Posted on 03/09/2020 1:31:47 PM PDT by ransomnote
The Vice President along with White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator Ambassador Deborah Birx, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention Director Bob Redfield, U.S. Northern Command and North American Aerospace Defense Command General Terrence O’Shaunessy, Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Seema Verma, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Anthony Fauci, and Surgeon General Jerome Adams provided a status update on the expansion of testing capabilities, increased access to respirators for health care personnel, and the importance of the supplemental funding bill. Various governors provided an update on State and local actions to respond to and prepare for the Coronavirus, including coordination across various state agencies and local governments. Participants also discussed how elderly individuals and individuals with underlying health conditions can protect themselves using common sense precautions.
The Federal supplemental bill authorizes $7.76 billion to Federal, State and local agencies to combat the coronavirus including funds for vaccine development and medical supplies, grants for health agencies and organizations, loans for impacted small businesses, and $500 million in waivers for Medicaid telehealth restrictions.
Governor Larry Hogan, Chair of the National Governors Association, joined the Vice President in person, and other governors joined via video teleconference or phone. The Vice President pledged that Federal leaders will continue to coordinate with our Nation’s governors and other State and local leaders.
I sure hope they set some of that $7.76 billion aside for toilet paper. I’d hate to have to resort to George Carlin’s suggestion.
It's The Hunan Virus.
Our excellent President Trump and are excellent vice president Mike Pence are doing a fabulous job of being extremely professional about this
and anybody that really studies viruses ; that knows the history of epidemics and viruses and bacteria; and history of mankind With respect to pathogens the understanding and knowledge of them and had to combat them
knows that this is a minor blip And he’s being way overblown for any number of reasons and I think we know who the suspect and culprits are
and this is nothing even compared to the normal flow This time of year of viruses and there of affect Tatian of
Never mind the epidemics of days gone by - when there was no knowledge of what a bacteria or a virus is!
The bottom line is we’re here in March and as is always the case all of these viruses are going to drop out of the picture in about a month
Right you are, on all counts.
That’s easy just buy those bigger boxes of kleenex
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