U.S. now has the second-highest number of known cases of coronavirus in the world

Because of Donald Trump's incompetence, this country has 80,000 recorded cases of COVID-19...

.The two incompetents behind it all

This can be attributed to early denials by the Oval Office lunatic, then delays in more ineptitude in testing. Here's the latest count...

"As of Thursday afternoon, China was reporting 81,782 cases and the United States had at least 80,837. There have been more than 510,000 cases reported worldwide."

As of today, Italy had 80,589 cases, in part due to a nationwide lockdown, which seems to have worked for this country. The best T-rump has come up with so far is encouraging distancing and not socializing. However, this idiot is reluctant to press for stay-at-home and is now talking of rescinding distancing and no socializing and returning to normal activities by Easter. All to improve an economy that he hopes will help his November election chances. But here's the way it is...

"Health officials are warning that numerous hospitals around the country may run out of beds within two weeks as cases continue rising.

"If more beds don't become available, 'then we don't have resources to save the lives that we need to save,' former Louisiana Secretary of Health Dr. Rebekah Gee said. 'That's why these stay-at-home orders are so important.'

"But "we have not seen the peak of the crisis yet," Gee said."

Here's the latest COVID-19 map...

Experts on distribution of much-needed hospital supplies...

 So, what happened to the Defense Production Act to speed up the availability of critical health equipment? Here is CNN's take after Trump was contradicted again, this time by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) administrator...

Around 8 a.m. Tuesday, Trump tweeted, "The Defense Production Act is in full force, but haven't had to use it because no one has said NO! Millions of masks coming as back up to States."

Minutes later, FEMA administrator Pete Gaynor told CNN the administration will start wielding the powers in the Defense Production Act for 60,000 tests kits and "use the allocation portion of the DPA" starting today.

"Just a little while ago my team came in and we're actually going to use the DPA for first time today," Gaynor said.

Kathy Griffin in hospital

One of Donald Trump's biggest non-fans, Kathy Griffin Rips Trump After Being Denied COVID-19 Test, with a comment re. the White House maniac's COVID-19 testing program...

She tweeted, “He’s lying. I was sent to the [COVID19] isolation wardroom in a major hospital ER from a separate urgent care facility after showing UNBEARABLY PAINFUL symptoms. The hospital couldn’t test me for [coronavirus] because of CDC (Pence task force) restrictions.”

"Griffin’s tweet came just hours after Trump took to Twitter to boast about the United States’ testing capacity." This is what Trump tweeted...

Trump’s tweet read, “Just reported that the United States has done far more ‘testing’ than any other nation, by far! In fact, over an eight-day span, the United States now does more testing than what South Korea (which has been a very successful tester) does over an eight-week span. Great job!”

In perhaps one of the worst, if not the worst crisis the United States has ever faced, the guy who is supposed to be running this country is bold-face lying about what he is supposedly doing to curb the situation. It is not only unconscionable, but appears to me to be bordering on treason, lying to the American public in a way that could be detrimental to their health in this dire emergency...READ MORE...
 
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The coronavirus pandemic...TODAY...

Trump partners with tech firm Oracle to promote his two drugs, chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine, online with none other than his family henchman, Jared Kushner, in charge. Both are unproven and a chloroquine derivative has killed an Arizona man...READ MORE...

Here's a statement from Maryland's Republican Governor Larry Hogan, who warned Tuesday...

that the messaging coming from Donald Trump and his administration about the coronavirus pandemic is "pretty confusing," while also countering the president's suggestion that life would soon go back to normal.

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Here's the latest on Donald Trump's miracle drug. Hydroxychloroquin. for coronavirus...

"Hydroxychloroquine — an anti-malaria drug that President Donald Trump has touted as a potential “game-changer” in the treatment of the coronavirus — was no more effective than standard treatments in a new study."

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With coronavirus, domestic violence victims locked in with abuser...

“My husband won’t let me leave the house,” a victim of domestic violence, tells a representative for the National Domestic Violence Hotline over the phone. “He’s had flu-like symptoms and blames keeping me here on not wanting to infect others or bringing something like COVID-19 home. But I feel like it’s just an attempt to isolate me.“

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Experts warn of second wave of COVID-19 in China...

"China has no new infections of the coronavirus domestically for the first time since the start of a crisis that has sickened over 80,000 Chinese people. But what could be a sign the country has defeated the fatal pathogen is likely to just be a temporary reprieve.

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Here's a headline that perfectly describes the character of Donald Trump: "Psychiatrist warns sociopath Trump ‘could see dead bodies’ from coronavirus ‘and step over them.’"...

"Dr. Justin Frank literally wrote the book on Donald Trump’s mind and behavior. In “Trump on the Couch,” Frank tracks Trump’s life from childhood to adulthood and reveals a man who is mentally unfit in many ways — from his intelligence, values, emotions and temperament down to the deepest parts of the psyche — to be president of the United States of America."

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Trump makes up "stuff" to look like a competent leader...

"Writing in The Bulwark this Wednesday, Tim Miller chronicled how President Trump 'downplayed the threat of and ignored warnings' of the burgeoning threat of coronavirus in the early days of the outbreak. Despite the documented evidence of the White House initially attempting to minimize the threat, the Trump administration is trying to establish an 'alternate reality' that paints Trump as a competent leader who was ahead of the situation."

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Grocery store had to throw out $35,000 in food when a woman intentionally coughed on it...

"The unnamed woman entered small grocery chain Gerrity's Supermarket in Hanover Township and started coughing on produce, bakery items, meat and other merchandise, chain co-owner Joe Fasula wrote on Facebook."

She was arrested by police and will be criminally charged...READ MORE...

More spite for Obama in the following headline: "Trump White House ignored Obama-era NSC ‘playbook’ for pandemic response: report"...

"The Trump White House has no excuses for its lack of pandemic preparedness. None. Every few days we learn about yet another warning from the past, another way some part of the government tried to prepare for a pandemic, only to have Team Trump ignore all the preparation and waste months denying that coronavirus was a danger to the United States, while the virus spread and our chances to contain it ebbed away."

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STOP coronavirus anti-vaxxers NOW!

Anti-vaxxers at it again, this time attacking coronavirus...

Jude McGee, dead at age 4, killed by anti-vaxxer mother

Anti-vaxxers are the scum of the earth, responsible for flu and measles deaths some time back, which were mostly children. There was no remorse when a mother let her 4-year-old young son die in Colorado in February of the flu because a Facebook group told her to medicate him with thyme and elderberry instead of the drug known to help the flu, Tamiflu. If that wasn't enough, after his death she was swamped with hate mail and attacked by anti-vaxxers.

These people are certifiably nuts and need to be corralled together and let them fight diseases and other viruses all on their own. As the spread of the virus has turned into a pandemic, across the world, "Anti-Vaxxers Are Terrified the Government Will ‘Enforce’ a Vaccine for Coronavirus," reports Vice. Here's the scenario...

"The rapid spread of coronavirus is beginning to look a lot like a pandemic, and besides its often deadly effects on human health, it’s also having a serious effect on the global economy, raising the prospect that everyday life could be disrupted all over the world. But anti-vaccine corners of the internet are worried about something else: that the government might develop—or even “enforce”—a coronavirus vaccine."

In another of my posts, "Brit convinced anti-vaxxers have blood on their hands." This is how they are viewed across the pond...

"The UK's health secretary Matt Hancock said anti-vaccination campaigners were 'morally reprehensible, deeply irresponsible' and had 'blood on their hands,'"

The understatement of the year when it comes to these muckrakers, but they cannot be ignored. Another way of looking at it...

"For most people, the news that a vaccine had been developed against the disease would come as a relief, but for anti-vaxxers it ties together two things. The first is, naturally, an overwhelming fear and distrust of vaccines; the second is a terrified certainty that some day the government will find a convenient excuse to enforce Orwellian degrees of control."

Strictly Orwellian but effective in this coronavirus emergency-MUST WATCH...

 George Orwell would consider anti-vaxxers despicable, and there is nothing Orwellian about the government's enforcement of any vaccine that saves lives. It is pure common sense, which is completely absent in this group of baby-killers. This is how these idiots think...

"This is a common theme in the anti-vax world, and conspiracy theorist communities more broadly: that every disease outbreak is a pretext to enforce a secret, frequently sinister agenda. (Conspiracy theorists of all stripes have already seized on that idea; almost as soon as the disease started to spread, they were busily peddling paranoia alongside xenophobia and bullshit treatments.) In this case, they have a real-world data point to draw on: the way the Chinese government is furiously cracking down on dissenting voices who criticize its response to the outbreak."

The outlook is now "that while there’s no coronavirus vaccine yet, it’ll soon be impressed on an unwilling population, along with other vaccines." And I hope to be one of the first in line to get a vaccination.

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Voluntary coronavirus socializing party produces...what else? Coronavirus victim

Young people come up with the idea, let's have a "coronavirus party" to socialize...

Kentucky "coronavirus party" that worked

One of the biggest socializing events of the year happens when the 146th Kentucky Derby runs in September...if it isn't cancelled due to coronavirus. But it does have its competition in the area of socializing when a group of double-digit IQs from the state got together to socialize just to prove a point; a 'coronavirus party' of young adults. They did. One of them--there may be more--came up with the COVID-19 virus, with this comment from CNN...

"The partygoers intentionally got together 'thinking they were invincible" and purposely defying state guidance to practice social distancing."

Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear chides coronavirus partygoers...

I did a recent piece on the dumbness of this age group, "Latest COVID-19 Crisis: These millennials are just stupid about coronavirus," which portrays these 18 to 29-year-old young people who make the me-group look like missionaries. And then earlier there was a guy on spring break who made the comment. "If I get corona, I get corona," who has since apologized, but you have to wonder how many of this Miami Beach gang will come up with the virus.

We talked to someone in this age group recently who is close to the family and responded to warnings that they should protect themselves, with the reply, "It's only a virus." That says it all, and it is damn tragic.

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Here's the latest Coronavirus Headline News

Lots is going on with COVID-19 so here are some headliners with no added comment...

"Here’s the disturbing Fox News clip that appears to have triggered one of Trump’s most dangerous tweets yet"

"Trump’s incompetence made the COVID-19 outbreak worse. Now he may spread the disease further to save his own skin"

"‘Trump is furious’: New report finds the president is on a ‘collision course’ with his top coronavirus expert"

"Trump suggests he might soon prioritize the economy over public health"

"White House: We’re Going to Have to Let Some People Die So the Stock Market Can Live"

"Confirmed cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19)Updated less than 1 hour ago"

"Who is getting sick, and how sick? A breakdown of coronavirus risk by demographic factors"

Gleeful neo-Nazis see echoes of the 1930s as America plunges into a coronavirus crisis"

"Here's why you should take coronavirus social distancing seriously, and how to wash your hands"

"America’s ‘economic meltdown’ is ‘without historic parallel’ — and deteriorating rapidly: report"

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Trump touted coronavirus vaccine derivative, chloroquine, kills Arizona man

Strong words of experience from someone who has been there: "Listen to doctors, not Donald Trump"...

Dr. Fauci has urged caution on chloroquine

The above from the wife of the Arizona man who died after taking chloroquine, when hearing Donald Trump pushing it in press conferences and also by his minions, that it could cure coronavirus and was safe to take. The BBC says...

"The drug has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for treating malaria, lupus and rheumatoid arthritis but is unproven for use against the novel coronavirus."

In these press conference the wife mentions, Trump went off on his usual tirades of telling the American public he was there to save lives and here's the drug to do it, chloroquine, which has been approved to fight malaria, but is also an ingredient used in cleaning fish tanks, thus, an obvious toxicity. The Arizona couple, in their sixties, took the Oval Office lunatic's advice, the wife commenting...

"We saw his press conference. It was on a lot, actually," she said. "Trump kept saying it was basically pretty much a cure."

 "We were afraid of getting sick," she told NBC.

Reporter talks to dead husband's wife...

She is still in intensive care and her husband is dead. Here is what the wife advises...

"The wife of an Arizona man who died after ingesting chloroquine phosphate to protect himself from the novel coronavirus urged the public on Monday not to "believe anything that the president says" and rely on doctors instead."

But here's the kicker...

"The couple had used chloroquine previously as a treatment for their koi fish and still had some remaining in their home. This additive is formulated differently than the drug used to treat malaria."

And there you have it. They hear the White House maniac recommend the drug, chloroquine, recognize the name from the fact they have it as a treatment for their koi fish, and to my knowledge Trump did not add a disclaimer in pushing the drug saying it was also used to clean fish tanks. I must say, this couple should have used more common sense in self-medicating this drug, but Arizonans are dire-hard Trump fans and this idiot does have the authority of the White House.

It goes in here, not in your mouth

So what we have is tragedy in the desert that could easily have been prevented if Donald Trump had just kept his mouth shut and let the experts make the statements that so severely affect people's lives. As a matter of fact, Dr. Andrew Fauci, who serves as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), nixed T-rump's touting of the three drugs, including chloroquine saying the results were so far anecdotal, needed more testing for coronavirus. But...

"The president has repeatedly touted chloroquine as a "very powerful" treatment against the coronavirus and falsely claimed it was approved by the Food and Drug Administration."

And finally, the Arizona wife pleads...

"The president has repeatedly touted chloroquine as a 'very powerful' treatment against the coronavirus and falsely claimed it was approved by the Food and Drug Administration."

It is impossible to understand how Donald Trump can live with what he has done.

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The idiots are active: Trump approval up 5 points

Just when you think the people of this country might come to their senses, they assume a mantle of stupidity that is amazing beyond comprehension...

I knew the United States was populated by a number of idiots; yes, these same people elected Donald Trump in 2016 and have been avid supporters since. But just in the last few hours Gallup released poll results that the Oval Office lunatic's approval rating has jumped 5 points from 44 to 49. Based on his handling of the coronavirus issue. In a blog post yesterday, I pointed out the U.S. is second from the bottom in testing, behind So. Korea, Italy, the United Kingdom and four more countries.

This moron even denied the virus was even a problem for several weeks, which put us behind making curbing the disease a game of catch-up. And just recently T-rump has been heavily touting three drugs used for treating malaria as miracle cures for coronavirus, one of which is chloroquine. A derivative of this with the same name used to clean fish tanks was self-medicated by an Arizona couple. The husband died, the wife is in ICU.

Is there any hope at all for these people?...READ MORE...

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Will Donald Trump dump Dr. Fauci?

What if Trump dumps Dr. Fauci for disagreeing with him?...

Trump - Fauci

If Donald Trump ousts Dr. Andrew Fauci, who serves as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), the transparency of the true status of coronavirus in the U.S. is dead...

Here is CNN's Chris Cillizza's take on the U.S coronavirus situation...

"In the middle of the coronavirus pandemic, Antony Fauci has rapidly become America's security blanket."

Nothing could be truer, with an idiot daily spewing misinformation from the White House via tweets like the one provoking an Arizona man and his wife to take the chloroquine drug - actually a derivative they had on hand with the same name the couple used to treat their koi fish. Cillizza comments...

"Fauci's blunt, fact-based approach to the crisis -- as a member of President Donald Trump's coronavirus task force -- has been a refreshing alternative to the President's tendency to exaggerate and bluster in the now-daily press conferences on the virus and its spread."

Today Trump has begun to refute another Fauci, and every other medical professional across the country, premise of social distancing...

"Trump, within the last 48 hours, has begun to chafe at those [social distancing] restrictions as the economy continues to free fall. Tweeted Trump Tuesday morning:"

 "Our people want to return to work. They will practice Social Distancing and all else, and Seniors will be watched over protectively & lovingly. We can do two things together. THE CURE CANNOT BE WORSE (by far) THAN THE PROBLEM! Congress MUST ACT NOW. We will come back strong!"

All just to protect his November election. God help us.

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Trump talks very soon, very quick

Also, in Donald Trump's news conference, there were repeated uses of the words "soon" and "quick" to describe the end of coronavirus... 

Dr. Fauci still skeptical over hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine

A rambling, sometimes incoherent coronavirus news conference was held yesterday by "Dr." Donald Trump, who professes to know more than the doctors who advise him, this time doing it without his top COVID-19 aide, Dr. Anthony Fauci. I believe one of Fauci's last comments was that he didn't want to embarrass Trump, going on to try and explain why he doesn't correct his boss during press conferences. Was this his swan song?

In Monday's news conference, the Oval Office lunatic was touting his latest finding that hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine, both of which are used to treat malaria, could also work to cure coronavirus. Dr. Fauci says any results on its success so far are anecdotal, which might account for the fact he was shuttered today. By the way, if we lose this man, we lose all access to accurate information on the status of COVID-19 in the U.S. Dr. Fauci...

"Fauci’s statements at a White House briefing Friday amounted to clinical cold water thrown on the president’s repeated upbeat assessments on the U.S. fight against the virus, also known as COVID-19."

Here's Trump's news conference, if you have the stomach...

It should also be noted that in Phoenix, a man has died and his wife is under critical care after the couple, both in their 60s, ingested chloroquine phosphate, an additive commonly used at aquariums to clean fish tanks, also touted as a possible coronavirus  cure. The medication was self-ingested and one must wonder if they were Trump supporters. Banner Health reports they both were treated there and made this statement...

“We are strongly urging the medical community to not prescribe this medication to any non-hospitalized patients,” said Dr. Brooks.

Fish tank cleaner?

The CDC says...

"a single 'small study' shows the combination helped against the SARS strain that causes Covid-19, the CDC said, but 'did not assess clinical benefits.'"

The agency also commented that hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine taken in combination...

"can disrupt the heart's electrical activity and warns against prescribing the paired drugs to anyone with chronic medical conditions, such as renal failure or hepatic disease."

While Donald Trump rushes ahead on the two medications for market approval, the health community, including Trump's own CDC, move cautiously urging that more testing be done. New York begins trials this week for the two drugs plus the antibiotic azithromycin. The healthcare community says don't be too optimistic, but the New York region is desperate, having been recently designated the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic. We can only wish the tests luck!
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Trump afraid more for economy than coronavirus prevention

Donald Trump's Sunday tweet says, “fear of the virus cannot collapse our economy,” which is correct but will indicate a softening on the COVID-19 FIGHT to some

We had a conversation recently with someone who is a staunch T-rump supporter who stated to my wife when she spoke of the seriousness of the virus, 'Oh, it's just a virus." That is about as irresponsible as it gets considering just about any virus should be approached as something to worry about. But these people just follow Trump's lead and when he takes the least bit of emphasis off something they have acknowledged as an inconvenience, they run with it.

And that is what will happen now that the Oval Office lunatic seems to be prioritizing the economy over the coronavirus pandemic and rashly making a comparison with why quarantine virus cases, "at a time when officials are considering releasing nonviolent elderly criminals." This makes no sense, but, then, nothing Donald Trump ever says makes much sense. He does have a positive when advocating social distancing so the virus would “have no place to go.”

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has called Trump's approach to the COVID-19 pandemic a "scatter-shot response to the crisis." She has more to say...

“The president will not take responsibility,” she said. “He’s a notion-monger, just tossing out things that have no relationship to a well-coordinated science-based governmentwide response to this. Thank God for the governors, who are taking the leads in their states, and for some of the people in the administration, who speak truth to power.”

A good illustration of the number of double-digits in Donald Trump's camp...no matter what...

It is easy to detect in these statements the fact that he is still highly concerned that a down economy will hurt his chances for election, and he has made it perfectly clear in the past that he will let nothing interfere with this. Here's what he said earlier in March...

"President Trump has boasted for months that the booming stock market, low unemployment and strong economy leave Americans 'no choice' but to give him a second term in November — 'whether you love me or hate me.'”

And then the bottom dropped out with the coronavirus heightening, followed by the White house maniac's slow response to the onslaught of the disease putting us second from the bottom in testing with seven other major nations. Now he is desperate to fix the problem before the election in order to prove he is the hero of the people, their savior, as he would like to think. And this is where the idiot's efforts will be spent, and we may end up with no election in November.
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Trump coronavirus racism and lack of virus testing unconscionable

That, and there is something else to consider...testing...

The increase on Donald Trump's approval for coronavirus handling would be good, except it doesn't consider all the facts. The U.S. lags miserably behind other countries in testing, thus, the number of cases is no doubt drastically more than those recorded so far. As an example, Forbes is reporting...

"As of March 11, South Korea had conducted 4,099 tests per million of its inhabitants while the U.S. only managed 26. The most recent government data was compiled by website Our World in Data and it shows that by March 17, South Korea's number of tests per million people climbed to 5,567 while the U.S. figure increased to 125 tests per million of the population. Even though that should climb steadily over the next couple of days, it is still cause for serious concern."

In other words, T-rump is being given credit for doing a job that is much less than even half done. But, it gets worse. The favorability increased, incidentally, right after he adopted the racist approach of calling COVID-19, the "Chinese virus." His double-digit followers loved it, as did those others who make up the 55% approval rating. RawStory's explanation...

"This is the kind of crisis that opportunistic racists barely dared dream of before. Indeed, Fox News host Tucker Carlson has been all but pleading for weeks for Trump and his fellow right-wing talking heads to move away from denialism and towards racist exploitation."

The obtuse oaf explaining his racism...

[Trump] "like all racist trolls, is playing dumb when called out for it. He’s said it’s 'not racist at all, no, not at all' and that he wants 'to be accurate' and that the virus 'comes from China.'” And listen to this...

"Trump’s racist trolling is sending Carlson into bouts of near-orgasmic ecstasy. On Tuesday, he swooned that the president’s 'Chinese virus' rhetoric was an example of 'Trump at his very best.'”

Which points out the fact of just how racist Fox News is, as well as being the country's largest purveyor of misinformation. Carlson plods on with absurd conspiracy theories that aren't worth mentioning, and then Sean Hannity agrees with lowlife Rush Limbaugh "that the coronavirus crisis was a hoax." Between Fox News and Donald Trump, COVID-19 could be the "death" of the United States.

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CURRENT NEWS BULLETIN: Coronavirus at the gas pumps

BEWARE: Gas pumps are high traffic areas and coronavirus can last on surfaces from several hours up to several days...

Thanks to our daughter, we have become aware of the fact that gas pumps are a likely source for coronavirus, and precautions should be taken when getting gas. This includes the keypads as well as the hose nozzle. Grab a paper towel where you wipe the windshield or buy cheap rubber gloves from Costco. Consumer Reports says, "invert the gloves and throw them away, and also any paper towels you might have used."

By the way, my wife always carries a small container of disinfectant in her purse and in the car, just in case needed.

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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.”

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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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