Donald Trump continues to spread coronavirus misinformation - See 13 claims from AlterNet already proven pure hogwash...
The propagandist at work
It is bad enough that the coronavirus epidemic is spreading faster than U.S. health officials can control, but add to that the spewed idiocy of the Oval Office lunatic, which simply throws more fuel on the inferno. We know, now, that you cannot shut up this dolt, so his staff and the public now simply ignore his ravings and look for a credible source for information. Like in all other announcements, Trump still maintains there is nothing serious about the situation.
Here are only a few of the White House maniac's gems, then you can go the article because they are all worth reading...for a good laugh...
1. “Hopefully, we’re not going to have to spend so much because we really think we’ve done a great job in keeping it down to a minimum. And again, we’ve had tremendous success — tremendous success — beyond what people would have thought.”
Reality: "Trump said this when the number of confirmed cases of infection in the United States was around sixty. It’s now over 500 and counting.
2. “We’re rapidly developing a vaccine, and they can speak to you — the professionals can speak to you about that. The vaccine is coming along well.”
Reality: Any potential vaccine will take at least a year to 18 months to become available, and that’s assuming everything goes perfectly in the development.
3. “But we’re very, very ready for this, for anything — whether it’s going to be a breakout of larger proportions or whether or not we’re — you know, we’re at that very low level, and we want to keep it that way.”
Reality: The administration has not been ready for the outbreak, despite knowing about the threat of the virus for months. The United States has been well behind the appropriate pace of testing to understand the scope of the crisis and keep it under control.
“The Democratic field is poor, but Trump is dead.”
There's more...
“I live in New York City, and people there are hardly going to restaurants, cinemas, or theaters,” he said. “If it comes, we are totally f*cked.”
The stock market will recover; hopefully, Donald Trump won't. Can't be any more blunt than that...READ MORE...
Florida woman returns from Italy with coronavirus symptoms and cannot get verified to be tested. It's due to "refusal of health officials to conduct the necessary tests, according to CBS Miami." Here's her scenario...
“The doctor himself told me that, you know, he thinks that the results of my [preliminary] tests mean that I most likely have the COVID-19, but that the Department of Health did not want to pursue it further,” the woman said. “It was either the Department of Health or the CDC that decided not to further pursue the inquiry. But I was basically told that it is most likely that I have this virus and that I should self-quarantine.”
The hospital, Jackson Memorial, would only respond that they were,“following guidelines for testing established by the CDC and the Florida Department of Health.” More evidence of Donald Trump interference?
Unbelievable only 1,900 tested for coronavirus in U.S. but 140,000 in So. Korea...
"As the highly infectious coronavirus jumped from China to country after country in January and February, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention lost valuable weeks that could have been used to track its possible spread in the United States because it insisted upon devising its own test."
The Centers for Disease Control ignored World Health Organization test guidelines used by other countries and embarked on research that ended in what was a similar test to what WHO had already developed. They distributed the kits...
"But when it was sent to labs across the country in the first week of February, it didn’t work as expected. The CDC test correctly identified COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus. But in all but a handful of state labs, it falsely flagged the presence of the other viruses in harmless samples."
The admission from health officials...
“We’re weeks behind because we had this problem,” said Scott Becker, chief executive officer of the Association of Public Health Laboratories, which represents 100 state and local public laboratories. “We’re usually up-front and center and ready.”
That was before Donald Trump came to the White House.
Did Republicans stall the Coronavirus Bill just to protect the pharmaceutical industry over the welfare of the American people? The short answer is YES! When negotiations stalled on a federal spending package to address the spread of the coronavirus strain known as COVID-19, it was due to a dispute over vaccine pricing. Democrats even proposed free treatment and vaccine, but Republicans wanted to eliminate "fair and reasonable pricing," the federal procurement standard. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar commented, “We would want to ensure that we work to make it affordable, but we can’t control that price, because we need the private sector to invest. Price controls won’t get us there.” This dufus is talking about the rule of law when the U.S. is facing a potential pandemic in the coronavirus crisis. And it all can be traced back to the incompetence of the Donald Trump administration in handling the dilemma.
The Grand Press ready to unload coronavirus cases in Oakland
"At least 565 people in the US have tested positive for coronavirus, including 70 people who were repatriated to the US.," according to CNN. More than 3,500 have died worldwide and at least 105,000 have been infected, with these numbers climbing daily. What's really scary is "Hundreds of passengers have been infected from multiple cruise ships," and, as I indicated earlier, there are similar ships at sea with potential coronavirus infected passengers.
Princess Cruises which owns the Grand Princess and the Diamond Princess, earlier quarantined with the disease in Japan, "said the CDC has given a 'no-sail' order for another ship, the Royal Princess." It seems the cruise line says a crew member who recently served on the Grand Princess transferred to the Royal Princess just over two weeks ago. Princess claims it could not get the crew member tested.
Chris Hayes of MSNBC
MSNBC’s Chris Hayes literally fumed in a recent show, "All In," over Donald Trump’s botched handling of the ongoing coronavirus crisis. One of his major points was how far we have fallen behind in testing with 164 U.S. cases reported by the CDC, more than 500 in the media. U.S. News just released an article that claims, "'Real' U.S. Coronavirus Cases May Have Topped 9,000," a number investigators allege was, "very conservative" in methods to estimate the number.
Hayes added...
“And when the tests do deploy, case numbers in the country will spike. which will freak people out,” Hayes explained. “They shouldn’t be. The whole point is that we do not know how many cases there are. Because — inexplicably! — we have not been testing nearly enough now for at least a week and probably longer."
This is purely my opinion, but I wouldn't put it past Donald Trump being the sole reason behind the fact that test kits haven't been distributed, because he is afraid of the large number of potential coronavirus cases that will be revealed from the findings. Bad for his favorability ratings for the November election. And, perhaps that's where the researchers in the U.S. News piece loosely predicate their findings. Chris Hayes makes several good point worth reading here.
CNN headlines "dissonance" between Donald Trump and CDC on coronavirus
Trump/Hannity
But there is no discord when it comes to Trump allies who are willing to stretch the truth, even lie, for T-rump when it comes to the severity of the coronavirus. As an example, wingnut Republican, Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz...
"a top Republican [suck-up] in the House of Representatives, appeared to be mocking the virus when he wore a gas mask to votes on the House floor."
The Oval Office lunatic has complained that some administration people like Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar were too alarmist when conveying information on the disease complaining that "doomsday scenarios and overly pessimistic predictions helped tank markets." Although there should be certain considerations in releasing information, this clearly points out Trump's interest in protecting his favorability ratings for the November election.
Here's CNN's take...
"From its earliest days, Trump has sought to downplay coronavirus' risks and lashed out when those within his administration appeared to be doing otherwise. He told a collective of executives at the World Economic Summit in Davos, Switzerland, in mid-January that it would not pose a major threat to the United States, an attendee told CNN."
The big question remains, when the coronavirus epidemic turns into a pandemic, what will the White House maniac do? There are many, even within the Trump administration, who believe he doesn't have the skills or brains to handle it. Then what?,,,READ MORE...
Now, that's novel...Coronavirus stricken person a member of GOP CPAC, the party that denies the disease'''
Matt Schlapp
This person was exposed to the virus before attending theAmerican Conservative Union (ACU) convention, This person was tested as positive for COVID-19 in a New Jersey hospital; the convention was held in Maryland. But the patient remains quarantined in the New Jersey hospital. Did the person know he or she had been exposed? It all sounds very suspicious but everything Republicans do today is suspect. Here is an apparently incorrect ACU statement...
"ACU said that the patient did not make contact with President Trump or Vice President Mike Pence, and never attended the events in the main hall."
However, completely contrary to that...
"Matt Schlapp told the Washington Post he interacted with the patient at the event and that he then shook Trump’s hand on the stage on the last day of the conference."
Like I said before, nothing a Republican says can ever be trusted, except, perhaps, Matt Schlapp!
Why coronavirus will go out of control in the United States...
Sean Hannity, one of Fox News' biggest sources of misinformation
The Russians are coming - The Russians are coming...to spread coronavirus propaganda like...
"conspiracy theories — suggesting, for example, that the coronavirus had been created by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation or was the result of a bioweapon."
Not so far-fetched when you consider they helped spread hoaxes in 2016 that the Democrats wanted to "destroy T-rump's presidency." Now Putin's gang is fast at work again, this time on the coronavirus to lay the blame anywhere but at Donald Trump's feet, where it belongs. If you can believe anything from Trump's Cabinet...
"A top State Department official said Thursday that Russia is behind 'swarms of online, false personas' that sought to spread misinformation about coronavirus on social-media sites, stressing the 'entire ecosystem of Russian disinformation is at play.'"
Dumbo Arkansas Senator Tom Cotton is at it again when he went on TV to advance the theory of Chinese bioweapon conspiracy, not backing down when questioned over his remark. Here's the real skinny...
Richard Ebright, a professor of chemical biology at Rutgers University, told the Washington Post, “There’s absolutely nothing in the genome sequence of this virus that indicates the virus was engineered. The possibility this was a deliberately released bioweapon can be firmly excluded.”
The master moron of misinformation speaks on coronavirus...
"If these rumors and lies were started by the Russian government it just proves, once again, that they know their targets. But the truth is that Americans don’t really need their help. The right-wing media is doing a great job of misleading half the country all by themselves."
And Maria Bartiromo is one of the few Fox staff who can be trusted.
Rush Limbaugh
It is beyond frightening that an unbridled GOP can get away with this in modern day America. But this is what it has come down to today and if the American public decides to reelect Donald Trump to a second term. Salon reminded us, "Rush Limbaugh insisted that the coronavirus was just a common cold and it was being 'weaponized' to use against the president." With world-class morons like this in our own country, we don't need any enemies.
And then there is another delusion from Fox News dimwits. They have...
"blamed the homeless population for spreading the disease, despite absolutely no evidence that has happened. This fits with their evident programming directive to demean and degrade the homeless population as often as possible, particularly in states that didn’t vote for Donald Trump."
Now this exceeds the unconscionable when these displaced folks are trying their best to just survive in some cases. And this is the first time I have heard this one, Digby Parton contends that Donald Trump has a "fake reputation," throwing the term back in the face of the blockhead that originated it with "fake news." But here's an unbelievable comment that Trump made to the king of misinformation, Fox News Sean Hannity...
"We have thousands or hundreds of thousands of people that get better, just by, you know, sitting around and even going to work, some of them go to work, but they get better."
Many of the mild cases have experienced some improvement and will continue to do so. But another implication they should go to work is asinine and potentially dangerous for those with more serious conditions. There have been 3,570 coronavirus deaths worldwide, 19 in the U.S. There are a number of factors that affect the immunity to this virus and only the experienced medical community should be giving advice, not some dufus sitting in the Oval Office. READ MORE...
Donald Trump completely cavalier with elderly health
Donald Trump on coronavirus...WTF
The airlines are experiencing slower customer travel since the onset of the coronavirus, so Trump decided to give them a boost and overrode "a recommendation from health officials that elderly people and those who are 'physically fragile' not fly on commercial airplanes." Yeah, just throw the old farts (I'm one) at the disease since they're probably on their last leg anyway. And then regarding the latest problems with the cruise lines...
"Pence reportedly 'narrowed' his focus when he spoke about precautions for certain populations, noting that 'older people with serious health problems' should 'practice common sense and avoid activities including traveling on a cruise line.'"
The keyword here is "serious." The CDC cautionsany person "over 60 and those with underlying health problems to strongly consider avoiding activities that involve large crowds." That would certainly include airports and airplanes. It isn't time to panic, but it sure is time to use good judgment, because the immune system of an elderly person is one of the most fragile parts of their overall health issues. Again, I have first-hand knowledge of this...READ MORE...
Robert Reich, who is an American liberal economist, professor, author, and political commentator, who worked for Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton, has six ways he feels will convince Bernie Sanders' skeptics.
1. “America would never elect a socialist. P-l-e-a-s-e. America’s most successful and beloved government programs are social insurance – Social Security and Medicare. A highway is a shared social expenditure, as is the military and public parks and schools. The truth is we have already have socialists." A point that has been made hundreds of times and think about it, the Bern's programs have a majority support in the U.S. Why is Bernie Sanders electable?...
2. “He’d never beat Trump in the general election. Wrong. The best way for Democrats to defeat Trump’s fake anti-establishment populism is with the real thing, coupled with an agenda of systemic reform. This is what Bernie Sanders offers, and it’s what the polls are reflecting." Biden beats Bernie by over nine points in the primary, understandable, due to recent dropouts and their endorsements for Joe Biden. But Robert Reich is looking at individual ideology more these days, and Sanders' candidacy is becoming more desirable.
3. “But how would he pay for it?" A question asked over and over when it seems no one muses, "Funny that they never ask how we’ll pay for endless wars or bailouts, tax cuts, and subsidies for the top 1 percent." Reich continues, "Bernie’s campaign just released a detailed memo outlining how they plan to pay for his policy ideas." When you consider what we are paying for and the results it will yield, the whole effort is put into perspective.
There are three more: 4. “He couldn’t get any of his ideas implemented because Congress would reject them.” - 5. “He’s too old.” - 6. “He can’t unite the Democratic Party.” I really recommend you read this article by one of the leading liberal political analysts of today, Robert Reich.
