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Trump Announces What He'll Do if There's a Second COVID-19 Wave in the Fall
PJ Media ^ | 05/22/2020 | Rick Moran

Posted on 05/22/2020 7:18:05 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

Donald Trump was adamant in stating that, if a second wave of the coronavirus hits the United States, he won’t shut the economy down again.

CNBC reported on the president’s visit to a Ford plant in Michigan.

“People say that’s a very distinct possibility, it’s standard,” Trump said when asked about a second wave during a tour of a Ford factory in Michigan.

“We are going to put out the fires. We’re not going to close the country,” Trump said. “We can put out the fires. Whether it is an ember or a flame, we are going to put it out. But we are not closing our country.”

This bug is a persistent little pest. It spreads very easily from person to person, indicating several different ways someone can become infected. And with so many people walking around who have it but don’t know it and don’t feel it, it’s not just going to disappear any time soon.

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and a member of the White House coronavirus task force, told The Washington Post this week that he has “no doubt” there will be new waves of cases.

“The virus is not going to disappear,” he told Post. “It’s a highly transmissible virus. At any given time, it’s some place or another. As long as that’s the case, there’s a risk of resurgence.”

If it were up to him and the vast majority of public health professionals, the people would be locked in their homes and almost all businesses would be shuttered. It worked in China. It won’t work here.

Trump may want the country to remain open when the second wave of infections arrives, but ultimately, the decisions are the governors’ to make.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: autumn; covid19; secondwave; trump
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To: GreenHornet

Not a feasible option. Protect the most vulnerable as best you can and, at some point, you have to let this thing run through the rest of the population.


21 posted on 05/22/2020 7:53:32 AM PDT by Moonlighter (2)
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To: Blood of Tyrants
"I have doubts on the “highly transmissible” part."

The blood testing data shows that it is indeed highly transmissible. We are just damned lucky that it isn't nearly as lethal as it is transmissible. Even at that lower level of lethality we will still easily reach 100,000 American dead by the end of May, and though the numbers are trending down slowly, it ain't done yet.

22 posted on 05/22/2020 7:53:58 AM PDT by Wonder Warthog (No Longer Tolerating Trolls!)
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To: Blood of Tyrants

Exposure to a disease doesn’t automatically equal you getting super sick. Even with the flu or a cold, some people aren’t as affected as others.


23 posted on 05/22/2020 7:54:08 AM PDT by Morpheus2009
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To: AnotherUnixGeek

He took a chance. After HE closed the Country down, he turned the reopening over to the governors. No surprise, many of them, like Tom Wolf in PA and whutzerface in Michigan, turned out to be small-minded tin pot dictators at heart, who became drunk on their “power” and want to NEVER reopen. Would to God they were all like FL and GA but alas, not. So next time, I hope he’ll keep control himself.


24 posted on 05/22/2020 7:55:42 AM PDT by Tucker39 ("It is impossible to rightly govern a nation without God and the Bible." George Washington)
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To: Tucker39

Actually the tinpot putz dictators in battleground states like PA and MI are all but assuring Trump wins them in November.

Though a smart move politically, it sucks for those of us who actually live in these places.


25 posted on 05/22/2020 7:57:08 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog (Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer)
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To: SeekAndFind

People will literally take to arms if the Governors try to lock us down this fall. I would not want to be an enforcer in that case.


26 posted on 05/22/2020 7:58:37 AM PDT by Born to Conserve
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To: SeekAndFind

I would bet my small nothing that was their plan. They would cause a second wave and destroy the nation. THAT was their plan. I’d bet on it IF I were a betting man.


27 posted on 05/22/2020 7:58:49 AM PDT by RetiredArmy (Friends at FR - Are you prepared to meet the LORD??? Do you KNOW Him? Do so today!)
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To: CIB-173RDABN

The response to this has been disasterous on all levels, including Federal. Thing is, Dems are disasterous on everything else (and I don’t think they would’ve done much better on this pandemic either).


28 posted on 05/22/2020 7:58:58 AM PDT by Moonlighter (2)
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To: GreenHornet
"What are we supposed to do?"

THE most effective things...WEAR A MASK, and WASH YOUR HANDS.

By "flu season", we will have an adequate supply of commercial masks and plenty of hand sanitizer. The Italian subsidiary of the firm my wife works for got through their crisis with NO DEATHS just by stringent application of those two things.

The whole "masks don't work" meme is bullshit and probably originated in a Chinese disinformation tactic.

29 posted on 05/22/2020 7:59:06 AM PDT by Wonder Warthog (No Longer Tolerating Trolls!)
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To: SeekAndFind

If there’s a hotspot or two like what we saw in New York City and New Orleans, lock it down but no more than 14 days. This does not apply to 99% of the country where people are socially distancing at their homes anyway so it won’t be like what we saw in those cities I mentioned and in Italy.


30 posted on 05/22/2020 8:01:20 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: Buckeye Battle Cry

There will be a massive second wave manufactured and manipulated if the president wins reelection, accompanied by new impeachment efforts if the Dems keep the House.

I have mixed feelings here in Los Angeles. Of course I want President Trump for four more years, but at the same time fear another lengthy lockdown and more economic and social destruction.


31 posted on 05/22/2020 8:02:38 AM PDT by Deo volente ("When we see the image of a baby in the womb, we glimpse the majesty of God's creation." Pres. Trump)
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To: SeekAndFind

Yes, I had to be tested for surgery.


32 posted on 05/22/2020 8:15:58 AM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Tyrants don't just give you your freedoms back. You have to take them.)
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To: Freee-dame
When will PDJT lift the federal disaster proclamation?

Soon, I hope. Hard to open the country with that emergency proclamation hanging over everyone's head.

33 posted on 05/22/2020 8:18:56 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: Wonder Warthog

I wear a mask when I go inside stores. Not a big deal.


34 posted on 05/22/2020 8:22:22 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: HandBasketHell
" the Dems know damned well that the reason for closing was never to flatten the curve, but rather wreck the economy and hope that Trump would get the blame."

You beat me , I was about to post the same sentiment, almost word for word.

35 posted on 05/22/2020 8:24:50 AM PDT by matthew fuller (Sick and tired of the WuHu Flu Blues.)
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To: MinorityRepublican
"I wear a mask when I go inside stores. Not a big deal."

Likewise. I simply do NOT understand the rabid antipathy some people display. It is completely irrational to the verge of childishness.

36 posted on 05/22/2020 8:28:07 AM PDT by Wonder Warthog (No Longer Tolerating Trolls!)
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To: SeekAndFind

I predict the President will be making a lot of statements like this over the next several weeks.

He will begin calling it the “Democrat shutdown” and be a strong advocate for ending it. He will tout Republican run states as being better off for having opened up sooner, and Democrat run states worse off for having stayed shuttered.

The Democrats will try to pivot, and pin this economic shutdown on the Trump administration - which would be a political disaster for him and other Republicans.

Fortunately, President Trump’s political instincts are impeccable, so I expect he is about to make his move and beat them to the punch.


37 posted on 05/22/2020 8:32:52 AM PDT by enumerated
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To: MinorityRepublican
I wear a mask when I go inside stores. Not a big deal.

My Governor forces me to wear one when I go into stores, which IS a big deal.

Not going to dump on you though if you choose to wear one. I realize that many people do have health conditions which make them vulnerable.


38 posted on 05/22/2020 8:33:41 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog (Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer)
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To: cdcdawg
I hope he fires whoever advised him to go along with Fauci and Co. for as long as he did. That would be a good Step One.

From your keyboard to God's infinite resolution monitor.

39 posted on 05/22/2020 8:34:48 AM PDT by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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To: SeekAndFind

Needs to create a task force to:
* stockpile as much PPE as is physically possible
* develop a clear/simple to read (preferably using single syllable words only) set of instructions of how to handle the elderly and pass this list along to all Democrat governors
* disseminate copies of the Constitution to all governors, judges and law enforcement officers
* Identify potential hotspots (these will likely be found in Blue states) and develop quarantine plans for these states - no in or out (If you want out, you’d better leave now—but you may only do so by signing a waver indicating that you will agree to vote Republican or not vote at all unless you live in Utah, in which case you MUST vote against whoever is running against Mitt Romney)


40 posted on 05/22/2020 8:38:52 AM PDT by MarDav
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