CORONAVIRUS, Politics & Finance

Ghost of Lamarr

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Not the time for the "you're/they're trying to hurt my guy" . . ..

smh. Not really my 'guy'. I agree with the policy of putting Americans first before any outside interest. I support people that that want interest rates determined by the free market rather than the Federal Reserve. Anyway, Everything the MSM is doing will easily be spun in Trump's favor. Fear is a tactic, please remember! The seasonal flu has impacted more individuals

Every election cycle:
2004 - SARS it disappeared afterwards
2008 - Avain flu it disappeared afterwards
2010 - Swine flu it disappeared afterwards
2012 - MERS it disappeared afterwards
2014 - Ebola it disappeared only to resurface
2016 - Zika virus it disappeared
2018 - Ebola again smh

Coincidence?

How Trump spins this so called 'crisis' - Look, this aint George Bush. Look for billions & billions in stimulus to prop up the markets "before the election". Also, Look for the Federal Reserve to cut rates once again to inject more money into the economy as early as next month.
 
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mangobob79

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Fear is a tactic, just another attempt to take down Trump’s ‘America First’ policy. The media is hyping this up in hopes of crashing the economy to usher in the Dem nominee. The playbook is known, This will fail & this virus will be history in a few months.
MODS PLS BAN THIS FAGGOT^^^ ! EVERYTHING IS ALWAYS ABOUT PROTECTING UR MASSA OVERLORD TRUMP AINT IT ?
 

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Maybe somebody is trying to send a message to us, the earth is a living being. We act like a virus that has infected the earth and we are trying to spread to other planets. Some racial groups have cultures that are virulent to the earth and will result in its foreseeable destruction.

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The U.S. has been doing terrorist shit globally covertly, no surprise this popped off in response. It kicked off in a nursing home in a predominately white area of the country, the age demographic most vulnerable to this disease.

I am sort of glad this is happening, things were escalating with helicopter crash (Kobe), mysterious plane crashes due to Russell Simmons fleeing the country, church shootings to setup the government repudiating the Confederacy proudly displayed on state property, killing Michael Jackson, prosecuting Bill Cosby/Harvey Weinstein, putting Harriet Tubman on the currency with the slave owners, kneeling during the National Anthem, the list of bullshit is endless. Maybe something like this will chill out the white trash in the U.S., It is like tear gas for retarded Nazis in the U.S.

Hopefully this will prevent a widespread conflict like WWIII.
 
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BREAKING: CNN just DESTROYED every lie the Trump administration has told in a BRUTAL on-air takedown. We need a REAL President!
 

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What the Chinese experienced was a rare inversion of their hospital. Where your health outcome is worse visiting a hospital because of infectious diseases. Normally, your chance for recovery is greater going into a hospital, however, as the health workers started to be infected that changed quickly.
 

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Chinese official blames coronavirus outbreak on US military
By Bob Fredericks
March 12, 2020 | 4:35pm


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A Chinese government spokesman has tried to blame the US army for the deadly coronavirus outbreak, which was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization this week.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian claimed Thursday that the US military might have brought the COVID-19 virus to the Chinese city of Wuhan, where the outbreak emerged in December.
“When did patient zero begin in US? How many people are infected? What are the names of the hospitals? It might be US army who brought the epidemic to Wuhan. Be transparent! Make public your data! US owe us an explanation!” Zhao tweeted in English in one of a series of tweets critical of the US.
The comments appear to be retaliation in a war of words with Washington. Chinese government officials bristled when Secretary of State Mike Pompeo referred to the coronavirus as the “Wuhan virus,” and decried when President Trump called it a “foreign virus” that started “in China.”
The contagious illness has now infected more than 125,000 people in at least 118 countries and territories, according to figures from the WHO Thursday afternoon.
The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
 

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We see this with the military where a person is wounded by a sniper by rushing to aid this person, more people die. You might have to let them go. The same thing with COVID-19, it wants you to funnel into a hospital/fever clinics and spread itself.

Testing people is pointless, because it measures you at a single point in time when the virus is spreading dynamically through the community. You can test negative today, walk out and get infected than spread it to other people believing you are safe. The only way is to shut down schools, and other community events. If you found out you did have COVID-19, than congratulations you might have spread it to a HCW that was tending to elderly patients.

The U.S. healthcare system is woefully inadequate/laissez faire when it comes to dealing with infectious dieases. It is a model based on the doctor being immunized through vaccines.
 

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GOP coronavirus stimulus bill unveils $1,200 checks for public


New York Post
By Steven Nelson
March 19, 2020 | 8:02pm

Senate Republicans unveiled a massive stimulus bill Thursday to blunt the economic crash caused by the coronavirus, including large direct payments to millions of Americans.

The approximately $1 trillion package would give a $1,200 tax rebate to people who earned $75,000 or less last year.
The rebate gradually decreases for higher incomes and people earning more than $99,000 would get nothing — a slightly higher cap than anticipated.

Lower-income people would get less as well, with a minimum rebate of $600 if their income was at least $2,500. The 247-page bill also proposes a $500 per child rebate.

“Recovery checks of up to $1,200 will be put into the hands of most taxpayers, providing cash immediately to individuals and families,” the Senate Finance Committee said in a statement.

President Trump requested that the legislation include the direct payments to boost consumer purchasing. The White House requested two $1,000 waves of checks to all taxpayers, but some Republicans viewed the idea skeptically.

Republican senators told reporters earlier in the day that the rebates — often referred to as “checks” — likely would be transmitted electronically.
Some Republicans, including Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, objected to direct payments in favor of boosting unemployment insurance pay.
The package also includes $300 billion in small business loans, which would be forgiven if the firms don’t lay off workers.

Another $58 billion in loans would go to airlines suffering a demand plunge worse than after 9/11, with another $150 billion of loans and loan guarantees to other businesses.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) unveiled the package Thursday, but notably shared no specific figures on the Senate floor. He said the bill was a starting point for talks with Democrats.

“Bipartisan discussions must begin immediately and continue with urgency,” McConnell said. “We need to have the American people’s backs. This legislation is a significant next step and the Senate is not going anywhere until we take action.”

Shortly after the announcement, White House economist Larry Kudlow and legislative affairs director Eric Ueland arrived on Capitol Hill to meet with senators.

McConnell said “we look forward to meeting with our Democratic counterparts tomorrow.”

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) has argued for the stimulus to focus on the unemployed. Many GOP senators also support a boost in temporary unemployment pay to people laid off as a result of local governments ordering businesses closed.

Schumer on Thursday also proposed a $400 billion Marshall Plan-style hospital funding boost.

On Thursday, the Senate voted 90-8 to pass another massive coronavirus response package that was crafted by Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.). That deal established free COVID-19 testing, massively boosted funds for states by increasing federal Medicaid payments and required many businesses to expand paid sick leave. It also included $1 billion in food aid and $1 billion in unemployment funds.

Early this month, Congress passed an initial $8.3 billion response package funding medical supplies, vaccine research, and government response efforts.





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50 Things You Should Never Do During the Coronavirus Pandemic


1. First of All, Don't Panic!
Be prepared, be vigilant, be informed. But don't be panicked. We will get through this together, even if we have to temporarily remain apart. Measures like the ones you're about to read about have worked in China, where the virus first started (and where they recently logged a full day with zero reported new local infections), and South Korea.


2. Then Again, Don't Think You're Immune
At the same time, now isn't the time to be complacent. If you're young, you can still develop COVID-19 and serious complications—Millenials are being hospitalized—and spread coronavirus to people who are more vulnerable, like the elderly and immunocompromised, even if you're symptom free.


3. We'll Start With the Obvious: Don't Forget to Wash Your Hands
This is the most important protection against COVID-19. Wash your hands after being out in public, after you use the bathroom, after coughing or sneezing, and before preparing or consuming food—basically, as often as is practical.


4. Don't Touch Your Face
Germs are most often introduced into our body when we touch our eyes, nose or mouth, experts say.


5. Don't Wash Your Hands for Less Than 20 Seconds
Anything less would be uncivilized—and will leave germs on your hands, experts say. Do it for 20 seconds or more, or as long as it takes to sing "Happy Birthday"—or the theme from Full House or the Imperial March from Star Wars. Whatever it takes to get you through.


6. Always Wash Your Hands With Soap
Studies show that during handwashing, soap creates a chemical reaction that removes germs from your hands more efficiently than water alone. Don't use too little or too much—too much soap can prevent thorough rinsing of germs from your hands—and rinse and dry completely.


7. Don't Sneeze or Cough Openly
Cough or sneeze into the crook of your elbow—some call it "The Batman Sneeze"—or into a disposable tissue.


8. Don't Touch Door Handles (If You Can Help It)
Researchers have found that coronavirus can live for two to three days on hard surfaces like door handles. That's why it's especially important to wash your hands regularly, and push doors with your arm or elbow when possible.


9. Adhere to Social Distancing Recommendations
Social distancing guidelines come from a place of knowledge—they've prevented other novel viruses (like the flu of 1918) from exacting an even greater toll.


10. Don't Attend Large Gatherings
This week, the White House recommended that gatherings be limited to 10 people or fewer.


11. Don't Go to Restaurants and Bars
Many localities have closed bars and restaurants to everything but carryout and delivery


12. Don't Shake Hands
Not to encourage antisocial behavior, but now's a good time to substitute a handshake for a wave or an elbow bump.


13. Don't Hoard Face Masks
The CDC doesn't advise that healthy people wear them. And buying up supplies may keep them from the people who really need them: Healthcare workers.


14. Don't Hoard Food
There's no need to panic-buy food. Officials from around the U.S. and world have said there is no shortage in the food supply, and grocery stores will be restocked.


15. Don't Go to an ER Unless You're Seriously Ill
If you have COVID-19 symptoms, it's best to call your healthcare provider for advice. Don't go to an ER unless you're having trouble breathing; you might infect others there.


16. Don't Drink Too Much Alcohol
It's a scary time, but overindulging in alcohol isn't the answer. Drinking too much can raise blood pressure and reduce immunity, two factors that could make you more susceptible to COVID-19 and complications.


17. Don't Sleep Less
Sleep is a time when our immune system recharges, and a lack of quality sleep has been associated with other serious diseases. Aim for seven to nine hours a night.


18. Don't Let Anxiety Take Over
If you're feeling anxious, turn off the news and social media. Breathe deeply for a few minutes. Practice techniques that reduce anxiety and stress, including mindfulness, meditation and exercise.


19. Don't Forget to Check in With Others
"Social distancing only applies to physical space, not all human connections," said doctors from Johns Hopkins on March 17. "If you know someone who can't go outside, like an older person, call them regularly."


20. Don't Stop Exercising
Even though gyms may be closed in your area, daily exercise is key to staying healthy. Luckily, working out at home is easier than ever, thanks to apps and sites like Beachbody, Openfit, Aaptiv and Fitbod. Several gym chains have online workouts too.


21. Don't Eat Poorly
Stress eating could turn COVID-19 into the new version of the Freshman 15. Don't let it; that will only compromise your overall health.


22. Don't Share Bogus Information
We all want our friends, loved ones and community to stay informed about COVID-19, but make sure any information you share comes from major news sources, hospitals and health organizations like the CDC and WHO.


23. Don't Totally Avoid Nature
Going outside during social distancing is "more than okay. It's a good idea," the Johns Hopkins doctors said. "Just keep your distance from others. Walking, hiking and biking are good. Contact sports are a no-no. Exercise is physically and mentally important, especially in stressful times."


24. Self-Quarantine If You Suspect You've Been Exposed
This is key to slowing the spread of the virus, experts say. Follow your healthcare provider's instructions.


25. Self-Isolate If You Suspect You've Been Infected
If you're ill with COVID-19, it's important to occupy a separate bedroom from other members of your family if you can, and avoid sharing towels, bedding, glasses, plates and silverware until you're recovered.


26. Don't Touch Shopping Carts
… without wiping them down with an antibacterial wipe, or washing your hands as soon as you get home, that is.


27. Don't Touch Elevator Buttons
If you can help it, press these germ magnets with a knuckle or the side of your hand; it'll lower the chances you'll transfer


28. Don't Stock Up on Simple Carbs
When you're buying groceries, go for complex carbs, not white bread and flour, baked goods and processed foods.


29. Disinfect Your Cell Phone
Even in normal times, they can carry seven times more germs than the average toilet seat. Wipe them down with disinfectant daily.


30. Don't Feel Helpless to Help Others
These are unforeseen circumstances, but staying at home doesn't mean you're powerless to help others. Michigan Health has a great list of things you can do, from donating to food and diaper banks to helping the homebound.


31. Don’t Forget to Wash Your Hand Towels
Experts recommend washing your kitchen hand towels after two days of use, in hot water, with a bit of bleach or a product with activated oxygen bleach.


32. Don't Take Ibuprofen
Some European doctors have reported that taking NSAIDs (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs) such as ibuprofen seems to make COVID-19 worse in some cases. They recommend taking acetaminophen (Tylenol) instead. This is controversial, but it's worth asking your healthcare provider and following their advice.


33. Don't Use Hand Sanitizer That's Less Than 60% Alcohol
Experts say 60% and above is necessary to kill germs.


34. Don't Skip a Vitamin D Supplement
Among other benefits, Vitamin D boosts the immune system.


35. Don't Skip the Flu Shot
If you haven't gotten one, it's not too late. It won't protect against COVID-19, but it will help protect you against the seasonal flu, which can have similar symptoms.


36. Don't Let Your Blood Pressure Rise
If you're on medication or a lifestyle-change regimen for high blood pressure, don't discontinue them. High blood pressure has been associated with worse outcomes for people who contract COVID-19.


37. Don't Skip the Veggies
As always, try to eat as many fruits and vegetables as possible—they contain vitamins, minerals and compounds that can boost your immune system.


38. Don't Handle Cash (If You Can Help It)
Initial reports indicate that cash might help spread coronavirus. Pay with plastic whenever possible.


39. Don't Touch a Public Screen Or Keypad (Without Washing Your Hands)
The checkout screens at grocery stores and keypads at banks and ATMs were notoriously germy even before the coronavirus outbreak. Bring a pen with you and use the non-writing end to press keys and give your signature.


40. Don't Go to Religious Services
Right now is the time to avoid crowds in general. Attend services online, or in a virtual group hangout.


41. Don't Use a Community Pen
Bring your own writing utensil with you anywhere you might need to use one—to the bank, doctor's office or other essential places.


42. Don't Blame Others
Viruses don't belong to one country or discriminate about who they infect. Blaming one country or group of people for COVID-19 isn't emotionally healthy or constructive.

43. Don't Have Elective Health Procedures
A number of localities, including New York City, are canceling elective, non-essential health procedures to reserve resources for coronavirus cases. Ask your healthcare provider if any of your upcoming procedures are urgent or can be rescheduled


44. Don't Take a Cruise
Cruises have proven to be an effective vector for transmitting a number of viruses, including coronavirus. If you have one booked, now's a good time to reschedule or choose another diversion.


45. Don't Take Children to Playgrounds
While many parks and playgrounds remain open, playground equipment is rarely (if ever) disinfected.


46. Don't Go Out When You're Sick
If you feel ill, stay home.


47. Disinfect "High-Touch" Surfaces
Take a minute to wipe down other frequently touched surfaces such as computer keyboards, remote controls and light switches.



48. Don't Pay $96.14 For a Bottle of Hand Sanitizer
Don't encourage scalpers. Handwashing works better.

SEE:
Coronavirus supplies: How to make hand sanitizer with ingredients you have at home
49. Don't Close-Talk
There will be time for establishing intimacy later. If you run into a friend on the street, try to stay three feet apart for the time being.



50. And Sorry About This One: Don't Visit the Grandparents (or Your Grandkids) In Person
Older people are more susceptible to complications from COVID-19. Move any visits to FaceTime for the time being.




 
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Rand Paul becomes first senator to test positive for coronavirus


Rand Paul becomes first senator to test positive for coronavirus

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Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) said on Sunday that he had tested positive for the coronavirus, becoming the first senator to announce they had contracted the disease.

“Senator Rand Paul has tested positive for COVID-19. He is feeling fine and is in quarantine. He is asymptomatic and was tested out of an abundance of caution due to his extensive travel and events,” Paul tweeted.


 

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The Trump Administration is holding firm on his demand that the coronavirus relief package include $500 billion to be given to corporations at their discretion. Progressive critics condemned the program as a corporate “slush fund” and demanded that any bailout money for businesses come with strict oversight and conditions, such as strong worker protections against layoffs and a permanent ban on stock buybacks. SAY NO TO THE TRUMP CORPORATE "SLUSH FUND!"
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Priorities USA begins $6 million blitz of anti-Trump coronavirus ads

One of the Democratic Party's main 2020 super PACs is attacking President Donald Trump's handling of the coronavirus outbreak with new TV ads airing in four key swing states.





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The new ad from Priorities USA Action, which plans to spend $6 million on TV and digital ads condemning Trump’s response to Covid-19, began running in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Michigan and Florida on Tuesday and features Trump quotes juxtaposed against a graph showing the number of positive coronavirus tests in America.

At the end of the ad, footage plays of Trump saying, during a Rose Garden press conference at the White House, “I don’t take responsibility at all."

The ad marks a new front in the political battle over government response to the coronavirus. There has been relatively little TV advertising on the pandemic so far, with some scattered ads showing up in the Kentucky Senate race and the West Virginia governor's race so far. In a statement, Priorities USA chairman Guy Cecil said Trump had "repeatedly misled the American people and exposed us to unnecessary danger."

The series of ads targeting Trump’s handling of the coronavirus are part of a $150 million commitment from Priorities USA to run ads slamming Trump on health care in Florida, Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Arizona ahead of the Democratic National Convention in July. The PAC's coronavirus ad campaign comes amid a lull among the Democratic candidates on the airwaves. As several states’ primaries remain in flux, neither Bernie Sanders nor Joe Biden has purchased TV or radio airtime since the March 17 elections in Florida and Arizona.

Priorities USA is also out with a second TV ad highlighting Biden’s experience in the executive branch along with two other digital ads with similar themes are also out on the airwaves in battleground states.


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Rick Emmett Trump declared a National Emergency 2 days after the markets started to fall. It just so happens his whole campaign is about the economy. It wasn't an emergency until it was going to effect him. Let this sink in.
 

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The Washington Post

Trump now says he knew
the virus ‘could be horrible’
when he was saying things like
‘it’s going to disappear’


Amber Phillips 41 mins ago



Slide 1 of 49: President Donald Trump listens as Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, Tuesday, March 31, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

President Donald Trump listens as Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, speaks
about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House on March 31 in Washington D.C.



On Tuesday, a somber President Trump acknowledged that under the best-case scenario, 100,000 to 200,000 Americans could die of coronavirus. “It’s not the flu,” he said, in stark contrast to when he compared it with the flu repeatedly in March.

So now that the president seems to have come around to the gravity of the health crisis, what does he think about his weeks of downplaying a virus he now says is serious? And what about not advising social distancing weeks earlier, even though there is widespread agreement among public health experts that Americans should have been isolating sooner than mid-March?

CNN’s Jim Acosta asked Trump those questions repeatedly Tuesday. And on this front, Trump had not changed: He was unwilling to admit error.

Let’s start with Trump downplaying the virus. Acosta asked him: -- “Is there any fairness to the criticism that you may have lulled Americans into a false sense of security? When you were saying things like it’s going to go away and that sort of thing?"​
Trump’s answer basically came down to: -- He did not want to deliver the bad news about how serious the virus could be. What’s more, he said he knew ahead of time it could be this bad (or even worse, killing millions with no government intervention whatsoever), but he did not want to tell Americans that at the time.​

“I want to give people a feeling of hope. I could be very negative. I could say ‘wait a minute, those numbers are terrible. This is going to be horrible,’ ” he said. “Well, this is really easy to be negative about but I want to give people hope too. You know, I’m a cheerleader for the country.”​

Acosta pressed him: “So you knew it was going to be this severe when you were saying this was under control?”​

Basically, yes, Trump responded: “I thought it could be. I knew everything. I knew it could be horrible, and I knew it could be maybe good. Don’t forget, at that time, people didn’t know that much about it, even the experts. We were talking about it. We didn’t know where it was going. We saw China but that was it. Maybe it would have stopped at China.”​

The virus stopping at China’s borders? That’s not what increasingly urgent U.S. intelligence reports about the virus were saying at the time.

As The Post’s Harry Stevens and Shelly Tan have reported, Trump was basically urging people as recently as three weeks ago to go about their daily lives, just washing their hands more frequently. “Just stay calm. It will go away,” he said March 10, as the number of confirmed cases in the United States was nearing 1,000 and multiplying rapidly.

His apparently cavalier attitude to the virus certainly played a role in Americans’ decisions to take that trip to visit their grandparents, or go skiing in now-hard-hit Idaho, or for spring breakers to go to Florida and party on the beaches.

Even as it is now clear that the virus was spreading in a deadly way in early March, if not earlier, Trump was still not willing to take responsibility Tuesday to contributing to that culture. Perhaps even worse, he acknowledged he knew it could be this bad and did not warn Americans about it.

The second tough question Acosta asked was whether more lives could be have been saved if Trump and his administration had taken the virus more seriously and implemented social distancing guidelines as early as February. “If we had started these practices sooner, could these models be different right now?” he asked.

There, too, Trump was not willing to acknowledge his own errors. In the same briefing, Trump’s coronavirus task force members had pointed to charts showing Washington state aggressively shutting down movement early and thus flattening its curve of infections.

Trump responded by holding up the only early action he has taken, closing borders to China on Jan. 31 — which has nothing to do with social distancing.

“That was probably the biggest decision we made so far,” he said.

It was not until a month and a half later, on March 16, that he declared a national emergency and recommended Americans avoid large groups and stay in their homes. That was weeks after a notable number of private U.S. companies had sent their employees home.

On Tuesday, he also blamed New York for not implementing social distancing sooner. “New York started late, but the other ones didn’t start so late,” he said, referring to Washington state and California.

It is true some prominent New York officials, such as New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, downplayed the virus as well. But if Trump wants to criticize New York for letting people move about and spread the virus, he is implicitly criticizing his own administration’s actions for doing the same nationwide.

The public health experts on the coronavirus task force were more willing to acknowledge the administration could have acted sooner to save lives. “Probably, yes,” said infectious disease expert Anthony S. Fauci.

But in trying to make that decision, they were hamstrung by another problem of the administration’s making: faulty tests. They did not know how many people were infected in February, so they could not advise on whether to social distance sooner.

When asked about the tests, Trump, too, dodged responsibility. He claimed he “inherited obsolete tests” from the Obama administration, which is false.



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Jim Acosta FINALLY calls Trump out for having wasted time lying about outbreak


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BREAKING: WOW. Trump just ENDED a press conference over a star reporter, Yamiche Alcindor, asking a great question that he REFUSED to answer.

To demand that Trump stop combatting the media and focus on the actual outbreak, sign here https://odaction.com/btc-mediapandemic/

Video by Occupy Democrats host Brian Tyler Cohen.




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Donald Trump - stated on March 30, 2020 in an interview on "Fox and Friends":

“We inherited a broken test” for COVID-19.

Politifact
By Jon Greenberg
March 31, 2020


Trump blames past administrations for a flawed COVID-19 test.
BUT, The test couldn’t have existed earlier.


IF YOUR TIME IS SHORT:

- China reported a totally new viral disease, now called COVID-19, on Dec. 31, 2019.

- The U.S. government began sending test kits out on Feb. 5, 2020.

- There was no inherited test because a test couldn’t be created until the new virus had emerged.

President Donald Trump deflected blame for the slow start of testing for the new coronavirus in the United States.

"We inherited a broken test," he said on Fox News’ "Fox and Friends" March 30.

Trump said much the same the day before during a Rose Garden press conference.

"We took over a dead, barren system," Trump said. "That didn’t work, because when CDC first looked at their test, the biggest problem they had is, the test didn’t work. That wasn’t from us. That’s been there a long time. Now we have the best tests in the world."

Trump’s assertion that the test "wasn’t from us," gets things backwards. There could be no test for the virus that causes COVID-19 until the virus emerged.

Trump’s claim that his administration inherited a broken test "doesn’t make sense," said infectious disease researcher Christopher Mores at George Washington University’s School of Public Health.

"The (Centers for Disease Control) designed it and validated it and deployed it," Mores said. "It has since been found to have multiple problems and has been changed to address some of these."

China officially reported the new disease Dec. 31, 2019. It sent a genetic map of the viral DNA to the world community Jan. 7, 2020.

Within 10 days, a German lab had published a recipe for a test to detect the virus. The World Health Organization adopted that test and began helping low- and middle-income countries roll it out.


Politifact Rates Trumps "Flawed Test" allegations:

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HAPPENING NOW- TRUMP FACT-CHECK: Pres. Trump and his team hold their daily coronavirus briefing, and we’re fact-checking live. Over 16 million Americans have filed for unemployment, marking more job losses in the past three weeks than in the first two years of the Great Recession. Trump asked Congress for another $250 for the Paycheck Protection Program, but it's stalled in the Senate, where Democrats are demanding it be paired with more money to help hospitals and local governments fight the pandemic. There are over 450,000 coronavirus cases in the United States, and at least 16,129 people have died.
 

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AP-NORC poll: Few Americans support easing virus protections


WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite pockets of attention-grabbing protests, a new survey finds Americans remain overwhelmingly in favor of stay-at-home orders and other efforts to slow the spread of the coronavirus. A majority say it won’t be safe to lift such restrictions anytime soon, even as a handful of governors announce plans to ease within days the public health efforts that have upended daily life and roiled the global economy.

The survey from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds that more than a month after schoolyards fell silent, restaurant tables and bar stools emptied, and waves from a safe distance replaced hugs and handshakes, the country largely believes restrictions on social interaction to curb the spread of the virus are appropriate.

Only 12% of Americans say the measures where they live go too far.
About twice as many people, 26%, believe the limits don’t go far enough.
The majority of Americans61% — feel the steps taken by government officials to prevent infections of COVID-19 in their area are about right.


Bing COVID-19 tracker: Latest numbers by country and state

About 8 in 10 Americans say they support measures that include requiring Americans to stay in their homes and limiting gatherings to 10 people or fewer
— numbers that have largely held steady over the past few weeks
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“We haven’t begun to flatten the curve yet. We’re still ramping up in the number of cases and the number of deaths,” said Laura McCullough, 47, a college physics professor from Menomonie, Wisconsin. “We’re still learning about what it can do, and if we’re still learning about what it can do, this isn’t going to be the time to let people go out and get back to their life.”
  • A new AP-NORC poll shows large majorities of Americans continue to
  • A new AP-NORC poll shows a majority of Americans say restrictions in their area to prevent the spread of coronavirus are about right, but Republicans are more likely than Democrats to say they go too far.;
  • A new AP-NORC poll shows that an overwhelming share of Americans continue to be worried about the coronavirus following a spike in late March. Democrats still tend to feel more worry than Republicans.;



 

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Large majorities of Americans support keeping stay-at-home policies for now


In Short:
Large majorities of Americans, and even sizable majorities of Republicans, oppose lifting stay-at-home orders too quickly, for fear that the pandemic could worsen.
• Depending on the poll, between 58% and 81% of Americans were supportive of keeping current restrictions in place or even expanding them to the nation as a whole.




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Kushner’s Screwed Up His COVID Jobs;
Now He’s Got an Even Bigger One


HE WENT TO JARED, AGAIN: Operation Warp Speed is certainly ambitious. But Trump’s own advisers say it’s overly so, even with his son-in-law involved.



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Erin Banco
Asawin Suebsaeng
Adam Rawnsley
Published May. 06, 2020


Already under fire for his role atop a shadow task force aiding the administration’s response to the coronavirus, senior White House aide Jared Kushner is now being handed another critical job: helping get a vaccine for the disease developed in record time.

President Donald Trump, who has said he believes a COVID-19 vaccine will be available by the end of the year, is turning to his son-in-law to help streamline the effort, branded, “Operation Warp Speed.” Kushner is working alongside White House senior adviser Peter Navarro, who pitched the operation via memo to the president’s coronavirus task force as early as this February.

The hope inside the White House is that Kushner will be able to use
his relationships in the private sector to speed up the normally lengthy
development process, two sources familiar with Kushner’s involvement say.

“Jared has been vocal in meetings about wanting to engage the private sector on the development of a vaccine in a similarly successful way that the administration did on ventilators, PPE, and others,” a White House official said on Tuesday.

On Tuesday, The Washington Post published a story citing an official complaint lodged by a task force volunteer with the House Oversight Committee, alleging that Kushner’s operation has been hobbled by employing amateurish private-sector volunteers who were ill-suited for their vital assignments. The complaint alleged that the group responsible for acquiring PPE lacked backgrounds in health-care or supply-chain matters, had negligible success in their efforts, and were pressed to prioritize requests from VIPs in conservative media.

Over the last several weeks, members working with Trump’s coronavirus task force have pushed back against the idea that a reliable vaccine—even with Kushner’s help—would be ready for the American public before well into next year.

“We just do not see it happening [that soon],” said a senior Trump administration official who works closely with the coronavirus task force.

The administration publicly acknowledged Operation Warp Speed last week. But it has offered few details about how exactly it plans to speed the development process beyond reports that it will pool resources, bringing in private companies and the Pentagon, to more quickly test the vaccine on animals and then on humans in clinical trials.

“President Trump made it clear to the task force weeks ago that business as usual wasn’t good enough in the fight against the coronavirus, and vaccines are no exception” Michael Caputo, assistant secretary of public affairs at HHS, told The Daily Beast in a statement Tuesday night. “It’s not impossible and yet the scientists are right: it’s going to be very difficult... When it happens, it will be an historic victory for all of America, led by a president who just wouldn’t take no for an answer when it mattered most. Come to think of it, maybe that’s what President Trump’s critics really dislike about it.”

The lack of operational details, along with Kushner’s involvement, suggests that the Trump administration may once again find itself in a place where it is overpromising the public in its fight against the coronavirus.

Over the last two months, Kushner and his coronavirus task force team promised to ship 4 million COVID tests by the middle of March and to have testing significantly scaled by that time. That didn’t happen. Kushner and his team also promised to scale testing by working with the private sector to increase the number of drive-through tests in the country. But that effort has been slow to develop.

It’s not clear who exactly Kushner is working with or relying on for Operation Warp Speed. But the enterprise has gotten off to a confusing start. Publicly, the president has spoken about a vaccine being ready this year as a goal increasingly within reach. And on Monday, Navarro told Fox News the White House could speed the vaccine development process if the medical community would merely just operate in “Trump time.”




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House approves $3 trillion coronavirus relief package

The House Friday night also passed a resolution allowing members to both vote and convene committee hearings remotely.



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By HEATHER CAYGLE,
SARAH FERRIS and
JOHN BRESNAHAN
05/15/2020 10:32 AM EDT.


The House passed a $3 trillion coronavirus relief package that would

  • deliver federal aid for state and local governments,;
  • provide rent and mortgage relief
  • and
  • expand unemployment and food assistance programs.
The massive aid package was approved mostly along party lines with only one Republican joining most Democrats in backing the legislation.

The GOP-controlled Senate is not expected to take up the measure.
The House met for only the third time in two months Friday to vote on a $3 trillion coronavirus relief package, with Speaker Nancy Pelosi determined to shepherd the behemoth bill to passage despite opposition from most Republicans and some Democrats

The House also adopted a historic rules change to allow members to vote and convene committee hearings remotely. The change, while temporary, will allow House lawmakers to cast their votes via proxy for the first time in U.S. history.

All Republicans voted against the resolution..


Full story: https://www.politico.com/news/2020/05/15/house-coronavirus-relief-package-260170
 

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Americans head outdoors for Memorial Day weekend as COVID-19 Deaths near 100,000

Holiday travelers headed to the beach and elsewhere Saturday for Memorial Day weekend amid the coronavirus pandemic, as the country nears 100,000 deaths related to the virus. Some places became so crowded they had to shut down, though there were also some surprise openings of outdoor sites like South Dakota's Mount Rushmore National Memorial, which wasn't expected to allow visitors so soon. In New York, which has achieved a sustained decline in new infections and deaths, Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) said he would allow up to 10 people to gather for nonessential activities, provided they adhere to social distancing guidelines. President Trump, meanwhile, took to the golf course for the first time in more than 70 days Saturday.


Source: Reuters, USA Today

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