Posted on 03/24/2020 2:19:32 PM PDT by real saxophonist
President Donald Trump was featured in a Fox News Town Hall on the White House lawn about the CCP Virus alongside Vice President Mike Pence, Surgeon General Jerome Adams and White House Virus Task Force response coordinator Deborah Birx. It was hosted by Bill Hemmer and Harris Faulker who was able to teleconference in.
Trump's overall message in this town hall, maybe against the wishes of those around him, is for Americans to get back to work as soon as possible.
People are tired of the shutdown of our great country in the United States of America. They feel like prisoners in their own homes. They can't work to provide the basic needs of their household. All because of government mandate and/or suggestion that their employees/patrons are following.
Trump understands the aforementioned and also that this cannot continue. The damage done by trying to avoid the virus may, in the end, be worse than the virus itself. It is time to get back to work.
You said it, they’re projections..
No one knows for sure, all they can do is speculate.
Up until a couple days ago, the projection was
that it would rain today, hasn’t happened.
If you are that worried, then stay home, don’t have
people come visit you.
Realize that the stress of not having a job, and
worrying about when this will end up, could end up
getting more people sick than this damn virus.
I would think the whole greater Seattle, Tacoma, Olympia area would have blown up big time by now with the scenario being painted...just a thought.
How many of those lost jobs will be present when these people are allowed to go back to work? Many of these places will never be able to reopen. You seem to think this is some kind of extended summer vacation and that everything will go back to normal in a few months. I highly doubt this will be the case.
Do you not consider the plight of those who are not yourself?
Feel free to shut yourself away from the rest of the world until YOU feel safe to come out. You have no right to demand the same of others, IMO.
Folks, this is the time to be brutally honest.
Fact:
With Biden or any Democrat as President the country would have been in much better shape.
Actually, you would hardly even know a “pandemic” existed. With a Democrat in the White House no network would have even called attention to it.
Any mention in the US media, would have been some blurb about the 10,000-80,000 who die each year from the flu, and that the new American Flu (so-called because our citizens are catching it in the US) will probably “only” kill some where in the normal flu range.
So, someone needs to make this known to Biden, so that he can tout his superior leadership.
You do understand that the measures taken, are unprecedented in modern times- regarding a health issue overwhelming our nation...
Now why is that?
Are we under attack by a bioweapon?
Maybe...
Me- probably...
What is a leader to do?
Shut down the country?
Shut down the country and keep it shut down?
Shut down the country and keep it shut down and have the economy collapse?
Give me a break!
22 veterans commit suicide every day.
100 people a day, die from automobile accidents!
120 people a day, die from opioid overdoses a day!
China’s first COVID 19 death is purported to have taken place on Dec 1st.
In that time frame... approx. 2,640 veterans have died from suicide in the USA.
In that time frame... approx. 12,000 people have died from automobile accidents in the USA.
In that time frame... approx. 14,400 people have died from opioid overdoses in the USA.
So- in just using those 3 data points, 29,040 people have died in the USA, over the same timeframe.
How many people died from the flu in the same timeframe?
How many died from COVID 19?
Do you now see how the media has blown this viral outbreak out of proportion? Why do you think that has happened?
The virus won’t be containable if we don’t have people socially distancing.
I saw a good simulation earlier today..without social distancing, 1 person infects 45 within X days (don’t remember the exact timeframe, but it was roughly a week or two). With social distancing, that drops to 3 infected (I think) from the original 1.
It’s a very tough situation. But not keeping people separate will ensure a WORSE economic outcome in the long run, as the system totally collapses from healthcare overload.
And not sure why you’d assume I’m “not considering the plight of those who are not yourself”. Of course I am.
As I’ve said..it’s not the number dead so far.
It’s the total collapse of our healthcare system that is imminent, plus hundreds of millions infected.
Our own local, 8 hospital healthcare system is at capacity already. There’s an article about it in the local paper this evening. They are already converting OR’s to ICU wards as their existing ICU wards are totally full with CV19 patients. And we’re only in inning 1 of a 9 inning ballgame.
I have a family member that’s a nurse in that system. She has a friend that intubated 15 people last night, in a 6 hour period. And that’s just the beginning of what we face..
Didn’t any of you catch Cuomo’s presser this AM? He did a far better job than I could pretend to do laying out the problem we ALL will face in terms of complete overload of our h/c systems..not to mention the potential number that won’t live thru CV19..
Yes, and he supports taking all guns to “save just one life.”
For you to place all your blame on Trump...is dumb.
It was your money..and you did not manage it right.
Get over yourself...
You cooked your goose....eat it.
Who said I blamed Trump for the market?
The markets dropped because of a ‘black swan’ event that almost no-one expected.
If you want to daytrade, have at it. Most people don’t.
I would like to sleep in a Bubbke...might be peaceful.
Is that similar to bupkis?
Give your OPUS....I know it's coming.
Yes! We all get it! We’ve been following the progress from the beginning. We are under attack! We have other nations to model. Everyone does not have to hunker down in a bunker. Somebody has to man the perimeter. We need scouts in enemy territory. We need supplies. We need ammo. We need medics. And we need vaccines. Everyone does not have to hunker down in caves or we will be overrun by the enemy.
Deal with the hot spots and charge on!
Bill DeBlasio is on tv throwing in the towel. PHX AZ is NOT New York City!
FIX BAYONETS!
And party like it’s 1984!
Ma’am, calm down. Ma’am. Ma’am! CALM DOWN!
Vote for Cuomo then you idiot.....
By economy that means millions who have no income because business has stopped. Chamber of commerce? Boy are you an ignorant ass.
The slip up is... that it’s party like it’s 1999- not 1984!
Except... 1984 (Orwell’s book) is an appropriate double entendre. Can I get an amen?
“...It’s the total collapse of our healthcare system that is imminent, plus hundreds of millions infected....”
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Dude, your postings are becoming increasingly alarmist, hysterical and, truth be told, pretty funny.
So what is your predicted date for the first (just the 1st, not the 2nd) 100 Million Americans to have been infected? And what is your date for the “total collapse of our healthcare system that is imminent”?
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