Posted on 04/02/2020 6:58:32 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Many Democrats and much of the media claim that President Donald Trump has mishandled and continues to mishandle the response to the coronavirus pandemic.
But a Johns Hopkins study found the United States is better prepared for a pandemic than any other country. Released in October 2019, the Global Health Security Index examined 195 countries on their preparedness and ability to handle an epidemic or pandemic. It found: "No country is fully prepared for epidemics or pandemics, and every country has important gaps to address."
No, Trump did not cut funding for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Among those pushing this untruth is former Vice President Joe Biden, who said, "They've cut the funding for the CDC." Trump proposed a CDC cut, but Congress disagreed. FactCheck.org wrote: "It's misleading at best to claim Trump 'slashed funding,' when his proposals haven't taken effect. For instance, Trump's fiscal 2020 budget proposal would have reduced CDC funding by $750.6 million, compared with what was enacted for fiscal 2019. ... But Congress passed, and Trump signed, a budget that increased CDC funding by $420 million."
Nor is it true that Trump "fired" the head of a pandemic response team that the president allegedly dissolved. Former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg claimed: "And one of the great problems today, you read about the virus, what's really happening here is the president fired the pandemic specialist in this country two years ago. So there's nobody here to figure out what the hell we should be doing." Rear Adm. R. Timothy Ziemer, to whom Bloomberg referred, was the senior director of the National Security Council's Office of Global Health Security and Biodefense. About Ziemer, FactCheck.org said: "Just because Ziemer's position was discontinued does not mean everyone who was part of the team was fired or that all of the functions of the directorate ceased. According to reporting by the Atlantic and the Washington Post, some team members were shifted to other groups, and others took over some of Ziemer's duties. An NSC spokesman at the time said that the administration 'remains committed to global health, global health security and biodefense, and will continue to address these issues with the same resolve under the new structure.'" Ziemer is now senior deputy assistant administrator at the Bureau for Democracy, Conflict and Humanitarian Assistance at the U.S. Agency for International Development.
Nor did Trump refer to the coronavirus a "hoax," as claimed by The New York Times' reporter David Leonhardt; Rep. Tim Ryan, D-Ohio; Ohio Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown; and Biden, among numerous Democrats and members of the media. In an edited political ad, Biden made the assertion.
But The Washington Post Fact Checker gave the Trump-called-the-coronavirus-a-hoax story four Pinocchios, as bad as score as the Post gives: "At the 10-second mark, the camera shows a tight shot of the president saying 'coronavirus' and then cuts to a wide shot where he says, 'this is their new hoax.' Both clips are from Trump's Feb. 28 campaign rally in North Charleston, S.C., but he never said 'coronavirus, this is their new hoax.' Rather, Biden's ad clipped a large part of Trump's speech to make it seem as though he had."
What would Biden do that Trump isn't already doing? Biden recently tweeted: "It's hard to believe this has to be said, but if I'm elected president, I will always lead the way with science. I will listen to the experts and heed their advice. I will do the opposite of what we're seeing Donald Trump do every day." To that end, Biden has been giving interviews and holding coronavirus briefings broadcast from his home studio in Wilmington, Delaware.
Some of Biden's insights:
"I was literally on the phone at least 3 to 4 hours a day with my team talking about the detail implementation. How do we get the money? Where do we do? Who do we go to? Where do we -- who do we ask for, etc.?"
About Trump's plea that we remain in our homes to the extent practical, Biden said: "Look, none of us want to be cooped up in our homes just as the weather is turning nice. ... It's unfair to all of us. And it's unnecessary for all of us. But it's necessary, in fact. It's necessary for all of us to have to deal with it."
About Trump's plan, since abandoned, to restart the economy by Easter, Biden said, "We have to take care of the cure. That will make the problem worse no matter what. No matter what."
Trump is registering the best approval ratings of his presidency. A recent Gallup poll showed Trump's job approval ratings at 49%. At this time in his first term, Obama's Gallup approval ratings were at 46%. For the Trump haters who hoped that Trump's response to the pandemic would sink Trump's reelection prospects, it's not going according to plan.
Joe Biden is the least relevant person on the face of the earth.
Joe Biden would do what he was told. His ability to comprehend what’s going on around him is very limited.
Grope the presenters on-stage with him.
. And it’s unnecessary for all of us. But it’s necessary, in fact. It’s necessary for all of us to have to deal with it.”...
I’ve found many things in life to be both necessary and unnecessary at the same time.
Like when the house caught fire. It was necessary to leave if I wanted to live but unnecessary if I wanted to die.
Same with not blowing through a red light at a busy intersection.
Gropin Joe has lost his mind.
Thank God we will never find out.
It depends...
LOL
slo-joe would do what he is doing...sitting in his basement in an incoherent state and mumbling garbled sentences. The criminal bum is the face of the DIMocRAT party. LOL.
You know, The way Soetoro went golfing in the middle of the Swine Flu epidemic.
Isn’t/Wasn’t Biden one of the ones wanting to keep the borders wide open and saw no reason for any travel bans?
Look, fat, do like me and go sniff some hair.
“....What Would a President Joe Biden Do?...”
Probably still be trying to find his way out of his basement, without the teleprompter telling him where the stairs are...
Anybody remember?
Anybody?
Fauci?
Fauci?
Just stay home and listen to the phonograph, Joe.
Biden himself asked the question, “Where do we do?”, so a better question would be “Where would President Joe Biden do?”
The Coronavirus: What Would a President Joe Biden Do?
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Before or after he takes his meds, consults his advisors, has lunch, sniffs some gal’s hair, takes the next round of meds, just before he works over a focus group, and after he tries to call Obama for the 50th time?
Yo, Gropin', what was the experts original advice?
Well, up to January 15 this year, The Wuhan Health Department was still telling the world that there is no risk of human-to-human transmission from the virus.
This claim was parroted by non-other than WHO.
“The Coronavirus: What Would a President Joe Biden Do?”
...the Thing.
Doesn’t matter what a democrat would do. He could screw up, and the media would proclaim him the savior of the world. Every mistake would be covered up. Every word would be held in awe and high esteem. He would be declared a genius, a caring statesman, etc etc barf.
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