Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

U.S. coronavirus deaths top 1,000 in single day, White House expected to recommend everyone wear masks
The Hour ^ | 2 Apr 20 | Matt Zapotosky, Isaac Stanley-Becker and John Wagner

Posted on 04/03/2020 3:42:04 AM PDT by SkyPilot

The death toll and economic devastation from the novel coronavirus reached staggering new levels in the United States on Thursday as officials reported more than 1,000 deaths from the pandemic in a single day and revealed that more than 6.6 million Americans had sought unemployment benefits in a single week.

The White House is expected to urge at least some people across the country to begin wearing cloth masks or face coverings in public to dampen the spread of the virus. The potential reversal of earlier mask recommendations - which White House officials indicated Thursday were still being debated - signaled the seriousness of the outbreak and rising concerns in Washington about the effect it could have on millions of Americans.

Local officials in one Texas border town already have threatened to fine those who don't cover their nose and mouth if they go out in public. Vice President Mike Pence said guidance on the topic would be issued in coming days; a White House official later said that the guidance would be targeted to those in areas where community transmission is high.

But coronavirus task force coordinator Deborah Birx on Thursday said officials worry that encouraging mask use might interfere with the White House's prior social distancing guidance, which calls for people to stay home, avoid gatherings of more than 10 people and keep a safe distance from nonfamily members.

"The most important thing is the social distancing and washing your hands, and we don't want people to get an artificial sense of protection because they're behind a mask," Birx said. "When the advisory comes out, it will be an additive piece, if it comes out, rather than saying this is a substitute for" social distancing.

America cemented its position as the new epicenter of the outbreak on Thursday...

(Excerpt) Read more at thehour.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: coronavirus; covid; masks; pence
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-4041-6061-80 ... 101-104 next last
From Drudge's headline:

EVERYONE MASK UP!


1 posted on 04/03/2020 3:42:04 AM PDT by SkyPilot
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: SkyPilot

Headline: Everybody wear masks.

Body of article: SOME people wear masks.

WTF, Dude?


2 posted on 04/03/2020 3:45:35 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog (Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: SkyPilot

If a cop can wear a mask then so can I.


3 posted on 04/03/2020 3:52:12 AM PDT by equaviator (There's nothing like the universe to bring you down to earth.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: SkyPilot

Meanwhile, at 3M
https://youtu.be/YsmKvC7RpEQ


4 posted on 04/03/2020 3:56:09 AM PDT by Oshkalaboomboom
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: SkyPilot

They are getting the recession they want it looks like. Six million in unemployment claims? Crashing stocks? Business failings?

I’m praying hard the summer will slow this down and people will rush out and buy things again.

Trump’s re-election depends upon the economy.


5 posted on 04/03/2020 4:01:15 AM PDT by Vaden (First they came for the Confederates... Next they came for Washington... Then they came...)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: SkyPilot

No time for chloroquine while everyone is having so much fun counting dead bodies. Is this stuff weird - and deadly - or what?


6 posted on 04/03/2020 4:03:54 AM PDT by iontheball
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: SkyPilot

You could tell from yesterdays presser that they are going to go to masks in public soon but they are conflicted because of the shortage.


7 posted on 04/03/2020 4:05:16 AM PDT by Boardwalk
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Vaden

HCQ (in theory) only protects you from the lethal cytokine storm. You can still acquire, harbor and distribute the virus. So, masking is reasonable.


8 posted on 04/03/2020 4:06:15 AM PDT by gasport (Pray for the people of Captive China)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]

To: Buckeye McFrog

Story writers don’t write their own headlines.


9 posted on 04/03/2020 4:14:28 AM PDT by John W (Trump/Pence 2020)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: Vaden
and people will rush out and buy things again.

Count on it.

10 posted on 04/03/2020 4:17:08 AM PDT by LouAvul ("Little by little, the look of the country changes because of the men we admire.")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]

To: Buckeye McFrog

I wonder where these masks will come from. Everywhere I look “out of stock” except Amazon which has them for sale only to government agencies and hospitals.


11 posted on 04/03/2020 4:21:25 AM PDT by from occupied ga (Your government is your most dangerous enemy)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: LouAvul

The rats need to keep this going, its like the guy who is spinning plates on the ed Sullivan show. As soon as we get the go ahead to go back to work, the rats will be up in arms telling people don’t go, trump wants you dead. They want to keep the unemployment rolls high, more stimulus lard to collapse the economy and they hope many businesses will crash and burn


12 posted on 04/03/2020 4:27:24 AM PDT by ronnie raygun
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 10 | View Replies]

To: SkyPilot

Flu is <200 per day.

See here:

http://applet-magic.com/mortality0.htm


13 posted on 04/03/2020 4:31:16 AM PDT by Uncle Miltie (Messaging to Snowflakes: They stole it from Bernie AGAIN!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: SkyPilot

I don’t think they will make that recommendation until masks are in sufficient supply. But they are building up to it.


14 posted on 04/03/2020 4:32:09 AM PDT by DannyTN
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: ronnie raygun

Amen!! I think we have crossed the Rubicon.


15 posted on 04/03/2020 4:32:16 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 12 | View Replies]

To: Boardwalk
You could tell from yesterdays presser that they are going to go to masks in public soon but they are conflicted because of the shortage.

Correct.

Doctors and nurses cannot even get what they need.

And look what Herr Murphy, the Führer of New Jersey has dictated:

Coronavirus: NJ Gov. Orders State Police To Commandeer Needed Medical Supplies

16 posted on 04/03/2020 4:42:27 AM PDT by SkyPilot
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 7 | View Replies]

To: SkyPilot
This whole situation, lock down and all, smells of something sinister. Feel like a lobster in a pot of water and the heat keeps getting turned up higher 😡😡😡
17 posted on 04/03/2020 5:00:23 AM PDT by nevermorelenore ( If My people will pray ....)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: iontheball
No time for chloroquine while everyone is having so much fun counting dead bodies.

You are exactly right. All of the ghouls and modelers are fixated on how high and how fast the death toll might be driven.

Our experts like Fauci are dismissing all forms of treatment except the ones they are associated with, wedded to.

The death sweepstakes are now just another game show, like the unemployment rate, the stock market, the pre-election polls.

If Fauci doesn't get his death harvest and subsequent Nobel Prize there is going to be Hell to pay.

18 posted on 04/03/2020 5:01:43 AM PDT by Fightin Whitey
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 6 | View Replies]

To: SkyPilot

And where are they supposed to get those masks? I can’t get enough masks when I am working. a hospital shift. We had a shipment of masks coming that would have helped the situation but FEMA stole our shipment and sent it to.New York. My governor doesn’t shine in nationally televised briefings every day so our health care workers don’t count. If the public is told to wear masks it will worsen the situation more


19 posted on 04/03/2020 5:07:52 AM PDT by Mom MD
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: nevermorelenore
This whole situation, lock down and all, smells of something sinister. Feel like a lobster in a pot of water and the heat keeps getting turned up higher 😡😡😡

Agree with you 100%.

This is what they are selling:

This is what it really is:


20 posted on 04/03/2020 5:08:04 AM PDT by SkyPilot
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 17 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-4041-6061-80 ... 101-104 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson