So the President took a little shot at the European leaders, many of whom judged him harshly for initiating the original travel ban on China, Iran, and South Korea. Not sure that this was necessary, but there is little reason to believe that he might be right in saying what he said.
So now, he is rubbing a little salt in the wound by suspending travel of Europeans to the United States (excluding the UK where there are under 500 known cases). One has to wonder what the "best" line of defense would be, but there is little argument that suspending travel from areas where the outbreak is more pronounced is prudent.
Now if we can put partisanship aside, and have our Congress and President work together to put together a package that "BOTH" helps the economy as a whole as well as uses a more surgical approach to prop up those most affected. Not sure if we can expect our leaders to behave as adults or not, but it sure would be nice for a change.
Starting to hear that the next two or three weeks are sort of make or break. Those expecting a global catastrophe and millions of deaths suggest that we should be seeing an exponential growth of both confirmed cases (to the degree that it can be tested) and confirmed deaths (to the degree that this can be confirmed). Those who believe that we can still keep this reasonably under control are hoping for the same sort of linear growth that we have been seeing.
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Europe Condemns Trump’s Travel Ban
March 12, 2020 at 7:38 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 53 Comments
The European Union issued a scathing statement condemning President Trump’s decision to ban most travel from Europe, the New York Times reports.
From the statement: “The coronavirus is a global crisis, not limited to any continent and it requires cooperation rather than unilateral action. The European Union disapproves of the fact that the U.S. decision to impose a travel ban was taken unilaterally and without consultation.”
Washington Post: “Of all the slights between Washington and Europe in recent years, the new travel restrictions had all the makings of a historic rupture.”
Dems still refusing to be helpful, bashing what was an excellent address last night from Trump.
Trump’s Troubling Address Fails to Calm
March 12, 2020 at 7:01 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 184 Comments
Edward Luce: “On Wednesday night the global pandemic met US nationalism. It will not take long to see which comes off best. As Donald Trump was speaking, the Dow futures market nosedived. His Europe travel ban came just a few hours after the US stock market entered bear territory — a fall of 20 per cent or more — for the first time since the global financial crisis. It also followed the World Health Organization’s declaration of a global pandemic. Mr Trump’s address was meant to calm the waters. By the time he finished they were considerably rougher…”
“It is unclear how Europe and other countries will respond to Mr Trump’s dramatic announcement. In an ideal situation, America’s president would have acknowledged that the pathogen knows no borders and has no political loyalties. It poses a common threat that requires a co-ordinated global response.”
“That is not the way Mr Trump thinks. Public health officials say that millions of Americans will probably be infected. The official total now stands at 1,312. Mr Trump has never faced a crisis on anything like this scale — and it is still in its early stages. His remedies so far are cause for deep concern. Who will he blame when they fail?”
Pence Says It’s ‘Irresponsible’ to Downplay Outbreak
March 12, 2020 at 9:31 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment
Vice President Mike Pence told NBC News that there has been “irresponsible rhetoric” from people who have downplayed the seriousness of the U.S. coronavirus outbreak.
However, just on Monday, President Trump himself downplayed the threat saying the “fake news media and their partner, the Democrat Party, is doing everything to inflame the coronavirus situation.”
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Can Trump "fire" Pence?
It was meant to inform. You don't announce banning all travel from Europe if you're trying to calm.
You need to look past Goddard for your information.
Pence is getting a lot of praise from state governors of both parties. They're acknowledging that as a former governor himself, he understands what they need.
U.S. Stocks Set to Fall Further
March 12, 2020 at 9:19 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 77 Comments
“The selling looks far from over as futures trading on all three major U.S. indexes had to be halted after falling by 5% ahead of the market open today,” Axios reports.
Pence is getting a lot of praise from state governors of both parties.
So should the GOP better go to work quick and try to nominate Pence instead of Trump?
Fumbled Global Response to the Pandemic
March 12, 2020 at 6:29 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 12 Comments
New York Times: “As the toll of those afflicted by the virus continued to soar and financial markets from Tokyo to New York continued to swoon, world leaders are finally starting to find their voices about the gravity of what is now officially a pandemic.”
“Yet it remains less a choir than a cacophony — a dissonant babble of politicians all struggling, in their own way, to cope with the manifold challenges posed by the virus, from its crushing burden on hospitals and health care workers to its economic devastation and rising death toll.”
“The choir also lacks a conductor, a role played through most of the post-World War II era by the United States.President Trump has failed to work with other leaders to fashion a common response, preferring to promote his border wall over the scientific advice of his own medical experts.”
Canadians Reviewing Border Policy
March 12, 2020 at 6:47 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 54 Comments
Toronto Star: “Prime Minister Justin Trudeau acknowledged that with hundreds of thousands of people crossing the border every day, the U.S. is ‘a real potential vector of transmission.’”
Even Trump hater John Kasich thought it was a strong, effective address to the nation. The left will continue to find fault not there no matter what.
James still haven't told us whether his church has suspended worship yet.
Now he's saying the European travel restriction is an overreaction.
These, of course, are the same people who said the Chinese travel ban was an overreaction and then they complain the Trump administration is not doing enough.
Fact: About 80% of the confirm cases were sourced to international travel.
My honest take: Trump looked and sounded like he was reluctantly reading a prepared script that he did not fully agree with and which circumstances have forced him to assume against his preferred course of action.
Toronto Star: “Prime Minister Justin Trudeau acknowledged that with hundreds of thousands of people crossing the border every day, the U.S. is ‘a real potential vector of transmission.’”
Yeah, If he wants to close the border with the US that is his decision.
If want's to close the border while allowing free travel to and from Europe and Asia then I'm all for it.
Of course. No one wants to ban all travel from Europe.
A day after Nancy Pelosi said Congress will remain open, Congress is closed to the general public.
Even Trump hater John Kasich thought it was a strong,
Don Lemon went apeshit. That was not suppose to be the script.
Re: 9:02
I am not presently serving a church.
Nor am I saying the European ban is an overreaction, but I can see why European leaders are pointing out that the danger of infection is not confined to the European continent alone and that it wold have been better for Trump to have consulted with other nations on the best courses of action.
Trump shoots from the hip. He thinks he knows it all, but it daily becomes clearer that he doesn't.
TWO DISCREDITED TRUMP CREEDS:
Ignore climate change scientific evidence and coronavirus medical/scientific evidence.
Cleavland clinic has developed a test kit that yields results in 6 to 8 hours instead of two days.
It there is one legitimate criticism of the Trump administration, it is in the CDC's handling of the development and production of the test kits. But even here Obama is not entirely blameless because fiasco started with regulations his administration wrote and implemented.
Er... Trump has been in office HOW long?
Ignore climate change scientific evidence
Because that's pseudo science like astrology only worst. Astrology has a better prediction rate than climate change.
coronavirus medical/scientific evidence.
That was real and not ignored. Witness the travel ban to China early on. If that didn't happen we would be in worst shape than Italy.
Who says he didn't talk to anyone in europe? Taegan Goddard?
You're projecting.
"So should the GOP better go to work quick and try to nominate Pence instead of Trump?"
No
The legit criticism of Trump was he should have kicked this off weeks ago....before it got out of hand....Maybe then Cleveland would have had their kit done weeks ago instead of now!!!!!! Standing in front of the country and saying in his jaded opinion those 15 were all going to get better did nothing but delay what a real leader would have done....We are now paying the price for trumps great DOW and falling GDP !!!!!!The Fish stinks from the head down, cramps....the CDC is owned by Trump!!!! Obama did not cut the budget like trump has you fucking asshole!!!!
Er... Trump has been in office HOW long?
Doesn't matter. The regulations were written by the Obama administration and regulations like cockroaches never die.
You can blame the Trump administration for not seeing the problem with those regulations caused until it was too late to avoid a fiasco,
Ignore climate change scientific evidence
Because that's pseudo science like astrology only worst.
You really are a fucking moronic idiot cramps.....Like the cult you practice.....you have nothing but opinion based on stupid!!!!!
The legit criticism of Trump was he should have kicked this off weeks ago....before it got out of hand....Maybe then Cleveland would have had their kit done weeks ago instead of now!!!!!!
Yep, see above.
Jim Acosta
@Acosta
CNN International: Authorities in Beijing have cancelled all large-scale Chinese New Year celebrations in an effort to contain the growing spread of Wuhan Coronavirus.
4:05 AM · Jan 23, 2020
Now CNN and Acosta are saying calling this the Wuhan Coronavirus is racist. They spin so fast they can't even keep up with their own shit.
Sure seems to me that the trump presser last night really helped quell the markets and give people hope that we have leadership!!!!!! What we got was him blaming the europeans inaction and chinese lying for our problem....typical trump that cramps will embrace!!!!
DaveinTexas
@DaveinTexas
All the shit Trump did was too soon a month ago. A month later it was too late
It's like critics don't think people can count up to 30 days
Sure seems to me that the trump presser last night really helped quell the markets
Obviously, every trader is shorting the market. It's the smart thing to do. Unfortunately for them it is also the popular thing to do.
It will rally in the afternoon as traders have to meet their margin calls.
Mollie
@MZHemingway
I understand why Communist China wants to avoid responsibility for unleashing the Wuhan Virus on the world and mismanaging it as it spread, but unseemly that some American politicians and media figures are supporting China's disinformation campaign.
TDS has no limits or morals
by the Obama administration and regulations like cockroaches never die.
BWAAAAAAAAA!!!!!1 Who cut the CDC budget and got rid of key people?????? Amazing in 3 short years how fucked up trump made things!!!!!
There is going to be some structural pain as companies move manufacturing from China to the United States.
I don't know anyone in the world who will trust the Chinese communist government anymore.
And I think Trump is determined that the US will never be vulnerable to foreign manufactures for critical strategic needs like pharmaceuticals again,
BWAAAAAAAAA!!!!!1 Who cut the CDC budget and got rid of key people??????
No one did. Congress kept the CDC's budget intact. It is in fact larger than it was under the Obama administration.
Maybe you should listen to a legitimate news source once in awhile Denny.
But Trump's denial of the problem also goes way beyond rhetoric. Over the last two years, Trump has hacked away at the funding and agencies responsible for defending Americans from viral threats. As Laurie Garrett writes in Foreign Policy, back in 2018, Trump "fired the government's entire pandemic response chain of command, including the White House management infrastructure." That same year the CDC cut its efforts to fight global diseases by 80 percent due to lack of funding. Trump's administration slashed funding for disease combat across the board, and eliminated a $30 million Complex Crisis Fund.
God you are a dumb fuck, cramps
He did kick it off weeks ago by prohibiting travel. Dems were outraged by it.
Maybe they should've been even a little helpful weeks ago.
What I love is fatty and the pederast proclaiming trump should have gotten on this sooner.
We are depending on CHINA, the most authoritarian regime on the planet, to give us truthful information
YOU"RE FUCKING MORONS
Open your fucking eyes cramps and follow the bouncing ball of ineptitude right up trumps fat white ass!!!
When Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO), declared the Wuhan coronavirus a public health emergency of international concern on Thursday, he praised China for taking “unprecedented” steps to control the deadly virus. “I have never seen for myself this kind of mobilization,” he noted. “China is actually setting a new standard for outbreak response.”
The epidemic control efforts unfolding today in China—including placing some 100 million citizens on lockdown, shutting down a national holiday, building enormous quarantine hospitals in days’ time, and ramping up 24-hour manufacturing of medical equipment—are indeed gargantuan. It’s impossible to watch them without wondering, “What would we do? How would my government respond if this virus spread across my country?”
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For the United States, the answers are especially worrying because the government has intentionally rendered itself incapable. In 2018, the Trump administration fired the government’s entire pandemic response chain of command, including the White House management infrastructure. In numerous phone calls and emails with key agencies across the U.S. government, the only consistent response I encountered was distressed confusion. If the United States still has a clear chain of command for pandemic response, the White House urgently needs to clarify what it isIf the United States still has a clear chain of command for pandemic response, the White House urgently needs to clarify what it is—not just for the public but for the government itself, which largely finds itself in the dark.
When Ebola broke out in West Africa in 2014, President Barack Obama recognized that responding to the outbreak overseas, while also protecting Americans at home, involved multiple U.S. government departments and agencies, none of which were speaking to one another. Basically, the U.S. pandemic infrastructure was an enormous orchestra full of talented, egotistical players, each jockeying for solos and fame, refusing to rehearse, and demanding higher salaries—all without a conductor. To bring order and harmony to the chaos, rein in the agency egos, and create a coherent multiagency response overseas and on the homefront, Obama anointed a former vice presidential staffer, Ronald Klain, as a sort of “epidemic czar” inside the White House, clearly stipulated the roles and budgets of various agencies, and placed incident commanders in charge in each Ebola-hit country and inside the United States. The orchestra may have still had its off-key instruments, but it played the same tune.
We are depending on CHINA,
BWAAAAAAA!!!!! You fucking asshole now making excuses for china and trump.....Your stupidity is only exceeded by your ego!!!!!!!
Sad you learned sooooo little in college....I guess drinking and fucking were your majors....!!!!
Dems were outraged by it.
Nope asshole...the biggest complainer about that was Lil Schitty who complained that no nanny state could tell him where not to go!!!!!!
John Hayward
@Doc_0
Looks like Xi Jinping told the World Health Organization it's okay to start calling it a pandemic now that China has it "under control. "
and the minions on the left follow in lockstep.
But Trump's denial of the problem also goes way beyond rhetoric.
It's an amazing feat of mental gymnastics to claim Trump overacted with the travel ban while at the same time you said he denied the problem.
fired the government's entire pandemic response chain of command, including the White House management infrastructure."
The White House management infrastructure was excessive bureaucracy whose remnants actually led to the test kit fiasco. If you want to blame Trump for anything is that he didn't do enough to exorcise this bureaucratic ghost.
When Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO), declared the Wuhan coronavirus a public health emergency of international concern on Thursday, he praised China for taking “unprecedented” steps to control the deadly virus. “I have never seen for myself this kind of mobilization,” he noted. “China is actually setting a new standard for outbreak response.”
That's what's known as a hostage video Denny.
Subsequent event showed the Chinese government lied to him and everybody else in the world.
You fucking asshole now making excuses for china
Claiming they are authoritarian is making excuses for them? God damn you are the dumbest human on the planet
Trump Will Likely Sign Disaster Declaration
March 12, 2020 at 10:28 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 77 Comments
White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow told Republicans the President may sign a disaster declaration under the Stafford Act on Thursday afternoon, CNN reports.
When Trump Tries to Show Leadership It’s Almost Worse
March 12, 2020 at 10:38 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 59 Comments
Michael Tomasky:
“I had a slightly different reaction watching Donald Trump’s address last night than everyone else. I didn’t think it was a complete disaster. I guess my expectations have been lowered over the years such that the mere act of him successfully reading more than five consecutive sentences off the TelePrompTer seems a triumph worthy of some combination of Churchill and Olivier. And, I thought: Well, he’s actually trying.
“Then, after it was over, it struck me that that—the fact that he was in fact trying—was exactly the problem. He was trying, and that was the best he could do. This wasn’t the usual flatulent bluster aimed squarely at the fellas at the stupid end of the bar at Moe’s. He didn’t blame Cryin’ Chuck or Nervous Nancy or Christopher Steele or the deep state, although he’s still Trump and he couldn’t help himself, he had to call it a ‘foreign virus.’ But this was his attempt at serious leadership.
“And all he did was raise more questions than he answered and, of course, pepper in a few stupid lies and smears.”
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Trump’s Speech Exposed a Confused White House
March 12, 2020 at 10:53 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 15 Comments
James Hohmann:
“The unforced errors in President Trump’s address to the nation on Wednesday night captured in miniature his uneven, muddled and often confused response to the novel coronavirus pandemic.
“This was not some off-the-cuff riff as Trump prepared to board Marine One. It was a formal speech, read from a teleprompter, in prime time. Networks cut into regularly scheduled programming at 9 p.m. Eastern so that the American people could hear directly from their commander in chief about what is perhaps the gravest crisis of his tenure. It was only the second time during his three years in office that Trump requested the opportunity to address the country this way. Yet he still could not manage to get the basic facts straight.”
JohnWickofPolitics
@Gingrich_of_PA
The fear in the media isn’t that coronavirus is spreading, it’s that
@realDonaldTrump might actually stop it from paralyzing this country. #DonLemon is #FakeNews
Myballs:
Who says [TRUMP] didn't talk to anyone in europe? Taegan Goddard?
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No. European leaders.
Outkick the Coverage
@Outkick
“If you believe that President Trump is doing a bad job with regard to handling the coronavirus then you must believe that every leader in the free world is also doing a bad job. It’s just not valuable to criticize the president over this.”—
@ClayTravis
all roads lead to China...
Fatty and the pederast need to be afraid
Italy wishes they had a leader like Trump
Claiming they are authoritarian is making excuses for them
God you are dumber than the goat fucker.......you making excuses saying we depend on them!!!!! Your words.......sorry.....the virus was around and with CDC being eviscerated by trump.....had no presence in China to witness what was going on!!!! Asshole
Root cause is TRUMP!!!!
Amid warnings from public health officials that a 2020 outbreak of a new coronavirus could soon become a pandemic involving the U.S., alarmed readers asked Snopes to verify a rumor that U.S. President Donald Trump had “fired the entire pandemic response team two years ago and then didn’t replace them.”
The claim came from a series of tweets posted by Judd Legum, who runs Popular Information, a newsletter he describes as being about “politics and power.” Legum’s commentary was representative of sharp criticism from Democratic legislators (and some Republicans) that the Trump administration had ill-prepared the country for a pandemic even as one was looming on the horizon.
Legum outlined a series of cost-cutting decisions made by the Trump administration in preceding years that had gutted the nation’s infectious disease defense infrastructure. The “pandemic response team” firing claim referred to news accounts from Spring 2018 reporting that White House officials tasked with directing a national response to a pandemic had been ousted.
Rear Adm. Timothy Ziemer abruptly departed from his post leading the global health security team on the National Security Council in May 2018 amid a reorganization of the council by then-National Security Advisor John Bolton, and Ziemer’s team was disbanded. Tom Bossert, whom the Washington Post reported “had called for a comprehensive biodefense strategy against pandemics and biological attacks,” had been fired one month prior.
It’s thus true that the Trump administration axed the executive branch team responsible for coordinating a response to a pandemic and did not replace it, eliminating Ziemer’s position and reassigning others, although Bolton was the executive at the top of the National Security Council chain of command at the time.
Ben Domenech
@bdomenech
It's racist to shut down travel from places that are heavily diseased
It's racist to identify where that disease came from
Wtf is wrong with these people
they're dems
Fatty and the pederast need to be afraid
Keep shaking hands salesman......I understand 120 proof vodka will protect you......BWAAAAAAAA!!!
Fatty go gum your lunch to death and shelter in place. You are a dumbass if that's what you took. I mean you border on beyond mild retardation. Nothing from China should be believed, you idiot
Nick Short
@PoliticalShort
Coronavirus has infected fewer people worldwide and killed fewer people worldwide than those infected & killed by the H1N1 virus in the US alone from 2009-2010. About 59 million Americans contracted the swine flu, 265,000 were hospitalized & 12,000 died.
https://cdc.gov/h1n1flu/estimates/April_March_13.htm…
that was under a "good" president
I am under the impression that
First, China should have earlier admitted how huge a problem they had with this virus, for the sake of their own population and for the sake of the world.
Second, the draconian measures they have now taken may actually be lessening the problem, causing infections to recede.
IF that is true, it would probably mean that taking draconian measures are the only thing that will work against this threat.
And fatty make sure you get the last indecipherable word in
Yeah.....trump really has helped.....Wife just got back from the store and said it has been cleaned out worse than a hurricane......Oh salesman, you are just a barrel of laughs.....keep away from your mother....seems the fatality rate for 80 and above is running 20%!!!!
China should be believed, you idiot
And if the CDC had not been fucked by trump....we may have had a presence there which may have sounded an alarm....Sad how alcohol has blinded you ....you dumb fuck!!!!!
...Wife just got back from the store and said it has been cleaned out worse than a hurricane....
It's Trump's fault you live in God's waiting room?
Thanks for leaving out :"Nothing from China" you dishonest hack
GOP Leaders Dismiss House Coronavirus Relief Bill
March 12, 2020 at 11:21 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment
Washington Post:
“House Democrats released a package of economic measures late Wednesday that included a $2 billion boost to state unemployment insurance programs, more than $1 billion in nutritional aid, a new paid leave benefit for employees affected by the outbreak, and an increase in federal Medicaid spending, as well as a guarantee of free coronavirus testing.”
“But that package met a frosty reception from the White House and congressional Republicans, who were wary of the bill’s costs and its potential burdens on employers. Many openly feared a reprise of the 2009 fiscal stimulus package passed during the global financial crisis, which GOP lawmakers slammed as a wasteful measure that was more about advancing Democratic priorities than boosting the economy.”
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So Congress cannot provide leadership even now?
IF that is true, it would probably mean that taking draconian measures are the only thing that will work against this threat.
Or just being proactive and following sensible precautions just may do the trick,
In Florida, there are 26 cases, 18 via foreign travel, 5 due to community spread, and 3 under investigation.
Doesn't sound like it widely spreading to me and can still be contained.
GOP Leaders Dismiss House Coronavirus Relief Bill
GOP to House Dems: Give us a clean bill instead of a Christmas tree package of socialism.
Schumer and Pelosi have made it clear that they have no intention of being helpful to Trump.
"Wife just got back from the store and said it has been cleaned out worse than a hurricane...." Elderly Denny
Why, are you all so unprepared.
We will need to see a recession in the number of USA infections.
So far, we have only seen increases.
Palsy/Schumer plan to fight the Wuhan China Virus.
"Families First" bill would also seek to strengthen food security initiatives, including SNAP, food bank services, student meals and senior nutrition programs, while also increasing federal funds for Medicaid, as states across the country face increased costs."
Let's see....
China over 100,000 cases
US just over 1300 cases
Well done so far president Trump
“The coronavirus is a global crisis, not limited to any continent and it requires cooperation rather than unilateral action. The European Union disapproves of the fact that the U.S. decision to impose a travel ban was taken unilaterally and without consultation.”
It's all so politically incorrect and possibly racist, huh?
Should be like Europe and just let everyone come and go.
How Right-Wing Pundits Are Covering Coronavirus
March 12, 2020 at 11:29 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 0 Comments
New York Times:
“Sean Hannity used his syndicated talk-radio program on Wednesday to share a prediction he had found on Twitter about what is really happening with the coronavirus:
It’s a ‘fraud’ by the deep state to spread panic in the populace, manipulate the economy and suppress dissent.
“As the coronavirus spreads around the globe, denial and disinformation about the risks are proliferating on media outlets popular with conservatives… Where doctors and scientists see a public health crisis, President Trump and his media allies have seen a political coup afoot.”
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Brazilian Official Who Met with Trump Tests Positive
March 12, 2020 at 11:32 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment
“A Brazilian government official who attended an official meeting at Donald Trump’s resort in Florida on Saturday and posted a photo of himself standing next to the U.S. president has tested positive for coronavirus,” Reuters reports.
Well done so far president Trump
BWAAAAAAAAA!!!!! God you are dumb!!!! You do know the US has done less than 10K tests to date?????
IF that is true, it would probably mean that taking draconian measures are the only thing that will work against this threat.
It's a free country Reverend Hypocrite!
If you want to self impose your own draconian measures and ask your friends and family to do the same, there is nobody to stop you.
Why do you need the Mommystate to tell you to do it?
Why, are you all so unprepared.
I don't have a cow or a goat like you....needed milk you fucking old white unemployed asshole!!!!!!
Ch, do you approve what the Mommystate is telling us to do with regard to Europe?
Simple answer, please.
Why do you need the Mommystate to tell you to do it?
The same reason the mommy state will ban travelers from europe and recommending that crowds be discouraged....idiots like you who think their shit don't stink and are part of the problem.....BWAAAAAAA!!!!
James has yet to yell us what he and his family are personally doing to not spread the Wuhan China Virus?
Be sure to defy the Mommystate and book a flight to Italy, Ch. (You may have to go to Canada or Mexico to do it.)
James, Alky and Fatty are at the greatest risk .
And the goat fucker is the biggest idiot!!!!!!
James, Alky and Fatty are at the greatest risk .
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Really? Unlike Trump, I haven't stood next to (and shaken hands with?) an infected Brazillian ambassador.
Ch, do you approve what the Mommystate is telling us to do with regard to Europe?
Well... between Italy, France, Spain, Germany (about 250 million people) there are already nearly 20,000 cases.
Here in the United States (about 350 million people) we have just over 1300 cases.
You do the math.
Sorry... you're a Democrat. I shouldn't confuse you with math.
I'll make it simple:
There are a lot more sick people in Europe and in much higher percentages than here in America. People are prone to getting sick on long airplane rides.
So yeah... banning travel as a matter of public safety is a no-brainer.
The fact that Europe feels "insulted" is the sort of P.C. shit that shouldn't matter, and the fact that they believe that their feelings are more important than health safety is probably why they have 20 times the cases as we do.
Understand?
Sounds like Ch intends to obey the Trumpian Mommystate.
1300 infections.
A few days ago it was only one. Then two, then ...then.. 19. The other night, 600. Now 1,300. No, wait, the numbers keep coming in ...
Will the number in the USA reach several million, Ch?
I sincerely hope not, but specialists are predicting it will be far more than just one million.
Here in the United States (about 350 million people) we have just over 1300 cases.
As of today....that number is going to grow exponentially......and your math skills show you really have no fucking idea what this will turn into.....if your numbers are correct...you should be very worried as the great trump speech last night drove the market where today???? Such a leader that you love and may kill all of us!!!!
Will the number in the USA reach several million, Ch?
I don't know, Reverend. You might try referring to the CDC as I do.
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-nCoV/summary.html
Lawmakers Fume Amid Lack of Coronavirus Testing
March 12, 2020 at 12:02 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 33 Comments
“Lawmakers in Congress are expressing outrage and confusion as to why the United States is not testing individuals for the COVID-19 coronavirus at as fast a pace as other countries, following a closed-door briefing with administration officials who failed to explain the discrepancy,” CNN reports.
“Members were exasperated with what they said was a lack of clarity in the officials’ answers, as lawmakers struggle to understand how the US has been so far outpaced by other countries grappling with the pandemic.”
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May the answer consist of five letters?
T. R. U. M. P.
see the next post
Yes Jane you are.
You are now telling us you are "Safe" from the Wuhan China Virus?
How is that.
Jane and Fatty horribly unoriginal.
A President Unequal to the Moment
March 12, 2020 at 12:00 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 35 Comments
Susan Glasser:
“Crises clarify. The bigger the crisis, the more the clarity, which is why the incompetence, dishonesty, and sheer callousness of the Trump Presidency have been clearer in recent days than ever before. As the coronavirus, as of Wednesday an official pandemic, spreads, the lives of Americans depend on the decisions made—or not made, as the case may be—by a President uniquely ill-suited to command in this type of public-health catastrophe. In that sense, the last few weeks may well have been the most clarifying of Donald Trump’s Presidency…
“Trump was detached from the unfolding reality of a global crisis that is unlike any in memory. I’ve watched Presidential speeches for a few decades now. I cannot recall one that was less equal to the moment.”
Will the number in the USA reach several million, Ch?
What I can say in all honesty... is that I hope not.
I don't get that same impression talking to many liberals who seem to be working overtime to both demand that things are dire and that it's all Trump's fault singlehandedly...
Ironically, the travel ban issued in January seems to be one of the major differences between our reaction and the reaction of most of Europe (which has suffered much greater spread much faster).
It might all catch up eventually with everyone, but the longer it takes the better people can prepare...
and so far, objectively, the United States has one of the lower rates of infection right now.
So as a matter of comparison, our CDC and our responses have been more successful to date, than the responses from other countries and their own health centers.
That's just an objective (non-subjective) fact.
I guess those lawmakers missed vice president pence's announcement two days ago that over a million test kits gave been shipped and 4 million more are going out by end of the week.
Anything to criticize.
The Reverend Hypocrite gets his medical information and medical advice from Political writers...
Wow! I mean... just wow!!!
F-N idiot!
I don't know, Reverend. You might try referring to the CDC as I do.
Why deal in facts when he can be spoon fed shit from Goddard
1300 infections.
A few days ago it was only one. Then two, then ...then.. 19. The other night, 600. Now 1,300. No, wait, the numbers keep coming in ...
While James is being a drama queen the fact is the coronavirus infection rate has been unprecedentedly slow. Far slower than H1N1 and Ebola. And far slower than anything in my experience and I had the measles,
There is simultaneously good news and bad news about the virus. The good news that in young and/or healthy individuals a virus infection results in mild or no systems at all. A healthy immune system easily fight it off. That however, is also the bad news as these infections often go undetected even with a test kit.
Will Bernie fight for the Nomination this Sunday when he goes one on one with Biden.
Or will he puss out.
Ch UN Truth. LET ME REMIND YOU OF WHAT I POSTED AT 2:30 YESTERDAY
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This may be getting too serious for name calling.
Congressional Doctor Predicts 75-150 Million Infections
March 11, 2020 at 2:20 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard
“Congress’ in-house doctor told Capitol Hill staffers at a close-door meeting this week that he expects 70-150 million people in the U.S. — roughly a third of the country — to contract the coronavirus,” Axios reports.
“That estimate, which is in line with other projections from health experts, underscores the potential seriousness of this outbreak even as the White House has been downplaying its severity in an attempt to keep public panic at bay.”
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Trump Hits Back at Report He’s ‘Melting Down’
March 11, 2020 at 2:17 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard
President Trump slammed a Vanity Fair article that reported he is “melting down” over the coronavirus.
Trump tweeted the magazine “will soon be out of business” because of “their third rate Fake reporters, who make up sources which don’t exist.”
He added: “The facts are just the opposite. Our team is doing a great job with CoronaVirus!”
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I WISH I COULD BELIEVE TRUMP AND NOT "THE CONGRESSIONAL DOCTOR" AND "OTHER HEALTH EXPERTS."
March 11, 2020 at 2:37 PM
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The above is what I posted then and I sincerely still wish that.
This is getting too serious for the usual partisan politics that America has been practicing now for many years.
I should have qualified "in the US" and I credit that difference chiefly to the proactive response of the Trump administration in dealing with the epidemic.
h UN Truth. LET ME REMIND YOU OF WHAT I POSTED AT 2:30 YESTERDAY
This may be getting too serious for name calling.
And yet James you continue to name call and blame.
James said...
1300 infections.
A few days ago it was only one. Then two, then ...then.. 19. The other night, 600. Now 1,300. No, wait, the numbers keep coming in ...
Will the number in the USA reach several million, Ch?
I sincerely hope not, but specialists are predicting it will be far more than just one million.
well pederast,
the H1N1 flu virus resulted in 60.8 MILLION infections and roughly 300,000 hospitalizations...
From April 12, 2009 to April 10, 2010, CDC estimated there were 60.8 million cases (range: 43.3-89.3 million), 274,304 hospitalizations (range: 195,086-402,719), and 12,469 deaths (range: 8868-18,306) in the United States due to the (H1N1)pdm09 virus.
https://www.cdc.gov/flu/pandemic-resources/2009-h1n1-pandemic.html
but let's see...
who was the president back then?
oh yeah, i know...
it was the messiah, skeets hussein 0linsky (praise allah, peace be upon him). the man who could do no wrong. whose testicle perspiration was gargled by many in the media and worn as a cologne by others.
have we gotten anywhere NEAR H1N1 numbers with the wuhan lung AIDS?
nope, not even close.
but the virus isn't really the issue. the ability to use it to destroy this president is.
Swine Flu 60 million Americans caught it.
Deaths 12, 500 Americans Died
Did the US Press act the way they are today.
Did the NBA stop their season.
I WISH I COULD BELIEVE TRUMP AND NOT "THE CONGRESSIONAL DOCTOR" AND "OTHER HEALTH EXPERTS."
Consider this James, the "CONGRESSIONAL DOCTOR" is not an expert in epidemiology nor are those mysterious "OTHER HEALTH EXPERTS".
Trump is getting information and advise from the actual experts who's field is epidemiology.
These are serious credible people and as you saw in the Congressional hearings, they are not muzzled at all.
A friend just told me this morning that perhaps ca. 400,000 USA deaths are predicted for THIS pandemic.
Again, I hope none of this turns out to be the case. But I am not going to discount expert testimony for crass political reasons.
compassionate liberalism in all its disgusting glory:
Don’t take this the wrong way but if you were a young, hardline environmentalist looking for the ultimate weapon against climate change, you could hardly design anything better than coronavirus.
Unlike most other such diseases, it kills mostly the old who, let’s face it, are more likely to be climate sceptics. It spares the young. Most of all, it stymies the forces that have been generating greenhouse gases for decades. Deadly enough to terrify; containable enough that aggressive quarantine measures can prevent it from spreading. The rational response for any country determined to prevent loss of life is to follow China’s lead and lock down their economy to stem its spread.
http://archive.is/aGGem#selection-723.0-729.487
Well Reverend Hypocrite...
I am not listening to Trump, because as far as I know he has not made any "predictions" at all. Nor has the CDC or the WHO
https://www.who.int/news-room/q-a-detail/q-a-coronaviruses
I have heard several predictions that it will fizzle out within a few weeks and I posted the story yesterday from a political writer who suggested 1.5 million Americans could die. I have been to two medical doctors who both expect it to be on the lower range of a normal seasonal flu virus (several thousand infected and a few thousand who die).
So I think it is fairly safe to say that nobody knows for sure, Reverend.
The idea that people sit around here today arguing about which hypothetical is more realistic is just downright stupid.
The idea that people are spreading gossip and doomsday scenarios and attacking our CDC and Government response for political reasons is disgusting.
Most everyone personally involved (States and Governors) have been more than pleased with the assistance and guidance the Feds are providing and I have heard of no current medical people (who are not associated with some political figure or a former political appointee) who is being ultra-critical.
The numbers speak for themselves... The CDC says we have 1215 and 36 deaths (other organizations say it's slightly higher). It's progressing much slower than previous deadly viruses and...
Jeeper creepers Reverend...
I would think you should be rooting for us to succeed...
But it sure looks like you are rooting for people to die.
But I am not going to discount expert testimony for crass political reasons.
instead you're going to emphatically embrace asshat testimony for crass political reasons.
you know pederast, i could be inclined to call you a piece of shit, but that would be an insult to all of the shit that's ever been produced by every living being since the beginning of time.
Well, rrb, I guess you would never admit that you lied about how Obama handled the crisis that he faced.
FACTCHECK
Did Obama Declare Swine Flu an Emergency Only After ‘Millions’ Were Infected?
Not all "fact checks" are created equal.
Claim
U.S. President Barack Obama waited until millions were infected and thousands were dead before declaring a public health emergency concerning swine flu, the H1N1 virus.
Rating
False
Origin
On Feb. 28, 2020, the website PJ Media published an article claiming that U.S. President Barack Obama had waited until millions were infected and thousands were dead from swine flu, the H1N1 virus, before declaring a public health emergency in 2009. The article, which was presented as a “fact check,” got several simple details wrong.
In response to criticism of U.S. President Donald Trump’s handling of a recent outbreak of a new coronavirus, the PJ Media article opined that Obama had been lackadaisical about his response to a health emergency back in 2009, and that Trump by comparison had done his job admirably.
PJ Media writes:
Surely, St. Barack of Obama would have dealt with this horrible pandemic better than Orange Man Bad, right? No-Drama-Obama had this whole thing under control, of course!
Well, let’s compare and contrast…
Now, let’s go to the Wayback Machine. In April of 2009, the H1N1 became a pandemic.
But it wasn’t until six months later, October, that then-President Obama declared a public health emergency on what was already a pandemic. By that time, the disease had infected millions of Americans and more than 1,000 people had died in the U.S.
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There are several factual inaccuracies in this excerpt alone. For instance, PJ media writes that H1N1 became a pandemic in April 2009. But that’s not the case. The disease emerged in April but wasn’t declared a pandemic until June.
The excerpt also claims that Obama “declared a public health emergency on what was already a pandemic” in October 2009. But this is also wrong. Obama declared a national emergency, not a public health emergency, in October 2009. The Obama administration declared a public health emergency in April, months before swine flu was declared a pandemic. At the time that the Obama administration declared a public health emergency, only 20 confirmed cases (not over a million) of H1N1 existed in the United States.
The New York Times reported on April 26, 2009:
Responding to what some health officials feared could be the leading edge of a global pandemic emerging from Mexico, American health officials declared a public health emergency on Sunday as 20 cases of swine flu were confirmed in this country, including eight in New York City.
[…] The emergency declaration in the United States lets the government free more money for antiviral drugs and give some previously unapproved tests and drugs to children. One-quarter of the national stockpile of 50 million courses of antiflu drugs will be released.
PJ Media also inaccurately presented a video in the article as if it showed Obama addressing the swine flu after it had “already become a pandemic.” Again, that simply isn’t the case. When Obama addressed the nation about swine flu, or H1N1, in April 2009, the disease was just starting to spread. It wouldn’t be until June 2009 that the swine flu would be declared a pandemic.
The swine flu pandemic spread quickly across the United States starting in April 2009. There were approximately 60 million cases over the course of the following year, which resulted in nearly 275,000 hospitalizations and more than 12,000 deaths.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has a detailed timeline of this pandemic on its website. It shows that the CDC first activated its Emergency Operations Center (EOC) on April 22, 2009. At the time, there were only two confirmed cases in the United States. On April 25, 2009, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared a public health emergency of international concern, and the following day the Obama administration did the same. At that time, there were about 20 confirmed cases.
Despite the CDC’s efforts, the swine flu continued to spread. Kathleen Sebelius, secretary of health and human services, renewed the emergency declaration on July 24, 2009, and then again on Oct. 1, 2009. On Oct. 24, 2009, Obama declared a national emergency that gave officials more resources to fight the pandemic.
The Associated Press reported:
President Barack Obama has declared the swine flu outbreak a national emergency, giving his health chief the power to let hospitals move emergency rooms offsite to speed treatment and protect noninfected patients.
The declaration, signed Friday night and announced Saturday, comes with the disease more prevalent than ever in the country and production delays undercutting the government’s initial, optimistic estimates that as many as 120 million doses of the vaccine could be available by mid-October.
[…]
On April 26, the administration declared swine flu a public health emergency, allowing the shipment of roughly 12 million doses of flu-fighting medications from a federal stockpile to states in case they eventually needed them. At the time, there were 20 confirmed cases in the U.S. of people recovering easily. There was no vaccine against swine flu, but the CDC had taken the initial step necessary for producing one.
“As a nation, we have prepared at all levels of government, and as individuals and communities, taking unprecedented steps to counter the emerging pandemic,” Obama wrote in Saturday’s declaration.
In sum, the PJ Media article claimed that Obama “waited” until millions of people were infected with H1N1 before he declared an “emergency.” But that isn’t the case. The Obama administration started to address H1N1 just as the disease emerged in April 2009. A public health emergency was declared on April 26, 2009, when there were about 20 confirmed cases in the United States. The Obama administration renewed this declaration twice in the ensuing months before declaring a national emergency in October 2009.
friend just told me this morning that perhaps ca. 400,000 USA deaths are predicted for THIS pandemic.
And you post it?
What stupid old fool
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/obama-wait-swine-flu-n1h1/
Here is how Obama spoke to the nation.
Blogger James said...
Well, rrb, I guess you would never admit that you lied about how Obama handled the crisis that he faced.
except that i didn't lie about how he handled it. i commented how sycophantic throne sniffers like you in the media polished his nutsack like it was your fucking job.
The New York Times reported on April 26, 2009:
thanks for making my point, pederast.
i linked the CDC.
you link the NY Times. the same fucking NY Times that ate 0linsky's shit for breakfast, lunch and dinner for 8 fucking years.
IF (and I stress if) we are facing 70 to 150 million cases of infection, 400,000 death could be expected.
Again, I sincerely hope that none of these predictions prove to be true.
"James March 12, 2020 at 11:44 AM
A friend just told me this morning that perhaps ca. 400,000 USA deaths are predicted for THIS pandemic."
Lol, really, Dick Gepharts friend.
James is joking, he has to be.
All that SSN and medicare savings might balance the budget
Re: 12:02 PM
Scroll down to the short video.
Anyone who would expect a hundred million cases in the U.S. when China is already declining after 132000 cases is deliberately trying to spread panic gor an agenda. Or they're that ignorant.
Current pace of Deaths is 3 a day.
Abortion per day 2,500.
Absolutely no fear mongering going on with the left. 400,000 U.S. deaths
So if Trump can keep this below say 100,000 deaths he's going to be a HUGE HERO.
And the effect of oil prices on Iran and Russia are much greater than any possible US sanctions.
Of course China will benefit
FastStats - Deaths and Mortality - CDC
Number of deaths for leading causes of death: Heart disease: 647,457. Cancer: 599,108. Accidents (unintentional injuries): 169,936. Chronic lower respiratory diseases: 160,201. Stroke (cerebrovascular diseases): 146,383. Alzheimer's disease: 121,404. Diabetes: 83,564. Influenza and Pneumonia: 55,672.
The Obama Economy is tanking.
A friend just told me this morning that perhaps ca. 400,000 USA deaths are predicted for THIS pandemic.
Again, I hope none of this turns out to be the case. But I am not going to discount expert testimony for crass political reasons.
So this friend is an expert huh?
Or are you just repeating it for crass political reasons?
"“People now understand, especially with the coronavirus, that it is insane that we live in a nation in which 87 million Americans are uninsured or underinsured and can’t get to a doctor when they should. That we need a Medicare For All single-payer program,” he said. “People got that."
Reverend Hypocrite...
Most people criticized Obama for not declaring a national emergency (not a public health emergency). A public health emergency is not even declared by the President (but by the Secretary of HHS)... and I don't believe much people pay much attention to it.
But let's be serious, Reverend... if the President suddenly declared a National Emergency based on a virus that has so far killed only 36 people (according to today's updated CDC website) - wouldn't that look like a an overzealous use of the National Emergency powers?
I have no issues with him declaring it... but would that make him a hero by doing it so much earlier than Obama?
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
✔@AOC
Right about now would be a great time to weigh emergency measures like:
- Extending Medicare/Medicaid coverage to all
- Eviction freezes
- No-strings UBI programs
- Eliminating work requirements for SNAP &other assistance
- Humanitarian provisions in prisons & decarceral policies.
I had to look it up, UBI Program is a guaranteed US Income Transfer from workers to non workers.
Jane Death number as stated is 400,000 dead Ameicans.
More then the Korean War, Vietnam , Afganistan and Iraq.
You and your make believe friend are both fucktarded.
Social Distancing Poso
@JackPosobiec
WATCH: While fears of the coronavirus continue to spread, major pharmaceutical companies appear to be making rapid progress against the virus -
@OANN
https://twitter.com/JackPosobiec/status/1238150258825314306
Godspeed
We now learn that pompeo called it wuhan virus because China is actively trying to blame this on Trump and the us. Fox reporting it. They even have a rushed together book out on it. Other networks are not reporting the story.
Justin Trudeau In Self-Quarantine with His Wife
Political Wire, March 12, 2020 at 1:21 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 61 Comments
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is self-isolating over coronavirus fears after his wife, Sophie Gregoire-Trudeau, began to show mild symptoms of illness late on Wednesday after a speaking engagement in the UK, the BBC reports.Political Wire
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McConnell Cancels Senate Recess
March 12, 2020 at 1:33 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 113 Comments
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) said on Thursday that Senate will cancel next week’s recess to say in town to craft coronavirus legislation, The Hill reports.
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Officials Try to Explain Coronavirus Numbers to Trump
March 12, 2020 at 1:45 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 253 Comments
Washington Post: “Trump’s obsession with numbers — both publicly and privately — has dominated and shaped the administration’s response to the coronavirus, as advisers and public health experts try to placate a leader who largely views the global pandemic through the political lens of how the statistics reflect on his presidency and hopes for reelection.
“Privately, administration officials are trying to get Trump more comfortable with the idea of an inevitable rise in the number of coronavirus cases — in part by explaining to him that a higher number of cases overall could potentially result in a lower mortality rate. Sharing the growing number of cases might also demonstrate that many of those who test positive are asymptomatic or only have mild symptoms…Trump is increasingly coming to accept that the number of individuals who have tested positive for the virus is going to rise, even though he’s not happy about it, the official added.”
HE DOESN'T LIKE TO BE OPPOSED BY ANYONE, INCLUDING THE VIRUS
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Trump Holds Big Lead in Iowa
March 12, 2020 at 2:19 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 121 Comments
A new Des Moines Register Iowa poll finds President Trump leads Joe Biden among likely voters in the presidential race, 51% to 41%, with 8% still undecided.
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Biden Has Edge In Wisconsin
March 12, 2020 at 2:23 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 60 Comments
A new Public Policy Polling survey in Wisconsin finds Joe Biden leading President Trump in the presidential race, 48% to 45%.
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New York Bans All Gatherings of 500 or More
March 12, 2020 at 2:36 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 33 Comments
“New York will ban most gatherings of more than 500 people, including at Broadway shows, and restrict smaller gatherings in an extraordinary step to fight the growing outbreak of the coronavirus in the state,” the New York Times reports.
“The restrictions were New York’s most forceful move yet to try to mitigate the spread of the virus. They are expected to have a profound impact on the city’s cultural institutions, including Broadway, a multibillion dollar industry at the heart of New York’s tourist trade.”
You know James, we all got news feeds. Most of them better than yours.
Right now the way the statistics are going this may be the most overhyped pandemic in history.
H1N1 was far more infectious, so was Ebola, as is the flu. H1N1 and Ebola was far more deadly also.
Yet for this epidemic, the stock market took a dive, sporks leagues stopped playing and gathering of more than 500 people were banned.
This may very well be known as the great panic of 2020.
On Tuesday China has reported just 19 new cases. Even though you have to take anything the Chinese say with a graIn of salt if that number is anywhere near 19 then coronavirus in China has peaked and they are on the downside of the Farr curve.
This also means Italy and the rest of Europe should be at or near their peak. If true we should see a reduction of new cases reported.
In the US (due to proactive action) that curve may be flatten out, if we are not at the peak we soon will be. However, the wildcard is still lack of test kits to confirm the infection rate so I would expect the number of confirm cases to jump as these test kits become more widely available.
And this is important to note, by the time these test kits are deployed we may have already reached our peak and we are now on the downside.
So stay calm, take sensible precautions. Spring is around the corner for the northern hemisphere and with it, the end the flu season and hopefully the coronavirus season also.
On Tuesday China has reported just 19 new cases.
Sure....after they locked down an entire population of the country......which Italy did also ,,,,,you think the US will do the same with actors like Lil Schitty questioning the mommy government?????
by the time these test kits are deployed we may have already reached our peak and we are now on the downside.
Another hoping for a miracle???? Is that what they teach you in your cult?????? Spring is coming.....and there is no guarantee the season will affect it or slow it down...!!!!!
As to calm.....yep....may avoid movies for a while, but no other change.....Gym was very quiet today.....grocery store cleaned out....The problem is trump who is failing at allaying the fears of many!!!!! Leading is not his forte....!!!! BTW....any hint what the plan is yet???? Still nothing but BS.....sad you let him get away with it by supporting everything he does!!!!!
Go look up the data for h1n1 virus in 2009-2010. 59M contracted it and 12K died. That and Ebola were far more contagious. This is a panic.
Hey Ballz......Ebola was far more deadly.....spreading required you to come in contact with bodily fluids of some sort.....IOW's not an easy catch like the flu!!!!....you really should rely on looking stuff up before believing what cramps posted earlier....
Sure....after they locked down an entire population of the country......which Italy did also ,,,,,you think the US will do the same
I don't think the US will have to. As I said, staying calm and taking sensible precautions goes a long way.
All epidemics have a natural progression as describe by Farr's law. China is ahead of the US in that progression so is Europe.
Sooner or later the response to the epidemic will end it. Being natural immunity built up in the population or whether climate and social distancing limits the opportunity for infection.
Right now the idea to flatten the curve where the US may peak out. Hopefully within the next two weeks.
Another hoping for a miracle???? I
Not a miracle, just a natural progression.
Lindsey Graham Being Tested for Coronavirus
March 12, 2020 at 4:19 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 83 Comments
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) is being tested for coronavirus after being at Mar-a-Lago with Brazilian president last weekend, NBC News reports.
He’s self-quarantining “in an abundance of caution.”
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White House Says Trump Won’t Be Tested for Coronavirus
March 12, 2020 at 4:39 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 15 Comments
“President Trump will not be tested for the coronavirus after coming into contact with a Brazilian official who tested positive for the virus just days after participating in meetings with him in Florida,” the New York Times reports.
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Meadows Enters West Wing After Self-Quarantine
March 12, 2020 at 4:44 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment
“Incoming White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows was in the West Wing on Thursday, emerging from self-quarantine after encountering a person infected with coronavirus at a political event last month,” Bloomberg reports.
This is curious:
“The president held an emergency Oval Office meeting Wednesday to discuss options for dealing with the virus. More than a dozen senior aides attended, but Meadows wasn’t there and wasn’t asked to join by phone.”
Trump’s Speech Did Nothing to Calm Anyone
March 12, 2020 at 4:22 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 103 Comments
Dan Balz: “In times of national crisis, people look to the president for direction, reassurance and confidence. President Trump’s Oval Office speech on Wednesday night provided precisely the opposite.
“From the misstatements to the omissions to his labored demeanor, the president sent a message that shook financial markets, disrupted relations with European allies, confused his many viewers and undermined the most precious commodity of any president, his credibility.
“With the stock markets plunging into bear territory, the health-care system struggling to keep pace with the spreading virus and Americans wondering what’s next, Trump is dealing unsteadily with the greatest crisis of his presidency. The pandemic is a physical and fiscal threat to the well-being of millions of Americans. It also has become a political threat to the president’s hopes for a second term.”
I don't think the US will have to.
Your expert opinion.....BEAAAAAAAA!!!!! NCAA just canceled the entire tourney!!!!! At least leaders of major events are doing more than the jackass in the WH who still has NO FUCKING PLAN!!!!!! Isn't Farrs law part of that opinion you posted that things will be better than expected?????? The epidemic will end when it stops making people sick not before....I am amused by your post trying to placate your own fears.....My family has many very elder seniors in it and several family members who have had chemo with suppressed immune systems....and a couple in assisted living......they concern me greatly and your vain posts are not science but a trump cultist opinion who IMHO has done SHIT!!!!!
Stocks Plunge 10% in Dow’s Worst Day Since 1987
March 12, 2020 at 4:48 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 27 Comments
“The selloff in U.S. stocks gathered pace Thursday with the Dow Jones Industrial Average falling nearly 10% in its worst day since the 1987 crash, while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq joined it in bear-market territory,” the Wall Street Journal reports.
“The furious falls in share prices on rising fears of a global slowdown due to the rapid spread of coronavirus occurred despite a $1.5 trillion intervention in short-term funding markets by the Federal Reserve.”
Not a miracle, just a natural progression.
BWAAAAAAA!!!!!! You hoping the coming of spring is your miracle asshole...natural progression could be a very tough road....Maryland just closed schools down for the next 2 weeks....Your optimism is not warranted but I am hopeful it pans out!!!!!!
My family has many very elder seniors in it
Including you, be afraid fatty, be very afraid
Disney Land has shut down....Broadway shut down for theaters over 500 people.....!!!!!
Hey drunkard.....you sure expend a lot of brain power to try to make you look big....How old is your mother asshole???? She's in some kind of assisted living isn't she???? I sure hope she is in good care because it is obvious you don't give a shit!!!!!!
GRAPH for USA Coronavirus infections
Confirmed cases - 1,329
Deaths - 38
Recovered - 8
My biggest surprise:
ONLY eight recoveries can be listed out of 1,329?
Carnival cruises shutting down for 60 days because of the deep state virus hoax!!!!
As of Thursday afternoon, at least 1,504 people in 45 states and Washington, D.C., have tested positive for coronavirus, according to a New York Times database, and at least 39 patients with the virus have died.
HOW VIRUS WAS CONTRACTED in number of cases (partial list)
Cluster connected to a community in New Rochelle, N.Y. 113
Personal contact in U.S. 90
Nursing facility in Kirkland, Wash. 57
Travel overseas 48
Diamond Princess cruise ship 43
Travel in Egypt 41
Travel in Italy 33
Travel within the U.S. 33
Business conference in Boston 29
Grand Princess cruise in February 21
Grand Princess cruise in March 21
Travel in China 15
Connected to Episcopal church in Washington, D.C. 4
Hospital in Vacaville, Calif. 3
Connected to Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. 3
Nursing facility in Stanwood, Wash. 3
Travel in Iran 2
Travel in South Korea 1
Unknown 899
Dumbass salesman wins a vacation.....family refuses to travel......!!!!!!!! At least they have sense!!!!
Hey dopey, fuck off you ignorant prick
NHL suspends season......Heard Mark Cuban say he would pay all hourly employees that work the games.....Man steps up to the plate and hits homer....Trump puts his fat obese white ass in a chair and orders McDonalds......who is the real leader here??????
Hey ballz...you claimed Ebola was easy to catch and I shoved it up your old white ass!!!!! ESAD jag off!!!! Yeah I am a fact prick while you are just an asshole!!!!!!
STATE CASES DEATHS
Washington 377 30
New York 328 0
California 207 4
Massachusetts 108 0
Colorado 45 0
Texas 34 0
Georgia 31 1
Florida 30 2
New Jersey 29 1
Illinois 25 0
Nebraska 23 0
Pennsylvania 22 0
Oregon 20 0
Virginia 17 0
North Carolina 14 0
Iowa 14 0
Louisiana 14 0
Maryland 13 0
Indiana 13 0
South Carolina 12 0
Nevada 10 0
District of Columbia 10 0
Arizona 9 0
Tennessee 9 0
Minnesota 9 0
Kentucky 8 0
South Dakota 8 1
Wisconsin 6 0
New Hampshire 6 0
Connecticut 6 0
Arkansas 6 0
Rhode Island 5 0
Ohio 5 0
New Mexico 5 0
Oklahoma 4 0
Kansas 4 0
Delaware 4 0
Utah 3 0
Hawaii 2 0
Vermont 2 0
Michigan 2 0
Missouri 1 0
Mississippi 1 0
North Dakota 1 0
Wyoming 1 0
Maine 1 0
Wyoming, Idaho, West Virginia, and Alabama had 0 cases as of this report.
Only 27 in Florida, 3 are out of state residences that are being repatriated.
70 percent of the cases were contracted in Europe or Asia.
So tell e again why travel restrictions are unnecessary and xenophobic?.
So tell me again why travel restrictions are unnecessary and xenophobic?
I never said they were. But why only Europe?
because that's where most of the infected are coming from at this point - europe. looked at italy lately? geezus, you're fucking "alky" stupid.
anyway, why do YOU insist on getting as many Americans killed as possible just so you can blame it on Trump, PEDERAST???
Well it's not only Europe it's China, South Korea too but the epidemic is waning in those countries.
There is no evidence the epidemic is waning in Europe. It's probably at or nearing it's peak.
In Italy a bureaucrat is making decisions which elderly Italian lives or dies. Ain't socialized medicine grand?
I never said they were. But why only Europe?
Are you that fucking stupid pederast???
Trump was getting shit after shutting down China and other Asian countries 6 weeks ago
You are dense
I don't have time to argue with you
Argue what when you are wrong.....bwaaaaa!!!!!!!! Typical of trump slurpers!!!!!
Trump was getting shit after shutting down China
BWAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!! From Lil Schitty maybe......
In Italy a bureaucrat is making decisions which elderly Italian
No cramps they are chosen by lottery.....not that solution is good because they ran out of hospital beds.....as to your confusion that asia has reached its peak....I don't see any credible sources saying that....you are not credible !!!!
It is not Just the EU.
The Democrats now support a travel.ban?
Or sticking with open Borders?
this fucking cunt is EVIL:
EXCLUSIVE: White House Officials Allege Speaker Pelosi Pushed To Include Hyde Amendment Loophole Into Coronavirus Stimulus Plan
https://dailycaller.com/2020/03/12/donald-trump-nancy-pelosi-coronavirus-stimulus-hyde-amendment-abortion-funding-white-house-allegations/
No cramps they are chosen by lottery.....not that solution is good because they ran out of hospital beds.....
Because they are single payer socialized country. Socialist governments always tries to do healthcare on the cheap so they only build and staff for the day to day, They never build in excess capacity.
So when an emergency to natural disaster strikes, they have to decide who gets treated and who dies.
this fucking cunt is EVIL:
EXCLUSIVE: White House Officials Allege Speaker Pelosi Pushed To Include Hyde Amendment Loophole Into Coronavirus Stimulus Plan
If there were any justice.....
they are chosen by lottery..
Oh, that makes it a whole lot better. Who runs the lottery Denny.
lottery = rationing.
rationing is inevitable when you socialize medicine. and it results in the 'almost' equal distribution of misery.
i say 'almost' because the commie scumbags like bernie who want to run this fucking hell on earth always exempt themselves from the horror they wish to impose on others.
Ebola is contagious stupid. By saliva, kissing, insect bite, touching, etc.
Will the President close his golf courses because of the Coronavirus?
Speaking of worthless stupid cunts, Alky .
"First described in April 2009, the virus appeared to be a new strain of H1N1 which resulted when a previous triple reassortment of bird, swine and human flu viruses further combined with a Eurasian pig flu virus, leading to the term "swine flu"."
Obimbo the lost years
"On October 24, 2009, President Barack Obama declared Swine Flu a national emergency"
ouch. 12,500 Americans Died.
"CDC estimates that between 41 million and 84 million cases of 2009 H1N1 occurred between April 2009 and January 16, 2010," the agency said in a statement. Usually the CDC goes with a middle number, which it puts at about 57 million people infected."
And when Did the Great One act?
Oh yea , October.
Will the President close his golf courses because of the Coronavirus?
I know of no golf courses that are closing and the PGA is maintaining its tournament schedule.
e PGA is maintaining its tournament schedule.
No crowds for days 3 and 4 at Ponte Vedra Nascar no fans for atlanta!!!!.......seems to me the private sector is acting like adults while trump fiddles!!!!!
And when Did the Great One act?
Trump blamed him for something.....something trump had 3 years to fix you dumb fuck....
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