Posted on 03/28/2020 7:38:57 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has been sounding the alarm about the need for a massive number of ventilators to stave off a humanitarian catastrophe. He wants 30,000 of the machines now.
Trump dashed some cold water on his face.
Speaking with Sean Hannity on Fox News on Thursday night, Trump again minimized the impact of the global coronavirus pandemic, casting doubt on the need for tens of thousands of ventilators for hospitals responding to the crisis.
“I have a feeling that a lot of the numbers that are being said in some areas are just bigger than they’re going to be,” he said. “I don't believe you need 40,000 or 30,000 ventilators. You go into major hospitals sometimes, and they’ll have two ventilators. And now all of a sudden they’re saying, ‘Can we order 30,000 ventilators?’”
Dr. Deborah Birx, the White House coronavirus response coordinator, said she had been told by state health officials that New York had an adequate supply of ventilators.
While there may be shortages in urban areas like New York City, Birx said, there are other parts of the state “that have lots of ventilators and other parts of New York state that don‘t have any infections right now.“
“There is still significant — over a thousand or two thousand ventilators that have not been utilized yet,” Birx said. “Please, for the reassurance of people around the world, to wake up this morning and look at people talking about creating DNR situations — do not resuscitate situations for patients —
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Birx said. “Please, for the reassurance of people around the world, to wake up this morning and look at people talking about creating DNR situations — do not resuscitate situations for patients — there is no situation in the United States right now that warrants that kind of discussion.“
Birx was talking about a Washington Post article from yesterday reporting that hospitals were discussing mandatory “Do Not Resuscitate” orders for virus patients near death. As for the ventilators, it would be interesting to ask Governor Cuomo if he knows the exact number of ventilators in his state and where they are. Many of us would also be curious about where he got the models that are telling him he’s going to need 30,000 ventilators.
Birx is becoming Trump’s media truthsayer. In her briefing yesterday, she laid into the press for their hysteria-generating stories and scare headlines.
“When people start talking about 20 percent of a population getting infected, it is very scary but we don’t have data that matches that based on the experience,” Birx said.
“We don’t have data” is a polite way of saying, “you’re full of s**t.”
There are thousands of ventilators sitting unused in Chinese hospital storage rooms if Chinese statements about victory over the virus are true.
Xi probably ordered mass production of ventilators and they probably are sitting in boxes at Chinese factories.
Probably there will be a 20% infection rate in two weeks in the US.
The local grocery store didn’t ensure customers washed their hands before shopping yesterday.
The virus is more contagous and less deadly than thought a month ago.
I’d run them all through EtO before use, no matter how clean the commie Chinese say they are.
Something about British troops giving blankets to the Indians...
The ones they made a year before unleashing the bio weapon.
Wouldn’t it be interesting to see how many of China’s military personnel are infected.
“Wouldn’t it be interesting to see how many of China’s military personnel are infected.”
NONE (now). Many military families receiving bills for bullets.
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