This is why CNN and MSNBC labeled Trump's coronavirus briefings propaganda...
New York city healthcare workers protesting
In T-rump's Monday briefing, he said figures of infected healthcare workers would be made available. They have not been because "that total currently remains impossible to pin down." BuzzFeedNews also tells us...
"That’s both because health care workers are still struggling to access testing for COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, if not being actively discouraged to do so, and because infections are being inconsistently tracked and in some cases uncounted at the state level."
And it gets much worse...
"At least 5,400 nurses, doctors, and other health care workers responding to the coronavirus outbreak in the United States have been infected by the disease, and dozens have died, according to a BuzzFeed News review of data reported by every state and Washington, DC. However, the true number is undoubtedly much higher, due to inconsistent testing and tracking."
MSNBC cuts off Trump COVID-19 briefing for airing Trump propaganda only...
And here's a Florida worker's experience...
"After my shift, I was told we no longer can use two plastic gowns (1 for front and 1 for back), now the back one is replaced with a trash bag," a staffer in a Florida intensive care unit, who declined to be identified for fear of retaliation, told BuzzFeed News. 'This is getting ridiculous.'"
The entire dilemma can be attributed to Donald Trump's late start in seriously addressing COVID-19, and the his and his staff's incompetence in handling the operation since. Trump was notified of the potential severity of the coronavirus and the potential of a pandemic on January 18, by Alex Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services. First, the Oval Office lunatic considered it a hoax, then for a period of time he blamed it on Democrats. This lasted into March.
BuzzFeedNews has documented activity on healthcare workers in all states and you can find yours here. But, as an example, the first state up, Alabama...
"So far, 393 health care workers have tested positive for COVID-19, or nearly 15% of confirmed cases in the state."
According to The Commonwealth Fund the United States ranks last in the protection of its healthcare workers compared with six other industrialized countries: Australia, Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom. This is based on measures of quality, efficiency, access to care, equity, and the ability to lead long, healthy, and productive lives, according to a new Commonwealth Fund report. A pathetic position for our country to be in.
There are twenty-four Democratic governors in the U.S. I would place my trust in far more than depending on Donald Trump to act in opening this country from the coronavirus shutdown...
Democrats like Washington's Jay Inslee of Washington, Andrew Cuomo of New York. Then you have those deadbeat Republican governors like Arizona's Doug Ducey and Florida's Ron DeSantis, who grovel in Trump's demands that determine every move they make. The entire right is scared to death of the Oval Office lunatic, therefore, no confidence can be placed in their decisions. But the Democrats, while screwed up in Congress, seem competent at the state level.
“It’s mind-boggling, actually, the degree of disorganization,” said Tom Frieden, former Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director. The federal government has already squandered February and March, he noted, committing “epic failures” on testing kits, ventilator supply, protective equipment for health workers and contradictory public health communication. The next failure is already on its way, Frieden said, because “we’re not doing the things we need to be doing in April.”
Watch Trump wiggle and squirm for the truth that eludes him...
Meanwhile, the White House maniac, feeling deprived of his tyrannical powers, has begun to spew a new litany of rules that could only be contrived in a mentally handicapped mind like his...
"President Donald Trump insisted Monday that he alone could declare the United States reopen for business, continuing a contradictory line of messaging toward the nation’s governors as they have taken on greater responsibilities to combat the coronavirus pandemic in the face of federal inaction."
“For the purpose of creating conflict and confusion, some in the Fake News Media are saying that it is the Governors decision to open up the states, not that of the President of the United States & the Federal Government. Let it be fully understood that this is incorrect,” Trump wrote on Twitter.
Governors to reopen economy
And there was more...
“It is the decision of the President, and for many good reasons. With that being said, the Administration and I are working closely with the Governors, and this will continue,” he added in another tweet, previewing that a “decision by me, in conjunction with the Governors and input from others, will be made shortly!”
He and his administration aren't doing crap, and this is obvious from where we stand today as the country with the highest number of COVID-19 cases and deaths in the entire world. Donald Trump was told of the threat of the disease by Health Secretary Alex Azar on January 18, of this year. He was dismissed by the top idiot as an alarmist. And this is why our country is in such a chaotic condition because Trump won't listen to anyone.
But he will announce "his second coronavirus task force" after the first obviously didn't work. In the meantime, legal scholars, the experts this dufus won't listen to, say "the federal government lacks the power to directly order states to reopen their economies." The Democratic governors most likely have had this advice from their legal team, thus, will act as a group and get the job done while the moron muddles in the disorder of his anarchy.
Former president Barack Obama warned of pandemic back in 2014...
Here's our former president's take...
On Wednesday, former president Barack Obama weighed in, tweeting, “Social distancing bends the curve and relieves some pressure … But in order to shift off current policies, the key will be a robust system of testing and monitoring — something we have yet to put in place nationwide.”
This is one of those 'can you believe it' questions; having known the pandemic was coming since January 18, we still don't have adequate testing for coronavirus in the most technologically advanced country in the world. Almost three months have passed by the end of March only 320,000 tests were done and in comparison to So. Korea, something Trump regularly refers to, the U.S. has...
"conducted far fewer tests per capita given the US population is more than six times larger than South Korea's."
The question is what's going on in the Trump administration?...
"A Nature.com investigation of several university labs certified to test for the virus finds that they have been held up by regulatory, logistic and administrative obstacles, and stymied by the fragmented US health-care system."
Anywhere you go looking for reasons or ant logic to why the COVID-19 situation is so screwed up in the United States, the arrow always points to Donald Trump in the White House and his also incompetent minions who continue to adore this blockhead. Pathetic!
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The FDA says anti-body tests could be inaccurate if not watched carefully...
Digital generated image of macro view of the corona virus. (Getty Images)
Calling it the “Wild West” of unregulated tests, yet still...
"Because of the relative simplicity of the technology, the Food and Drug Administration decided to waive initial review of the tests as part of its emergency response to the coronavirus outbreak."
Shouldn't there be some kind of oversight when we are talking about a disease that has already killed almost 22,000 Americans? Or are we again dealing with one of those situations where Donald Trump wants things to go unchecked so he can involve his donors and himself in some kind of corrupt money-making machine scheme? It has Trump exploitation written all over it. Here's the scenario...
"Right now, the tests are most useful for researchers studying how the virus has spread through the U.S. population. The government said Friday it has started testing 10,000 volunteers. The White House has not outlined a broader plan for testing and how the results might be used.
"With almost no FDA oversight of the tests, “It really has created a mess that’s going to take a while to clean up,” said Eric Blank of the Association for Public Health Laboratories. “In the meantime, you’ve got a lot of companies marketing a lot of stuff and nobody has any idea of how good it is.”
Good explanation of anti-body tests...
Blank’s group represents state and local lab officials from around the country who want more hands-on by the FDA instead of just requiring the company to "state that their tests have not been FDA-approved and cannot rule out whether someone is currently infected." The FDA responded...
"Last week, FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn said in a statement that the agency will “take appropriate action” against companies making false claims or selling inaccurate tests."
Sure, and that's like the old saying of 'closing the barn door after the cows are already out.' It's too late if someone has a false negative and dangerous for the individual. Here's confirmation of that...
"Dr. Allison Rakeman of New York City’s Public Health Laboratory says some local hospitals are assuming the tests, which are listed on FDA’s website, 'have been vetted, when they have not.'
"The danger of faulty testing, Rakeman says, is that people will mistakenly conclude that they are immune or are no longer spreading the virus."
Once again the Trump administration has created a mess, and once again it is the American public who suffers.
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We knew we were getting bullshit from Fox News and now this Media Matters study proves it...
Sean Hannity
HEADLINE: "Media Watchdog Names Sean Hannity as a Chief Source of Coronavirus Misinformation." The watchdog calls Hannity a, "top Trump Administration propagandist — Sean Hannity has made a career of twisting facts and peddling conspiracy theories." Yes, this is the business of Fox News and here it is explained...
"Now, a new report from the nonprofit watchdog group Media Matters for America labels Hannity one of the chief sources of dangerous misinformation about the coronavirus pandemic. The analysis documents some 50 specific examples in which the commentator misrepresented facts about the outbreak to benefit his far-right agenda."
Here's an example...
"On March 9, for example, Hannity opined that young, healthy Americans have no reason to fear coronavirus. Two days later, on his radio program, the commentator dished up a conspiracy theory about the “deep state” using coronavirus to spin the public."
A despicable person and a contemptible news organization that has done more harm in this country than is imaginable. Its worst...supporting and promoting Donald Trump. READ MORE...
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Things you may have missed in the COVID-19 chaos...
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Take note if you live in Los Angeles, new York, or any other high-pollution city: HEADLINE: "New Research Links Air Pollution to Higher Coronavirus Death Rates." READ MORE...
Poor baby. It couldn't happen to a better asshole: HEADLINE: "Donald Trump 'lost $1bn in a month' from coronavirus lockdown." READ MORE...
Put a fence around these people and let them fend for themselves: HEADLINE: "Ammon Bundy and other far-right extremists in Idaho vow to defy GOP governor’s social distancing order: report." READ MORE...
As Donald Trump continues to push hydroxychloroquine, whose manufacturer he has an investment in, there are alarms out: HEADLINE: "Mayo Clinic cardiologist: 'Inexcusable' to ignore hydroxychloroquine side effects." READ MORE...
Hard to believe but the COVID-19 virus is racist: HEADLINE: "'It's a racial justice issue': Black Americans are dying in greater numbers from Covid-19." READ MORE...
There is no end to what Donald Trump will do as a corrupt individual, even sitting in the oval office, to line Donald Trump's pockets: HEADLINE "Trump is using the pandemic as cover for his latest crime spree." You gotta read this...
"Donald Trump is on a search-and-destroy mission to remove anyone who might get in the way of him committing more crimes or using the federal government as a personal piggybank for himself and his friends. And he’s using the coronavirus pandemic as a cover..."
Young people think they are immortal when it comes to the coronavirus, prompted partially due to media that emphasizes age when talking of the seriousness of COVID-19. We have one of those in the family whose comment was, "Oh, it's only a virus." Beyond pathetic: HEADLINE: "Hundreds of young Americans have now been killed by the coronavirus, data shows." READ MORE...
The experts have reversed on the earlier announcement that coronavirus will go away with Summer and the heat. HEADLINE: "Summer Heat May Not Diminish Coronavirus Strength." READ MORE...
A man with untested COVID-19 yet but with mild resperatory symptoms kills 3 family members. HEADLINE: "A Man With The Coronavirus Hugged People At A Funeral And A Birthday Party. Three Of Them Died." READ MORE...
This pretty much blows all of the versions of hydroxychloroquine success. One view, "The study was a complete failure." HEADLINE: "Publisher of hydroxychloroquine study touted by Trump says the research didn't meet its standards." READ MORE...
This is about as scary as it gets if you have coronavirus and can't breathe. HEADLINE: "80% of NYC's coronavirus patients who are put on ventilators ultimately die, and some doctors are trying to stop using them."
This ghastly video portrays why distancing is so important and life-saving. HEADLINE: "VIRUS PERIL Terrifying video shows how a single cough can
spread a cloud of coronavirus across supermarket that lingers for minutes." READ MORE...
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