of reopening

Just one sick person led to a sudden increase of new infections in South Korea.

https://www.vox.com/2020/5/11/21254451/south-korea-nightclub-outbreak-coronavirus-infections-reopening-dangers

[Spurs Homer]

Lol

trump melting down when an asian woman reporter asks him

“why do you keep saying america has more testing than other countries- why is this a compe ion when americans are dying?”

trump: “why dont you ask china?”

asian woman : “why are you asking me that question- specifically?”

trump : “thats a nasty question”

reporter “no- its not”

trump: “leaves /ends the q & a”



lol


little

[RandomGuy]

No, odds are not pretty good it will pass 60K by the end of this month. The ty IHME model that already factored in social distancing and has been revised down constantly isn't even predicting that.

ing moron. Odds are good it will have killed over 300k by November. Just in time for the election.

Your Dear Leader is imploding.

Wear a mask.

[RandomGuy]

TSA? Dear leader's intelligence and sanity have been impugned. Get in here and carry some water.

I want a deflection from Trump saying we can try 'internal UV light' or 'injecting disinfectant', chop chop.

[ChumpDumper]

No, odds are not pretty good it will pass 60K by the end of this month. The ty IHME model that already factored in social distancing and has been revised down constantly isn't even predicting that.

Wrong about coronavirus.

[RandomGuy]

Wrong about coronavirus.

Odds are good that it will have 60k in May alone. Opening up is gonna be deadly. Every crowded restaurant with idiots refusing to wear masks is a mini super-spreading event. This is ing inevitable and as predictable as Sweden's uptick.

[picnroll]

A Pennsylvania mask factory scrapped a visit from Trump because it worried the event could spread the coronavirus
https://www.businessinsider.com/mask...oncerns-2020-5

Sometimes it’s almost too funny to be true.

[Spurs Homer]

How many rose garden pressers to announce that there will be x amount of testing availabe...


”soon”

only to turn out to be bull ...


followed by another rose garden presser a month later to promise the exact same thing?

[RandomGuy]

How many rose garden pressers to announce that there will be x amount of testing availabe...


”soon”

only to turn out to be bull ...


followed by another rose garden presser a month later to promise the exact same thing?

They still don't have adequate testing. Everybody who wants one... still can't get one.

[RandomGuy]

TSA still AWOL.

Guess he doesn't want to make the case for how well Trump is responding to this crisis.

[tholdren]

They still don't have adequate testing. Everybody who wants one... still can't get one.

Why does this matter?

[RandomGuy]

Why does this matter?

Science. Safety.

If you want a full explanation, it isn't my job to understand it for you. Google is that way------------------->

[tholdren]

Science. Safety.

If you want a full explanation, it isn't my job to understand it for you. Google is that way------------------->

What happens after you get tested. You are either pos or neg at the time you took the test. Then what?

[RandomGuy]

What happens after you get tested. You are either pos or neg at the time you took the test. Then what?

Then you can self-quarantine or not. And the rest of us get the data\um you generate on prevalence of disease. At some point, we will have to start contact tracing, which will also require tests.

[tholdren]

Then you can self-quarantine or not. And the rest of us get the data\um you generate on prevalence of disease. At some point, we will have to start contact tracing, which will also require tests.

So how often would you test, minutely?

[clambake]

So how often would you test, minutely?

Then you must think all the White House testing is nuts, huh?

[tholdren]

Then you can self-quarantine or not. And the rest of us get the data\um you generate on prevalence of disease. At some point, we will have to start contact tracing, which will also require tests.

This plan seems like you think you can eradicate the virus, which at this point is not possible. Nor do any of these people on the testing kick have a plan for when to test. These are all reactive plans with testing anyway.

[tholdren]

Then you must think all the White House testing is nuts, huh?

The whole thing lacks any science. Lots of theories, lots of wrong theories, lots of being reactive, lots of headline grabbers and clickbait, too political, not one person's problem or fault.

[BSfromTX]

This plan seems like you think you can eradicate the virus, which at this point is not possible. Nor do any of these people on the testing kick have a plan for when to test. These are all reactive plans with testing anyway.

Thats been my point. I seriously (IMHO) do not believe you will eradicate this virus. It has spread to every country and is highly communicable, so it seems to me that it will be done running it's course in 2020 if not already. You would have to put every man woman and child in their home for at least a month and shut down everything on the face of the planet. Police, military, doctors, grocery stores, all of them would have to stay home as well, but how can we be sure even that would eradicate it? We can't.

This virus has had too many variables. Doesn't affect kids, highly communicable, may not show symptoms, not enough tests, who makes the tests, who approves the test, who reads the test, who validates it for statistics, what antibodies cause a positive test, could they be antibodies developed from another Coronavirus or other virus in general. You can go on and on with questions like these. People need to quit acting like they have all the answers, because none of us do.

It amazes me how insulting and arrogant some can be in here. Nobody can answer these questions with certainty unless they are putting their full faith into our government, media, and "science".... THAT is scarier than COVID19

[tholdren]

Thats been my point. I seriously (IMHO) do not believe you will eradicate this virus. It has spread to every country and is highly communicable, so it seems to me that it will be done running it's course in 2020 if not already. You would have to put every man woman and child in their home for at least a month and shut down everything on the face of the planet. Police, military, doctors, grocery stores, all of them would have to stay home as well, but how can we be sure even that would eradicate it? We can't.

This virus has had too many variables. Doesn't affect kids, highly communicable, may not show symptoms, not enough tests, who makes the tests, who approves the test, who reads the test, who validates it for statistics, what antibodies cause a positive test, could they be antibodies developed from another Coronavirus or other virus in general. You can go on and on with questions like these. People need to quit acting like they have all the answers, because none of us do.

It amazes me how insulting and arrogant some can be in here. Nobody can answer these questions with certainty unless they are putting their full faith into our government, media, and "science".... THAT is scarier than COVID19

Yes. And the fact that they fail to take into consideration families who have lost jobs, may very well lead extremely rough lives for the rest of their lives. Sad situation compounded like everything else, by gossip