LATEST:: I Don’t Want to ‘Embarrass’ Trump, Dr. Andrew Fauci

Good God, Donald Trump has embarrassed himself and the United States around the world, so, you're just a little too late...

I know Dr. Fauci, who is director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, is doing his best to perform his job and be as transparent on the coronavirus issue without upsetting his boss, T-rump. But that in itself is absurd when Fauci says he has to soft-tread what Trump doesn't want to hear. The idiot should be open to what the expert, Fauci, advises, not running around talking about the anti-malarial drug he touts as a miracle cure for COVID-19.

Here's a typical Fauci conversation with the Oval Office lunatic from The Daily Beast...

“I don’t want to embarrass him,” Fauci added. “I don’t want to act like a tough guy, like I stood up to the president. I just want to get the facts out. And instead of saying, ‘You’re wrong,’ all you need to do is continually talk about what the data are and what the evidence is. And he gets that. He’s a smart guy. He’s not a dummy. So he doesn’t take it—certainly up to now—he doesn’t take it in a way that I’m confronting him in any way. He takes it in a good way.”

Trump contradicts Fauci, slams reporter over anti-malarial drug...

I take exception with, "He’s a smart guy. He’s not a dummy." Donald Trump has repeatedly proved he is anything but a smart guy and that he is, perhaps, the biggest dummy on the planet. Sorry, but on that, Fauci is all wrong!

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Republican insider trading in the Senate

Also accused and asked to resign along with Burr is Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R-Ga.), the newest member of the Senate...

Burr and Loeffler

Burr, the powerful chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, and a North Carolina Republican told Senators only in a private meeting about two weeks ago the problem was coming. He had unloaded his stocks on February 13. The Senator, according to AlterNet...

"has access to the government’s most highly classified information about threats to America’s security. His committee was receiving daily coronavirus briefings around this time, according to a Reuters story."

The guy's a crook, along with Loeffler, and both should resign. No doubt they both will be protected by an even bigger crook, Senate head, Moscow Mitch McConnell. "A week after Burr’s sales, the stock market began a sharp decline and has lost about 30% since." Do these people live and work in a vacuum Because if they were aware of the consequences, we have some of the nation's dumbest people in the U.S. Congress. Well, guess we knew that.

Burr and Loeffler exposed in this video...

 And Burr even wrote an opinion article for Fox News, according to the New York Times...

"suggesting that the United States was “better prepared than ever before” to confront the virus. At least three other senators sold major stock holdings around the same time, disclosure records show."

Here's what Burr said in that meeting two weeks after selling his stock...

“There’s one thing that I can tell you about this: It is much more aggressive in its transmission than anything we have seen in recent history,” Mr. Burr said, according to a recording obtained by NPR, which reported on his remarks on Thursday. “It’s probably more akin to the 1918 pandemic.”

Another AlterNet article reported...

"Much like Burr, Loeffler publicly voiced optimism about the strength of the economy and the Trump administration’s response to the coronavirus crisis even as she unloaded stock holdings."

You have to believe that these two minions of the Trump administration were sucking up to the White House maniac to help him support a diving stock market. It didn't help and now the two may be guilty of a felony. There were others but apparently noo directly involved.

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LATEST COVID-19 UPDATE: Trump pushing anti-malarial drug for coronavirus - Dr. Fauci cautious

Donald Trump's befuddled and bewildering words are why the American public is so confused over the coronavirus pandemic...

Trump -Fauci

The drug being argued over by Trump and Dr. Fauci is hydroxychloroquine, "a medication used for the prevention and treatment of certain types of malaria, specifically chloroquine-sensitive malaria. Trump apparently wants to move quickly for its use, but top CDC adviser, Fauci, says, hold on, let's make sure it's safe. There are side effects like...

• headache, dizziness, ringing in your ears
• nausea, vomiting, stomach pain
• loss of appetite, weight loss

There's more but what is important is that Dr. Fauci wants to make sure it will work for coronavirus before proceeding with any serious discussions. Not go chasing a remedy that has no potential to help COVID-19. T-rump wants to forge ahead without the necessary science behind the move just to appease those dopes out there looking for a quick fix. Here is some of the conversation...

Trump thinks drug could be "game-changer"...
Fauci says test it first

Trump: “I am a fan of that [drug] and we’ll see what happens. I have seen things that are impressive. We’ll see. We’ll know soon. When you get to safety, this is prescribed for many years for people to combat malaria, which was a big problem.”

Dr. Fauci, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases director replied: "he shared the president’s positive outlook, the drug still needs to be tested specifically for coronavirus efficacy — echoing FDA chief Stephen Hahn’s comments the day before."

Dr. Fauci denies malarial drug is ready...

The conversation closed with this statement from "Dr." Trump, confirming just how mentally challenged this idiot is...

“It may work and it may not work. I agree with [Fauci]. It may work or may not. I feel good about it. Just a feeling. I am a smart guy, we’ll see soon enough.”

 A moron couldn't have said it better...READ MORE...

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Dr. Sanjay Gupta

CNN anchor John King quotes that network's Dr. Sanjay Gupta is "stunned" at Donald Trump's reaction to his top coronavirus adviser Dr. Andrew Fauci. Here's Gupta...

“I’ve never seen anything like it, John,” he said. “That was incredible to see this back-and-forth. First of all, the president said that this drug was approved for coronavirus yesterday, it is not. He said there’s a lot of evidence to show how promising it is, there is a one 20-person study out of France that Dr. Tony Fauci described as ‘anecdotal.’”

Latest COVID-19 Crisis: These millennials are just stupid about coronavirus

This is beyond frightening, the 18-29 age group, referred to as millennials, refuses to take the coronavirus pandemic seriously...

Clueless millennials on the beach

I've said this before, if you want to kill yourself that's your prerogative. But when it affects me, I draw the line. And that line is to isolate you so you won't infect me or other innocents who are trying to protect themselves. A good example of this is the idiot spring break student, Brady Studer, who said, "If I get corona, I get corona." He and his pals are wandering around Miami Beach, possibly picking up the disease, and taking it back home.

This wingnut, along with the Kentucky man with the virus who refused to self-quarantine and another infected, Evangeline Lilly, doing the same, should be confined to a concentration camp and let them take their chances. Here's the scenario...

"Completed on March 18, the latest nationwide Forbes Under 30 Poll found that an astounding 35% of Americans aged 18-29 believed that the COVID-19 crisis is overblown. Less than 50% of those polled think that it’s a genuine health threat."

Millennials shouldn't put elderly at risk, says Dr. Andrew Fauci...

With all that has come down on the coronavirus pandemic, you would think these morons would have more brains, and this really doesn't speak well of the mentality of this age group. Here's more of the Forbes study...

"When asked if they have adjusted their routines over the last week, roughly a quarter of young people have not let the virus dampen their social lives —despite urgent warnings to stay home. Take dating: while 43% of people reported that they have gone on fewer dates, because of COVID-19, than the previous week, an astounding 38% said they are dating the same as usual. And 12% said that they are dating more often. Those numbers are roughly the same when it comes to gathering with friends and dining out in restaurants."

If we see an uptick in millennials for COVID-19 cases in the future, the method of quarantining might come to a legal order that makes it a felony to refuse. And that would be pretty pathetic.

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Coronavirus news from CDC on Friday

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) is now publishing daily updates on the status of the coronavirus pandemic. It will be updated daily at noon, Monday through Friday, and I will publish it for you as soon as it becomes available.

Here are Friday's results. More later...

Total cases: 15,219
Total deaths: 201

Jurisdictions reporting cases: 54 (50 states, District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, and US Virgin Islands)

Good news for China on COVID-19 - Maybe not the U.S.

China has had its first day free from coronavirus after almost four months but with Donald Trump in charge, not likely to happen as soon in the United States...

A market in Beijing

Yes, China did try to cover up the outbreak of the virus in late 2019, but when the enormity of the disease was realized, "sweeping top-down" efforts were implemented to fight the virus. CNN reports from Hong Kong...

"Just last month, mainland China was reporting thousands of new cases every day, and was considered the most high-risk infection area in the world."

The early stages of China's coronavirus...

"In the weeks following the early spread of the virus, the government enacted draconian quarantine measures and strict travel restrictions affecting hundreds of millions of citizens. In some hard-hit cities, residents have been unable to leave their apartments for more than a month, while transport between major population hubs has been limited or halted altogether."

Donald Trump's abysmal initial approach was to deny coronavirus was even there, calling it a hoax perpetrated by Democrats. This is after the disease was reported; a "35-year-old man in an urgent care clinic in Snohomish County, Washington, with a 4-day history of cough and subjective fever." This went on for a while until T-rump's next phase, 'I have it under control,' until mid-March when he finally admitted "It's bad. It's bad."

Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders condemn Donald Trump's handling of coronavirus pandemic...

Still, as of today, the U.S. has tested only 82,571 people, where Italy has tested 134,000, So. Korea 274,000. But with China there is a question of "whether they really contained the virus? Or have they just suppressed it?” A question asked by Michael T. Osterholm, director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota. Any way you cut it, with Trump's incompetent handling of the U.S. pandemic, we are surely due for a long run.

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The latest COVID 19 news in digest

My coronavirus folder is piled high again and this is a quick release of the latest, most important stuff...

HEADLINE: "Trump boasts to governors that his pandemic response system will be ‘the talk of the world." He reiterates...

"once again falsely claimed that America’s pandemic response system was “broken” under former President Barack Obama, when in reality Trump shuttered the National Security Council’s pandemic response team and never replaced it with anything comparable."

HEADLINE: ‘If I get corona, I get corona': Miami spring breakers say covid-19 hasn’t stopped them from partying. Here's the scenario...

"An Ohio native, Brady Sluder had been planning the getaway for about three months, according to Reuters, when Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) ordered all the state’s bars and nightclubs to shut down for 30 days to reduce the spread of the novel coronavirus."

If they want to die, so be it, but infecting others is something else.

Here's the idiot, Brady Studer...

HEADLINE: "Fauci warns against coronavirus indifference among young people." The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director said, "He is concerned young Americans aren’t taking the pandemic seriously," and he would be right if you read the story, above. Fauci's words, speaking directly to young people..

“You are not immune or safe from getting seriously ill,” when asked if younger Americans should be concerned about contracting the virus, which Fauci has repeatedly said is more lethal than the average flu.

HEADLINE: "Trump to governors who fear shortage of hospital equipment: ‘Try getting it yourselves.’" Internet media went viral when hearing this, the guy in the Oval Office who is supposed to be coordinating the whole fiasco. Here's the pathetic conversation from T-rump's side...

“Respirators, ventilators, all of the equipment — trying getting it yourselves. We will be backing you, but try getting it yourselves. Point of sales, much better — much more direct if you can try getting it yourselves.”

Gun nuts panic in Houston...

HEADLINE: "US sales of guns and ammunition soar amid coronavirus panic buying." The gun nuts, hoodwinked by the gun manufacturers through the NRA, will use any excuse to go out and buy another gun. There's fear of unrest and these wingnuts will probably shoot the health care provider that comes to their home to test them. Here's one such lunatic...

“Politicians and anti-gun people have been telling us for the longest time that we don’t need guns. But right now, a lot of people are truly scared, and they can make that decision themselves.”

What these people need is brains.

HEADLINE: "The Trump administration drove him back to China — where he invented a fast coronavirus test" Professor Weihong Tan, a 59-year-old intellectual firepower, fled the U.S. as a result of a Trump administration crackdown on university researchers with ties to China. He went to China, where his team of 300 scientists and researchers worked furiously to develop a fast, easy test for COVID-19. Here's the scenario...

"Epidemiologists say that testing is vital to mitigate the spread of the virus. But the U.S. has lagged well behind China, South Korea, and Italy in the number of people tested. It’s hard to know if Tan’s test would have made a difference. The slow U.S. ramp-up has been blamed largely on bureaucratic barriers and a shortage of chemical agents needed for testing."

HEADLINE:  "These are the 51 GOP senators who just voted against expanding paid sick leave to protect Americans." Among them, Alexander (R-TN), Blunt (R-MO), Burr (R-NC), Cotton (R-AR), Cruz (R-TX), Ernst (R-IA), Graham (R-SC), and there are forty-four more of these idiots.

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