Trump to Declare National Emergency

https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-declare-national-emergency-speed-151931686.html ^

[jstolzen]

Bloomberg is LINK ONLY...

[Fishtalk]

What happens if all people in America, or the world, suddenly stop doing everything they used to do every day, because they are terrified to leave their house?

If you think that America, and the world, are going to stop doing everything they used to do about a virus that has, this point in time with the flu season almost over....we are going to stop that which gave us joy, that which we need to live....we're going to stop....poof, never do it again....40 deaths! 77% of them from one nursing home in Washington state.

I got a bridge to sell you....cheap. Needs some work but I'll sell it cheap.

[throwthebumsout]

Mr. President, please, please PLEASE use this “National Emergency” to send more troops to the border!!! Finish that wall!!!

[lodi90]

FEMA pressers incoming. The way this hysteria is going they will cancel all domestic flights today or tomorrow.

[dfwgator]

Dumbest comment ever posted on FR. Congrats.

Oh that's minor compared to some others I've seen.

[USS Alaska]

Ditto!

Douglas has been a converted liberal and he admits on his home page that Rush was his savior from the jaws of evil, but now, his superior knowledge of statistics has lead him to believe, that we, who disagree, are IDIOTS.

If we disagree, OK, I'll argue and bet anyone on their vs my viewpoint, but I am not an automatic idiot because we don't agree.

There are times {many times} when I have been an idiot on FR, but mostly it was because 12 year old Scotch or demon rum from the islands, frazzled my logic and scrambled what little I have left of my brain.

When I am sober and coherent, my logic is usually very good, not always right, but at least it can be defended.

Right now, I am descending into a deeper ring of Dante's Inferno, so I'm not sure how this will end.

It feel's like this...

[lodi90]

Last I saw 9 deaths had happened in the entire country outside of WA. But because of the hysteria the corona sheep and low info voter types will think POTUS has killed a million people by the time this blows over.

[Fishtalk]

I say ditto to you too Mr. Alaska.

Swine flu so many affected, so many deaths.....

...but please don’t throw facts at them. Facts gets on their nerves.

[JonPreston]

I can't stand to listen to Rush anymore

God bless Rush, but I take my medical advice from people who don't smoke.

[DouglasKC]

Douglas has been a converted liberal and he admits on his home page that Rush was his savior from the jaws of evil, but now, his superior knowledge of statistics has lead him to believe, that we, who disagree, are IDIOTS.

I was't a converted liberal. I was a closet conservative who didn't realize the distinction.

And if you think this virus is a hoax then you are either self deluded or an idiot. I'll assume you're self deluded.

[jstolzen]

The virus may have “only” killed 11 to-date outside of the WA nursing home (which I haven’t seen so will take your word at it), BUT the bigger issue is the 1.7 MILLION dead US citizens that the CDC is projecting to be possible.

Italy had *3* cases on 2/21 and zero deaths. They are now, less than 3 full weeks later, up to 17,660 with 1,266 dead and their healthcare system (2nd best in the world) is near collapse. Worse, the virus spreads exponentially - and without total and complete shutdown like China did (quarantining 500 million people..wonder how that will work here..), there is virtually no way to stop it..and some (including me) do not truly believe it’s mostly shut down in China, regardless of what their leaders say.

Most estimates are that we are ~9 days behind Italy on the growth curve.

This thing is deadly serious and perhaps the greatest disaster any of us will ever face. It’s time we ALL start treating it as such.

[dfwgator]

Revisit this 2009 thread. Lots of doom and gloom there, too.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2278371/posts

[SunkenCiv]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3824266/posts

[desertfreedom765]

You’re half right.

The potential pandemic is real, this is a dangerous disease, even if many people refuse to believe it.

But of course Trump’s enemies are using this to try and destroy the economy and destroy Trump.

They don’t care at all about how many Americans are hurt in the process.

[Solson]

Tweet from Feb 24:

"The coronavirus is very much under control in the USA....Stock market looking very good to me."

From his comments after his tour with the CDC:

"But what happened is, if you look at the number at the time we left, it was 240 cases, Peter, and 11 deaths. That’s what it has been. Now, you look at — throughout the world, I mean, other countries have — South Korea, Italy, and in particular China have many.

Now I also hear the numbers are getting much better in those places. And I’ve heard the numbers are getting much better in China, but I hear the numbers are getting much better in Italy, et cetera, et cetera. But what I hear — so we have 240 cases, 11 deaths. Everything is too much and it’s true. I don’t want 11 deaths. I don’t want any deaths, right?

But over the last long period of time, when people have the flu, you have an average of 36,000 people dying. I’ve never heard those numbers. I would — I would’ve been shocked. I would’ve said, “Does anybody die from the flu?” I didn’t know people died from the flu — 36,000 people died. Twenty-seven thousand to seventy-seven thousand, that’s your flu.

And again, you had a couple of years it was over 100,000 people died from the flu. So I start to say, “I wonder what’s going on here.”

Now, you look at the percentage: The percentage for the flu is under 1 percent. But this could also be under 1 percent because many of the people that aren’t that sick don’t report. So they’re not putting those people in there.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-president-trump-tour-centers-disease-control-prevention-atlanta-ga/?utm_source=link

From comments at meeting with African American leaders:

"With what we’re talking about now with the virus, we can’t do that. We have to do it differently. If we’re doing a great job, we should congratulate these professionals that are the best in the world.

And you know what? If we were doing a bad job, we should also be criticized. But we have done an incredible job. We’re going to continue. It’s going to disappear. One day — it’s like a miracle — it will disappear. And from our shores, we — you know, it could get worse before it gets better. It could maybe go away. We’ll see what happens. Nobody really knows."

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-president-trump-meeting-african-american-leaders/

the really frustrating thing is the President's actions have been positive and for the most part, proactive. His comments almost contradict his actions.

[Salvavida]

I am in flatbedding, there is a ton of work because of the demand for goods selling out. Truck stops are full, particularly if you are hauling paper, dry foods, bleach, and assorted SHTF products.

Our executive management has said that if any driver needs to go home for medical, they are free to do so without heartburn from middle management.

[lodi90]

Dumbest comment ever posted on FR. Congrats.

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It does appear the Wu Flu can cause brain damage transmitted through TV and computer monitors.

[chris37]

I really doesn’t seem likely to happen at this point in time, does it?

That’s why I really didn’t specify “at this point in time”.

But that doesn’t mean what I described couldn’t happen, at some point, because it could. And I think you know what it would mean, or you wouldn’t have bothered trying shoot it down.

[Fishtalk]

Thanks for the link.

Yes, you’re right. I remember the Swine flu very well myself but please my brains aren’t scrambled.

Pro-rate the deaths from Swine flu with the reactions:

no sports arenas were closed down
no audiences were removed from TV shows
nobody was forced to quarantine themselves (although they should have perhaps)
the stock market didn’t drop like a rock.
President Obama DID, as I understand, declare a state of emergency

The comparison between two flu outbreaks and the ratio of affectees, deaths and the reaction of the public, media and political party....well it’s hard to ignore.

And yet we survived the Swine flu. And as we pause (at least I do) and ponder what seems to be a truth hidden in the statistics, we are ridiculed for such as thinking it through and not buying toilet paper.

[shotgun]

This is worse than the Mid East oil crisis in the 70’s.

The great TP Raid of 2020...

[dfwgator]

In fact, I had almost totally forgotten about it.

I do vaguely remember my employer giving all the employees bottles of hand sanitizer.