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| Gov. Reynolds |
"some people in the president's orbit stand to profit if hydroxychloroquine is approved to treat coronavirus."There's more...
"Some associates of Mr. Trump's have financial interests in the issue. Sanofi's [hydroxychloroquine maker] largest shareholders include Fisher Asset Management, the mutual fund company run by Ken Fisher, a major donor to Republicans, including Mr. Trump."It never fails with Donald Trump. There is always a profit angle, aimed in his direction, in everything he does like this. Pathetic! READ MORE...
UPDATE: Surprise...Donald Trump intervened with India and the country agreed to continue to ship hydroxychloroquine. Would this have anything to do with the fact that T-rump owns interest in the drug maker? Beyond pathetic!
"An adjective, (of an account) not necessarily true or reliable, because it is based on personal accounts rather than facts or research."Plain and simple, it is not yet approved to treat coronavirus, based on lengthy scientific studies. In a pandemic, do you have time for lengthy scientific studies? While the answer to that is probably no, if you do proceed without adequate studies with proven results, are you ready for after and side-effects that could be deadly? That's what the FDA is for, to approve any medication like this going on the market, but not doing so until credible scientists have given the go-ahead.
"A [New York] state Health Department official said the DOH has shipped doses of hydroxychloroquine to 56 hospitals across New York, distributing enough “to treat 4,000 patients to date.”Reported by the New York Post, "Patients have received doses as part of four- or 10-day regimens, officials said." Here's the scenario...
"The University of Albany’s School of Public Health is observing the drug’s impact on the patients, and its preliminary study could come back in weeks instead of the usual months, officials said."Trump blocks Dr. Fauci's answer on "anecdotal" hydroxychloroquine...
“If hydroxychloroquine provides protection, then it could be an essential tool for fighting this pandemic. If it doesn’t, then people should avoid unnecessary risks from taking the drug.”The drugs current use is "to treat malaria, rheumatoid arthritis and lupus." And here is why the expert, Dr. Fauci wants to restrict hydroxychloroquine's wide distribution...
"Its potential side effects include everything from fatal heart arrhythmia to vision loss, ear-ringing, vomiting, mood changes, skin rashes and hair loss."Gov. Andrew Cuomo on New York testing hydroxychloroquine and other similar drugs...
"Each day during the 14-day period and then again on Day 28, the participants will swab their nasal passages and send the samples to researchers to detect potential COVID-19 infection.
“'If everything goes as planned, the eight-week trial could provide answers by summer on whether a preventive dose of the drug is safe and effective,’' NYU Langone said in a release."The question, of course, is whether Dr. Fauci will still consider the evidence anecdotal, and if so, will it proceed to limited use, with or without the expert? My gut tells me that, if after the summer period when the study results are in, which are not yet really as scientific as Fauci requires, there will be an all-out war between the factions and guess who will win. And it won't be the American public.
"You’re a nepotism case, and you only got the White House job because you married into the family, and because the security guards believed your fake ID.’
the dire shortage of ventilators and the negligent federal response, advised by Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, to address the problem. "We have a situation where states are begging for life-saving ventilators and the Trump team is in disarray,” Meyers explained.
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| Trio of ignorance |
"Why is Kushner, as utterly ignorant and unqualified for this task as he is for all the other ones he has been assigned, even remotely involved with the government’s effort to deal with one of the most profound challenges the United States has ever faced?"A question that can only be answered by the idiot who named Kushner to the post, nepotism's greatest practitioner, Donald Trump. WP adds...
"Was it not enough that he was told to solve the opioid crisis and achieve Middle East peace, inevitably failing at both? Is he the person whose help we need right now?"Jared Kushner just before taking over COVID-19 program...
"Kushner reportedly told Trump that Andrew Cuomo was exaggerating the need for ventilations in New York State — whereas Anthony Fauci agrees with Cuomo"Here is the current status of the state's and the city's COVID-19 situation reported by New York magazine...
"As of midday Sunday, there have been more than 122,000 confirmed cases of the coronavirus discovered in New York, including more than 67,500 in New York City. At least 4,159 people with COVID-19 have died in the state, which has the largest number — around 40 percent — of confirmed cases in the U.S."One of the first things Kushner said after being appointed to head up Trump's coronavirus team was: “What a lot of the voters are seeing now is that when you elect somebody ... think about who will be a competent manager during the time of crisis.” Obviously this reeks of irony, prompting this from WP...
"Yes, President Trump’s voters, along with those who elected the similarly ignorant and slothful Republican governors in Florida and Georgia who failed to act promptly to stem the coronavirus, should remember that next time. Better to elect someone like California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) or Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (R) rather than someone continually pandering to Trump, resisting readily available scientific advice and attacking the media."Don't talk like that about my idiot son-in-law...
“And the notion of the federal stockpile was it’s supposed to be our stockpile,” Kushner said. “It’s not supposed to be states’ stockpiles that they then use.”
“Strategic National Stockpile is the nation’s largest supply of life-saving pharmaceuticals and medical supplies for use in a public health emergency severe enough to cause local supplies to run out.” It continued to say, "When state, local, tribal, and territorial responders request federal assistance to support their response efforts, the stockpile ensures that the right medicines and supplies get to those who need them most during an emergency.”And that, folks, is the guy appointed to get us through the coronavirus pandemic. Behind whom is the idiot elected to keep this county safe, no matter what, none other than Donald Trump who appointed the other moron. Not sure which is worse, the Trump family or the COVID-19 pandemic.
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| Gov. Reynolds, the culprit |
"Arkansas, Iowa, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota have all resisted issuing any kind of stay at home orders, while Wyoming, Utah, Oklahoma and South Carolina have only issued orders in part of their states."She is no doubt following the lead of her leader, Donald Trump, as the ring in her nose is tightened regularly. Here's Reynolds reasoning in answer to Fauci...
“I would say to him, does he recognize the fact that we have closed down schools and we’ve actually done that through (April) 30?” Reynolds said. “Is he aware of the various businesses that have been closed, restaurants and bars, through April 30 that we have implemented and no social gatherings of more than 10 people? That we have added additional closures to the orders that I have put in place based on data and metrics that we daily look at and move forward.”I would say to her, it is downright dumb to think limiting congregating groups to ten will help when it only takes one with the virus to infect others. Reynolds has poor judgment and should not be running a state. Iowa should get rid of her along with Sen. Joni Ernst ASAP! READ MORE...
"The Covid-19 pandemic is “far from over” in Asia, the World Health Organization has warned, as the number of coronavirus deaths in the US surpassed those in China for the first time.""Trump accused of ‘fanatic cruelty’ after refusing to reopen Affordable Care Act enrollment to help uninsured during pandemic." This, as millions of people across the United States lose their jobs and insurance.
"According to a report from the Washington Post, major media outlets are choosing to take a pass on attending Donald Trump’s daily press conferences because they have proven to be news-free and there is no sense exposing their reporters to the possibility of getting sick.""New Jersey parents charged with child endangerment for holding party with around 50 guests..."
Police had to break up party of "40 and 50 people, including their children, who were outside their home Sunday despite a state ban on such gatherings, authorities said."
Insurance tied to a person's employment has taken a huge hit with the millions of layoffs. The system is in grave danger of collapsing altogether, if Congress doesn't step in to help. Yeah...sure."Experts warn of mental health fallout from mass US unemployment."...
With the "catastrophic rise in unemployment following the forced shutdown of businesses across the country to stop the spread of Covid-19 – and experts are warning it could trigger a severe mental health crisis."Donald Trump in denial over COVID-19 one month ago...
"In times of crisis — from wars to natural disasters to recessions — Americans have looked to the federal government to step up and lead the national effort to confront the challenge.
"In the face of the coronavirus pandemic, our federal government, led by Donald Trump, has essentially abdicated its traditional role of spearheading a coordinated response.""Trump’s biggest 2020 pitch disintegrates." I read this as an assurance that no matter what Democrat runs against him in November, he or she will defeat T-rump.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said Atkinson’s ouster was evidence that Trump “fires people for telling the truth.”
“Oh thank God, for a second I thought I was actually unemployed and not just artificially unemployed,” one Twitter user quipped in response to the president’s comments.
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| Mnuchin with his gang of incompetents |
"These gargantuan levels of need outpace any other economic downturn on record in U.S. history, and horrifyingly, they understate the problem because of all the people out of work who aren’t applying for unemployment.'Gita Gopanath, Chief Economist of International Monetary Fund...
"Worse yet, while Congress has passed a massive 2.2 trillion package, known as the CARES Act, meant to soften the blow for families and businesses, it appears the Trump administration may not be up to the challenge of distributing these funds efficiently enough to avoid much of the coming financial pain."Raising once again, but this time at a point of almost no return, the incompetence of Donald Trump as the leader of this nation. Here's an illustration...
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| Dr. Fauci, always in the middle |
"The tension between federally mandated versus states rights to do what they want is something I don't want to get into. But if you look at what's going on in this country, I just don't understand why we're not doing that. We really should be."In a recent statement T-rump said...
"that he has no plans to issue a national stay at home order. Trump said he believed the decision should be left up to governors since the virus affects each state differently."And while all this is going on, Americans are dying.
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| Clueless Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis |
"Republican governors were slower to implement social distancing restrictions to combat the spread of the new coronavirus and these delays are expected to result in “significant” consequences, according to a study by researchers at the University of Washington."And then...
"President Donald Trump spent much of January, February and early March downplaying the threat posed by the coronavirus, which resulted in a stark partisan split among Republicans and Democrats on social distancing and public health warnings. That split appears to have extended to the top levels of government as some Republican governors have rejected calls to shut down non-essential businesses to contain the virus."Finally...
"The University of Washington study found that states with Republican governors and states with “more Trump supporters” were “slower to adopt social distancing policies” by an average of nearly three days than their blue-state counterparts."Rachel Maddow says stay at home...
"the researchers warned that 'these delays are likely to produce significant, on-going harm to public health.'”The clueless governor seen in the picture under the headline is Florida Governor Ron DrSantis...
"a Republican with close ties to Trump, [who] came under fire after he was slow to respond to images of packed beaches and hordes of spring break revelers while other states imposed lockdowns."
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| More clueless, AZ Gov. Doug Ducey |
"In recent weeks, some 30 states have issued “shelter-in-place” orders and some are even discouraging visits by out-of-towners from high infection locales like New York City. Gov. Ducey, a Republican, took the opposite approach."Which was...
"On March 23, Ducey issued an executive order prohibiting any county, city or town from issuing any order or regulation “restricting persons from leaving their home due to the COVID-19 public health emergency.” Ducey’s order prevented local municipalities from issuing shelter-in-place regulations."A mirror of Donald Trump's stupidity when this moron is dealing with "1.3 million residents aged 65 and above," the very group most vulnerable. It took a 200,000 signature petition to get Ducey to do the right thing. And then he exempts Beauty Salons he considers essential businesses as well as churches and religious gatherings. Salon workers disagree and letting people gather for religious events is even more preposterous. Adding to that, Ducey's emergency management director resigned due to disagreements with the governor.
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| Washington state Gov. Jay Inslee |
"Washington state, despite being the site of the earliest cluster of confirmed cases in the U.S., has contained its outbreak better than any state, and many other sub-national regions as well. This simply must be because Governor Inslee started testing earlier, implemented clampdown measures earlier, and tightened them earlier."Excellent treatment by The Week, and I urge you to read the piece in its entirety.
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| Dr. Fauci just can't believe what he is hearing |
"Alex M. Azar II, the health and human services secretary, had grown worried that the threats against the doctor were increasing as more of the country shut down in response to the coronavirus."Dr. Fauci has been director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases since 1984, and is heading up the fight against coronavirus and in charge of developing a vaccine to fight the virus. He is trying to save lives when these idiots threatening him are worried their Oval Office lunatic won't be reelected in November to continue his reign of insanity. One faction even hilariously said Dr. Fauci's rules threatened their masculinity.
"was fueled in part by a moment during a news briefing in which Dr. Fauci dropped his head and touched his forehead as the president was speaking. The image went viral online and right-wing supporters of Mr. Trump cited it as evidence that Dr. Fauci sought to undercut the president."No, it is simply because he can't believe what the idiot standing next to him is saying.
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| Pence, McConnell, Trump |
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Remember the early stages when the Oval Office lunatic was more concerned about the economy than the virus and just last week, indicated he wanted to end social distancing to 'save the economy...“America will again, and soon, be open for business,” President Donald Trump said on Monday. “Very soon. A lot sooner than three or four months that somebody was suggesting. A lot sooner. We cannot let the cure be worse than the problem itself.”Ah, we have a new term, "We cannot let the cure be worse than the problem itself.” There's more...
"The cure, in this case, is social distancing, and the mass economic stoppage it forces. The problem is Covid-19, and the millions of deaths it could cause. On Tuesday, Trump accelerated his timeline. He said he’d like to see normalcy return by Easter Sunday, which is April 12. 'Wouldn’t it be great to have all the churches full?' he asked. 'You’ll have packed churches all over our country.'”
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Just what we need, more packed "anything" with people who can spread the virus and just substantiate further that the United States leads the world in coronavirus cases and deaths. Vox reported, "Public health experts reacted with horror,' as should anyone with common sense. But Pelosi said it best: "Trump and McConnell 'should not try to hide behind' impeachment excuse over." She added..."I think that's an admission that perhaps the President and the majority leader cannot handle the job,"Yes, an admission, and a confirmed fact. But Pence also put in his one-cent--not even worth two--with this: "Pence blames China, CDC for any delay in Covid-19 response." I don't know how far away this numbnuts sits from the White House maniac, but no matter, he should be aware, and, of course, he is. Pence has just developed his talent at lying by being around Trump for three years. Right now the only truth in the crisis comes from Dr. Andrew Fauci, and Trump is talking about firing him for disagreeing. God help us!
THAT'S TODAY... Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has brought the case to this point, now looking at a possible indictment. Trum...
