Posted on 03/27/2020 1:46:56 PM PDT by richardtavor
he United States reached two grim milestones on Thursday: Fatalities from covid-19 topped 1,000, and it became the country with the most confirmed cases of coronavirus, surpassing China with more than 82,000. (Keep in mind, there is reason to doubt that Chinas tally is accurate, absent a free media or independent verification from an international organization.) We are only at the beginning of the deadly pandemic that President Trump once promised would completely disappear. Trump once promised that 15 initial cases would go down to zero but, of course, that was either a deliberate untruth or ignorance magnified by denial. (The apex in New York City wont be here for about three weeks, according to the states governor.)
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Despite at least two months warning, Trumps disastrous missteps and willful blindness have stripped away our defenses and set us back in mitigation efforts. The New York Times recounts, A series of missteps and lost opportunities dogged the nations response. Among them: a failure to take the pandemic seriously even as it engulfed China, a deeply flawed effort to provide broad testing for the virus that left the country blind to the extent of the crisis, and a dire shortage of masks and protective gear to protect doctors and nurses on the front lines, as well as ventilators to keep the critically ill alive.
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Thanks. I just emailed her.
And as of this moment, according to Johns Hopkins, we have 20,000 more confirmed cases than China!
CHINA LIES!
Who cares. She doesnt realize we are actually testing people
Harpy. Does she really get paid to write this tripe everyday or does she pay Bezos?
Is that a electron microscope picture of the virus, or just a turd on a stick?
President Xi and The ChiCom Party approves this message.
"What kind of child believes the 'official' numbers out of the lying state of China?"
Beijing Jenny
Beijing Jenny
Well of course China is lying and of course they have more cases than us. I guess should have said on the Day MSM is reporting we are number one. .
No. NYC (Dim Mayor, Dim Governor) put us over the top with 50% of the nation’s cases.
Done
Beijing Jenny Jenny, Xi's got your number It's right there on his wall Jenny, Xi's got your number All he's got to do is call 8-6-7-5 Xi's your man 8-6-7-5 Xi's your man He's got it He's got it He's got your number on his wall
I dont like where this is going Trump seemed to be backing away a bit from getting the country rolling again maybe not it was subtle and if he was something caused it and its not good. If you watched today was that your impression?
I came in maybe 5-10 minutes in.
I'll go back and look at it from the start, because I can't answer that from what I saw.
I know that he was adamant about re-starting for a few of the recent dailies.
This actually involves ME because I'm part of the temporary Census crew for 2020.
They pulled us out of the field on the morning of the 19th, and told us to stand down till April 1.
My state is locked down till the second week in April.
Were locked down till 4/13 but that rat Whitmer will almost certainly extend to who knows when.
“Guilty : of everything”
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What has been seen; cannot be unseen!
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Someone... eye candy, please!
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Yes, he backed away from re-opening at around 56 minutes, but still left the door open for decisions being up in the air going towards the next week and the following week.
As you said, it was subtle. I'm wondering if the upcoming New York hydroxychloroquine results will figure heavily into the decision(s).
The passage of the support package bought him a little time...very little really, but maybe enough. Things will get hard for the average American pretty fast. The problem is that the society at large is panicked, at least to the point that the fear of the virus exceeds the concern over their future. He has to hold out until a peak is reached and the downhill side is obvious before taking the straightjacket off the economy. Otherwise he is handing power to the Democrats.
Its a tight thread of the needle...we are in uncharted waters, never before has the worlds pre-eminent economy been shutdown overnight. That would normally be the end of the society, the nation, almost immediately. How much time he has is still a very big question.
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