Posted on 03/13/2020 10:31:00 AM PDT by DouglasKC
Let's face it. No matter what the President does about the Corona virus the Democrats and their "news" lackeys are not going to be positive about it.
Something has been puzzling me though about this response. He seems to be schizophrenic about it. In his news conferences and whenever his corona team presents information they are straight forward with the danger and potential impact on the virus. For weeks President Trump has said that nothing is off the table when it comes to meeting the challenge. And yet for quite a while he seemed to be minimizing the threat via his tweets.
Strange. It's evident from what's happened in every other country that this virus is a direct threat not only to the health and safety of the citizens but also to our healthcare system. The virus is highly infectious and it causes severe to critical symptoms in about 20% of those who contract. That means they need medical care of some kind with probably at least 10% needing hospitalization and 5% needing icu. The corona team led by VP Pence has stated this repeatedly. President Trump himself apparnetly knew the danger long ago...remember his quarantines of Wuhan travelers and the first cruise ships? Government imposed quarantines had not been done in the modern age. It makes no sense that he would try to minimize the threat.
And now we come to Rush Limbaugh. I have been getting pissed at Rush because whenever I tune in he TOO seems to be minimizing the virus. He, like Trump, constantly compares it the flu. Rush HAS to know that this is not the flu. He had VP Pence IN HIS STUDIO less than a week ago. Pence HAD to give him the real story. He was also at the State of the Union as a guest of the President and sat right next to Melania. There is no way Rush could NOT know the truth.
So what gives? This must be a purposeful strategy.
Let's look at it this way. Every single country has essentially needed to shutdown their country to try and negate this virus. Nobody has been successful in stopping the virus from getting into their country. The President and his team have to know this. They're not in denial. They have all the resources of the federal government. Therefore they must have come to the conclusion months ago that a complete shutdown was their only option in the long run.
So how could they implement that? They could have called out the national guard, declared a national emergency and sent out the National guard to enforce. Or they could have asked people to voluntarily self quarantine. It's obvious that either one of these strategies was full of problems. Declaring martial law would have caused huge problems politically. Nobody would have recognized the threat. Same with voluntary. Nobody would have recognized the threat. There would have been mass panic. Or there would have been mass denial. Or there would have been mass non-compliance. More likely there would be a combination of it.
Here's the thing: Since it obviously can't be stopped and there's no vaccine and there's no acquired immunity then our best bet in the short term is for people to acquire the virus. We want people to get the virus. BUT we don't want a whole bunch of people to get the virus at the same time. That's a REALLY deadly scenario because not only would many corona victims die but so would those with other problems who wouldn't be able to get treatment.
So the challenge was to get to total shutdown without causing mass panic AND letting as many people get infected as fast as possible without letting too many people get infected. A huge challenge. So what do you do?
Ask Rush Limbaugh to minimize this even though he knows it's a threat. I don't care what you say Rush is a huge influence. If he keeps using terms like "hoax" and basically says it's a nothing burger political attack on President Trump there are many who will believe that.
And so what will happen? Exactly what has happened. People are coming to the reality of the situation in waves and avoiding panic and store runs. Those who have followed this closely prepared long ago. Those who came on board later then prepared. Those who believe it is a hoax will come on board very soon.
Within the last week we have seen virtually all public gatherings soft banned. Schools and colleges have closed. I think the fedgov has been coordinating it all. They've been working behind the scenes and telling states that they must do this...but to avoid panic do it so it looks voluntary by companies, sports leagues, states, etc. etc. This way the virus can spread BUT at a slower rate thus ensuring the preservation of our healthcare system.
This is "flattening the curve". Somebody has been posting a great graph on this and post it again. I believe that President Trump has been following this strategy. And he is doing the absolute best he can with the hand he's been dealt.
Here's my prediction: Starting Monday Rush and President Trump will change their tone completely. Rush especially will acknowledge the threat and shift toward optimism about getting through it and working together to defeat it.
Myself? I'm confident that there will be some short term pain. But thank God President Trump got the economy so strong before this hit. In the end we'll recover from this. In the meantime though we have to do all we can to NOT let it spread quickly. Self quarantine. Self isolate. Let it infect people slowly so we can handle the medical crush and save more lives.
“It makes no sense that he would try to minimize the threat.”
HUH? It couldn’t be more OBVIOUS, Captain.
Protect the people without causing hysteria and panic. Trying to help the patient without KILLING the economy.
Like bombing Germany. We lost many planes and crews on every mission, but we could build planes and train crews faster than we were losing them.
Sad and brutal, but it had to be done.
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Well...not JUST me. Every medical expert. Every epidemiologist, every virologist. From every country. They're all using the same numbers. It's not fear mongering. It's reality.
You'll come around in the next wave...
I love both Rush and Trump, but they are not always right and we should not hesitate to criticize them when appropriate.
than any previous pandemics.
I hope doctors will comment on this and set any concern to rest.
"The science is settled"
Rush’s whole deal for decades has been that patriotic Americans are adults who can handle their lives and the country just fine. That he would suddenly disingenuously go wacko just to keep his flyover audience from panicking doesn’t ring true.
Trump’s own Fauci has said the lack of testing was a “failing” and that we “should admit it”.
Trump has done some things right and well and some things not so much so. No Western country seems to have in total done better and likely the Dems likely wouldn’t have. Let’s hope he’s strongly on the right and well side from here on out.
They will never stop. They've said it a million times. President Trump is an existential threat to America. And he is a threat...to socialist leftist America.
Thanks,bramps. I just had lunch and had to bail after the first paragraph.
The Guy Who Claims He Invented Email Just Lost His Bogus Lawsuit [2017 story]
[This is the guy Rush is quoting as his “expert” on how Coronavirus hype is a deep state plot against Trump.]
A libel claim on the part of Shiva Ayyadurai, the self-identified inventor of email, was tossed out by a Massachusetts judge today, concluding a baseless suit filed against Techdirt back in January. According to the site, the judge also rejected Ayyadurais request to file an amended complaint.
Ayyaduraia Trump booster and Senate hopeful running with a race-baiting campaign hashtaghas long and loudly sought credit for electronic mail, at times by muffling competing, fact-based narratives through frivolous lawsuits. The latest suit took aim at Techdirt founder Mike Masnick over a 2014 blog post entitled Why Is Huffington Post Running A Multi-Part Series To Promote The Lies Of A Guy Who Pretended To Invent Email? and sought an award of $15 million in punitive damages, an amount likely to bankrupt the site. (Disclosure: Gawker Media, the former owner of Gizmodo, was likewise sued by Ayyadurai. The Gawker estate settled with Ayyadurai for $750,000.)
Judge Frank Dennis Saylor IV dismissed the suit for failure to state a claim on Ayyadurais part. A sensible conclusion, as nearly everyone but Ayyadurai points to technologist Ray Tomlinson as the inventor of email.
https://gizmodo.com/the-guy-who-claims-he-invented-email-just-lost-his-bogu-1801008908
It's not like global warning. These are the tallies of presented cases that end up needing hospitalization or icu. The plain fact is that the percentage doesn't matter because whatever percentage it is it IS overwhelming health care systems. So I don't care if it's 1% that ultimately end up hospitalized....they are STILL overwhelming the healthcare system in every country where it's been IF nothing is done.
9-11 was the last straw for Democrats.
They will never unite behind America again.
I think they made it a whole week, back then.
Let me give another answer. If you WANT to believe only 1% are hospitalized that's fine. Feel free. The reality though is that in EVERY country where this is not controlled the health care system DOES get overwhelmed. So disregard the percentage that everyone agrees on and make up your own. It make no difference.
Twitter says President speaks on coronavirus at 3:00 Eastern time. Other news sites say he will declare National Emergency and invoke the Stafford Act.
Stay tuned.......
Yup. To the point where they will side with Americas enemies in any effort to get Trump out of office. The Democrats have committed so many crimes against this nation that they never want any of it to come to public light. Thats why theyre going all out to get the president, even if it results in a shattered economy and nation! Yeah, were doing with pure evil people!
I wavered for so long whether or not Rush was this idiotic or not. There's no way he can be this purposely stupid.
They don't even pretend to be sorry about it either. President Trump has made them show their true goals and true intentions.
Italy shows that once hospitals are overrun, the death rate will go from 3.5% up above 6%.
It took me five minutes to find out Shiva is a crank.
Some freeper posted that article a couple of days ago...see it's just the flu!
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