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In early March, Trump was deep into downplaying Corona- the first stage of grief is denial.
He was not concerned. Was comparing Covid to the seasonal flu and how nothing gets shut down for the flu. The Fox News Prime time hosts were in lock step with Trump.
It was not until mid March that the WH issued the 15 Day Plan to slow the spread and that plan did not initially call for social distancing.
DeBlasio and Trump’s public remarks in that timeframe have much in common.
NOLA allowed Mardi Gras to proceed as normal. The collegeSpring Breakers descended in Florida.
Covid- 19 does not discriminate. It don’t care about petty partisanship.
That's what happens when Americans depend on government bureaucratic agencies to actually do anything useful. The CDC (huge Fed Gov bureaucracy) totally botched the tests so the Trump Admin had to start completely over again from scratch.
Let me think for a second who controls the CDC. Oh, yeah, it's the administration
The US has conducted more tests than any country in the world....nearly 3 times as many as South Korea.
That is true in absolute numbers. On a per capita basis it is a misleading remark and downplays the shortage of tests kits throughout the US.
Abbot Labs is starting production of simple blood tests and is projected to be able to produce 50,000 a week. It’s terrific news, albeit in a country of 325 million......
Hopefully you understand that our population is multiple times higher than those countries.
It takes time to manufacture tests. No we didn't have them sitting around on a shelf - that would be a waste since we have never had to endure something of this magnitude on a germ warfare level.
We are testing more and more people as time progresses. It will only get better as time moves forward.
As of March 29th Germany still had more tests done the US in total (which is also x4 per capita).
The numbers in terms of early testing are not even comparable, a lot of extremely valuable time was wasted.
You should kill your television and get off social media. You'll find you're alot less hysterical and more reasoned as a result.
Yes, the MEDIA has people convinced getting this Virus is a DEATH SENTENCE. It is nothing of the kind. Unless you are old, or otherwise health compromised you will most likely just get cold and fly symptoms.
A lot of people/businesses are still working/open, but invisible to you just as they were before the pandemic.
My business is still open and operating, with everyone working from home. Many other office based businesses are doing the same. We're slow, but still getting work.
People have been saying that for a long time now and it seems to not be true. NY just did a uniquely awful job while the "curve" in the rest of the country is significantly "flatter". Sure numbers across the country will increase over time, but they are doing so at a much more manageable rate due to just about everywhere else handling the pandemic better than NY.
Many reasons that NY is the current center, that will change but the fact that many states are weeks behind NY in taking strong measures in places like Texas and Florida. There are 5 states that haven't even issued shelter in place orders, so much for managing the rate.
That's what happens when Americans depend on government bureaucratic agencies to actually do anything useful. The CDC (huge Fed Gov bureaucracy) totally botched the tests so the Trump Admin had to start completely over again from scratch.
For now, way too much noise about the lack of test kits and causes. Most seem to be filtered through political lenses. No city, county, state or country is prepared for a once every hundred years global pandemic.
Time enough for postmortems/ lessons learned, once the dust settles.
On 3/6, on his way to Mar-a-Lago for a weekend of golf and fund raising, Trump let loose with “ if you need a test, you can get a test”. This was within minutes of Pence announcing “ we don’t have enough tests”.
Just 8 days ago, 8 days ago, Trump was waxing poetically about wanting the economy to open back up by Easter Sunday. The WH subsequently had to once again clarify that it was an aspiration.
Trump did not cause Corona. Trump can’t control Corona. Trump can’t cure Corona
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