Georgia governor says he didn't know asymptomatic people could spread coronavirus

https://thehill.com ^ | 2 April 2020 | BY ZACK BUDRYK

[BackRoads775]

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (R), while announcing a statewide stay-at-home order, said Wednesday that he only recently became aware the coronavirus could be spread by asymptomatic people.

"The reason I'm taking this action, like I've continued to tell people, I'm following the data, I'm following the advice of Dr. [Kathleen] Toomey," Kemp said in response to a reporter's question at a press conference announcing the order.

[Mariner]

Is he stupid or a liar?

[FlipWilson]

I don’t believe it. I don’t believe it because anything the spews forth from the media these days deserves instant disbelief. INSTANT.

[Ann Archy]

I thought he couldn’t be any more STUPID than naming the STOCK CHEAT LOEFFLER as Senator.....I was WRONG!

[MrEdd]

Only some of them can.
People who have survived a mild case should be identified and sent back to work.

[livius]

The media is making people hysterical. I saw somebody at my local grocery store today wearing plastic gloves....and plastic bags over her hands., Other people were holding their hands over their faces while passing you with their cart.

But hysteria and social breakdown is the whole goal of this.

[Luke21]

AOL commie news has a picture accompanying the story making him look like a dumbass. We need to not jump everytime the media cockroaches whistle their wings.

[Dacula]

Soon to be former governor ‘Gump’ Kemp.

We still have two more years of his lazy rear-end.

I stand by my words in the news from a while ago - “ I am a ticked off constituent”

[dfwgator]

What a choice you had in that last election, eh?

We are so screwed.

[Blooms in CA]

There is a direct quote from him in the article stating same. Are you saying the quote is fake?

[eddie willers]

Is he stupid or a liar?

As a Georgian I vote for both.

He proved himself a greedy RINO when he ignored Trump and Ga. conservative's choice for Senator to replace Johnny Isakson (Doug Collins) to select a woman who had nothing going for her except oodles of money. He did Blagojevich proud.

The good news is that Kelly Loeffler was so greedy, she got caught early.

Hopefully, she will soon be gone and Collin's replaces her.

Kempler is also a pure idiot and should be primaried out, even if he wasn't a greedy schemer.

[eddie willers]

Somehow I see I posted the name “Kempler”. It is Kemp, of course.

[datura]

FluBro Governor?

The lack of knowledge is amazing. Guess that’s what happens when you are one of the elite.

[dfwgator]

He proved himself a greedy RINO when he ignored Trump and Ga. conservative's choice for Senator to replace Johnny Isakson (Doug Collins) to select a woman who had nothing going for her except oodles of money.

Bet she was real good in the sack, though.

[DoodleDawg]

The Georgia governor has obviously not been reading the information that the administration’s Covid-19 team has been releasing. I wonder why?

[JudgemAll]

ANother GOP Rinotard.

[FewsOrange]

There is a video of him saying it at the link.

[Ragnar54]

From the WHO website: Can CoVID-19 be caught from a person who has no symptoms?

"The main way the disease spreads is through respiratory droplets expelled by someone who is coughing. The risk of catching COVID-19 from someone with no symptoms at all is very low. However, many people with COVID-19 experience only mild symptoms. This is particularly true at the early stages of the disease. It is therefore possible to catch COVID-19 from someone who has, for example, just a mild cough and does not feel ill. WHO is assessing ongoing research on the period of transmission of COVID-19 and will continue to share updated findings. "

from

Case Study Shows Asymptomatic Transmission of COVID-19 in China

MAR 30, 2020 | JONNA LORENZ

A case study of a family in Zhejiang province, China, shows how coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) can spread before symptoms of the disease emerge, and symptoms can vary widely even in a close family cluster

Based on recently revealed Chinese research, it is now "known" that the disease can be spread by asymptomatic people. Obviously, Trump and all Republicans should have known this months ago.

[maddog55]

He’s better than Abram’s who still hasn’t conceded yet.

[Ragnar54]

From the WHO website: Can CoVID-19 be caught from a person who has no symptoms?

"The main way the disease spreads is through respiratory droplets expelled by someone who is coughing. The risk of catching COVID-19 from someone with no symptoms at all is very low. However, many people with COVID-19 experience only mild symptoms. This is particularly true at the early stages of the disease. It is therefore possible to catch COVID-19 from someone who has, for example, just a mild cough and does not feel ill. WHO is assessing ongoing research on the period of transmission of COVID-19 and will continue to share updated findings. "

from

Case Study Shows Asymptomatic Transmission of COVID-19 in China

MAR 30, 2020 | JONNA LORENZ

A case study of a family in Zhejiang province, China, shows how coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) can spread before symptoms of the disease emerge, and symptoms can vary widely even in a close family cluster

Based on recently revealed Chinese research, it is now "known" that the disease can be spread by asymptomatic people. Obviously, Trump and all Republicans should have known this months ago.