Nice. It would be great to, you know, have like some medical professional(s) heading this up. I never said Trumps handling of this was stellar. All I'm trying to point out in this and the other thread is a panic is being fostered and it's being done for political reasons. There is no debate about that. Look at what is happening already. Now tell me what happens if 20 0r 30 people die from this within U.S. borders. Every school will close, every mall will close, every single place where people gather will be on lockdown. The markets will collapse. Is that rational? If an actual pandemic would occur, save several hundred deaths here, and several thousands worldwide the shitstorm will be of monumental proportion and that will be a gross over reaction.I think the people on the ground who deal with the matter first hand, and have the benefit of experience in the field, are in a better position to make the determination of how best to address the problem. We armchair quarterbacks would be wise to not dismiss what they have to say.
(You'll excuse the gender reference.)
Pence criticized for his handling of Indiana’s HIV outbreak. He will lead US coronavirus response.
- Thread starter Frederick Foresight
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This:
The White House said more than $1 billion of the requested virus budget would go toward developing a vaccine,..
really....$1 billion dollars to come up with a flu variant vaccine? Washington bitches about money all the time and then magically comes up with money for useless shit. Should take $25 million at most at the NIH/CDC and easiest vaccine is same flu prevention proffered every year...
The White House said more than $1 billion of the requested virus budget would go toward developing a vaccine,..
really....$1 billion dollars to come up with a flu variant vaccine? Washington bitches about money all the time and then magically comes up with money for useless shit. Should take $25 million at most at the NIH/CDC and easiest vaccine is same flu prevention proffered every year...
Not the flu though and it may have already mutated once so it is a moving target. That said, big round numbers like that are indeed suspicious.
Trump owns it; deal with it:
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/26/opinion/coronavirus-trump.html
Let’s Call It Trumpvirus
If you’re feeling awful, you know who to blame.
https://thehill.com/homenews/admini...p-comments-on-coronavirus-response-incoherent
Ex-Obama health adviser calls Trump comments on coronavirus response 'incoherent'
Trump downplays threat of coronavirus in the US
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-isnt-easing-coronavirus-forebodings-11582847564
Trump Isn’t Easing Coronavirus Forebodings
If it hits America hard, a lot will change—the national mood, cultural habits, the economy.
The Caronavirus is nothing but a hoax created by the do nothing Democrats to bring the stock market down and destroy your 401K , which i worked tremendously hard to give to you , folks.
So don't listen to Mini-Mike and Sloppy Joe and Pochahuntas . . . . . .
I am putting Mother Pence in charge , and everything will be fine.
So don't listen to Mini-Mike and Sloppy Joe and Pochahuntas . . . . . .
I am putting Mother Pence in charge , and everything will be fine.
‘Deep state’ conspiracy theory about the coronavirus sweeps through MAGA-world
As the coronavirus spreads, there a contingent of Trump supporters who see something more sinister at play. The latest conspiracy to emerge out of “MAGA-world” is the claim that the “deep state” is utilizing the virus as a weapon to undermine President Trump.
As POLITICO’s Ben Shreckinger and Alice Miranda point out, the “evidence” for the theory centers around the fact that an official from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention who’s been making public statements on the virus is the sister of Rod Rosenstein, the former deputy attorney general who oversaw the Mueller probe — and who some say suggested removing Trump from office. Now, Dr. Nancy Messonnier’s connection to Rosenstein is even being seized on by right-wing radio host Rush Limbaugh and Jim Hoft, who is the publisher of the pro-Trump site Gateway Pundit.
One anonymous, yet largely-followed pro-Trump conspiracist account retweeted the POLITICO article with the following warning:
“If we do not awaken to the size and scope of the globalist Deep State, or their daily active efforts to truncate free civilization, #FakeNews will continue labeling the [deliberate] creation, release weaponization and manipulation of viral outbreaks a ‘conspiracy theory,’ wrote the QAnon-promoting @StormIsUponUs.
Shreckinger and Miranda mention that there’s no evidence that federal health authorities are overstating the threat of coronavirus in an effort to undermine Trump. Nevertheless, conspiracists in MAGA Land will likely continue to promote the claim in order to “deflect blame to some of the president’s favorite targets: foreign governments and powerful global organizations.”
As the coronavirus spreads, there a contingent of Trump supporters who see something more sinister at play. The latest conspiracy to emerge out of “MAGA-world” is the claim that the “deep state” is utilizing the virus as a weapon to undermine President Trump.
As POLITICO’s Ben Shreckinger and Alice Miranda point out, the “evidence” for the theory centers around the fact that an official from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention who’s been making public statements on the virus is the sister of Rod Rosenstein, the former deputy attorney general who oversaw the Mueller probe — and who some say suggested removing Trump from office. Now, Dr. Nancy Messonnier’s connection to Rosenstein is even being seized on by right-wing radio host Rush Limbaugh and Jim Hoft, who is the publisher of the pro-Trump site Gateway Pundit.
One anonymous, yet largely-followed pro-Trump conspiracist account retweeted the POLITICO article with the following warning:
“If we do not awaken to the size and scope of the globalist Deep State, or their daily active efforts to truncate free civilization, #FakeNews will continue labeling the [deliberate] creation, release weaponization and manipulation of viral outbreaks a ‘conspiracy theory,’ wrote the QAnon-promoting @StormIsUponUs.
Shreckinger and Miranda mention that there’s no evidence that federal health authorities are overstating the threat of coronavirus in an effort to undermine Trump. Nevertheless, conspiracists in MAGA Land will likely continue to promote the claim in order to “deflect blame to some of the president’s favorite targets: foreign governments and powerful global organizations.”
From now on, only Trumpvirus. Double hit as trump means fart and I'm sure there will be a lot of farting.