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CDC director: Covid-19 has 'brought this nation to its knees'
CNN ^ | June 23, 2020 | Holly Yan

Posted on 06/24/2020 12:19:39 AM PDT by L.A.Justice

(CNN) Covid-19 has "brought this nation to its knees," Dr. Robert Redfield, director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said Tuesday.

The country is probably going to spend about $7 trillion "because of one little virus," Redfield said during a House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing.

"We've all done the best that we can do to tackle this virus."

Redfield's comments were made as half of US states are seeing spikes in new coronavirus cases -- and it's not just due to increased testing, health officials say.

As of Tuesday, 25 states have recorded higher rates of new cases compared to last week: Arizona, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Kansas, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming.

And no state has effectively transitioned from stay-at-home orders "to a public health model of testing, tracking, isolating and quarantining," said Dr. Richard Besser, former acting director of the US CDC.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: coronavirus
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What's happening in Arizona and other states could erase much of the progress made during weeks of stay-at-home orders.

"The number of new cases had been stabilizing in early May, and actually the positivity rate (in testing) had been improving," Humble said.

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"Progress" made during the stay-at-home order period?

People eventually have to get out of their homes... You cannot expect people to stay home for next 12 months...

1 posted on 06/24/2020 12:19:39 AM PDT by L.A.Justice
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To: L.A.Justice

Forcing healhy people to imprison themselves inside is bringing the nation to its knees.
Cancelling Easter, under a Republican leader while cities burn.. not Covid. The bad thing is.. the lock downs and drunken power grabs started before than half of the country started seeing cases.
Our lil rural county was exposed by a NYer, or so he claims on facebook.
Now the freedom to ban all traces of Christianity has been granted. It wont matter who is prez next term, or at least it doesn’t appear that way.


2 posted on 06/24/2020 12:27:39 AM PDT by momincombatboots (Ephesians 6... who you are really at war with)
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To: L.A.Justice

The enslavers' emoji.

Thank you media. This would feel so terrible but for your efforts to make it 'OKAY"!

3 posted on 06/24/2020 12:31:26 AM PDT by mrsmith (Dumb sluts (M / F) : Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
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To: L.A.Justice

Enough Of The Virus Bull****

http://market-ticker.org/akcs-www?post=239552


4 posted on 06/24/2020 1:02:13 AM PDT by afchief
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To: L.A.Justice

No, the democrats and spineless republicans have.

This is ALL political.


5 posted on 06/24/2020 1:09:11 AM PDT by metmom ( ...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith.....)
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To: momincombatboots
Opportunity For A November Landslide
"I'm not allowed to go to church but I can burn churches to the ground I'm not allowed to open my own business but I can go loot and destroy other people's businesses"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgeSzXaj3Uk
6 posted on 06/24/2020 1:13:28 AM PDT by Steve Van Doorn (*in my best Eric Cartman voice* 'I love you, guys')
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To: L.A.Justice

That was the plan. Stay home, forever, until we say it’s safe. Why do you think they used they “2 more weeks” thing every time? Enough people said screw it, so now they have gone to mandatory masks to try to scare everyone once again.


7 posted on 06/24/2020 1:22:19 AM PDT by matt04
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To: metmom

“To it’s knees” only if the American people allow it.


8 posted on 06/24/2020 1:41:47 AM PDT by chopperk
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To: chopperk

Kneeling —That’s mostly Pelousy/Democrats, desperate virtue signaling brain washed “progressives” and Black Kampernickypoo type dudes—not Wuhoo Flu.

Real Americans are standing up and walking around whistling while they work, watching tv, surfing the Internet and making the best of a bad situation and stocking up just in case some nutso pantyfas come to town.


9 posted on 06/24/2020 1:53:36 AM PDT by greeneyes ( Moderation In Pursuit of Justice is NO Virtue--LET FREEDOM RING)
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To: L.A.Justice

I think America will be rescued this time, in about two months time, by a big vaccine breakthrough.

But we really need to learn from this, in SO MANY WAYS.

For real.

Next time, we need to respond MUCH more efficiently.

We also need to stop importing everything from China.

For real.


10 posted on 06/24/2020 2:27:32 AM PDT by cba123 ( Toi la nguoi My. Toi bay gio o Viet Nam.)
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To: L.A.Justice

With help from the CDC’s incompetence but NO Americans are not on their knees they’re moving on with their lives and not living in fear.


11 posted on 06/24/2020 2:34:18 AM PDT by Vision (Obama corrupted, sought to weaken and fundamentally change America; he didn't plan on being stopped.)
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To: L.A.Justice

... And DemocRATS couldn’t be happier.


12 posted on 06/24/2020 2:34:46 AM PDT by jerod (Nazi's were essentially Socialist in Hugo Boss uniforms... Get over it!)
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To: L.A.Justice

Go to work. Wear the masks in crowded, indoor places whenever feasible, and keep a little physical distance. Wash hands when needed. Play outdoors. Have fun.

Why is that so hard to understand for some people, and what kind of people are spooked by that? That’s not scary.

Exhausted soldiers are tactical enough in the field in the middle of the night, night after night, to see nothing more than the eyeballs of their buddies only when face to face, and that’s not scary. So how can masks be so scary? And since when are Americans so easily frightened?

Think of the epidemic as a training exercise for a worse bug in the future. Think flubola, and have some courage. Do it right while producing more wealth than ever. Americans shouldn’t be afraid of this.


13 posted on 06/24/2020 2:48:48 AM PDT by familyop ( "Welcome to Costco. I love you." - -Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy".)
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To: cba123; L.A.Justice

Agreed. Timeline for the Moderna vaccine, only one of several good efforts.

https://www.modernatx.com/modernas-work-potential-vaccine-against-covid-19


14 posted on 06/24/2020 2:51:58 AM PDT by familyop ( "Welcome to Costco. I love you." - -Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy".)
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To: familyop

Because the masks don’t work and they are meant to be a symbol of domination...that’s what’s so scary.


15 posted on 06/24/2020 2:52:07 AM PDT by freepertoo
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To: L.A.Justice
Covid-19 has "brought this nation to its knees," Dr. Robert Redfield, director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said Tuesday.

The nation should be on its knees, repenting of sin and asking our Father in Heaven for mercy.
16 posted on 06/24/2020 2:52:42 AM PDT by af_vet_1981 (The bus came by and I got on, That's when it all began)
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To: L.A.Justice

Hope you are happy with your “work,” a$$.


17 posted on 06/24/2020 2:56:12 AM PDT by madison10
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To: madison10

Statista: Covid deaths per million
#1 Belgium: 848.88
#2 UK: 641.41
#3 Spain: 606.20
#4 Italy: 573.49
#5 Sweden: 502.99
#84 Japan: 7.55
https://www.statista.com/statistics/1104709/coronavirus-deaths-worldwide-per-million-inhabitants/

Sweden and Japan - who had very soft lockdowns should have multiples of the Top Four, according to the prophets of doom - they don’t.


18 posted on 06/24/2020 3:01:04 AM PDT by MAGAthon (h)
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To: MAGAthon

Japan is different, from what,I read they sort of social distance without a virus.


19 posted on 06/24/2020 3:03:26 AM PDT by madison10
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To: freepertoo

Yes, see that city out west for reference. They are making it racial.


20 posted on 06/24/2020 3:04:50 AM PDT by madison10
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