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Government Response To The Coronavirus (12 Viewers)
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Exactly! Now that he’s not trying to save the economy by downplaying everything he’s doing a much better job.
sho nuff
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Yeah...already today claiming he always took it seriously...out there talking about the only thing he did right which was shutting down travel to China (though, omitting that he let US Citizens still travel there and back with no real screening process when returning).
And some will still buy it.
The Commish
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In reading a bit on this, I am having a hard time believing that "we were concerned the tests would give a false positive and don't trust them" angle. By all accounts, these are simple qPCR tests. Meaning, you get the primer and administer it to the sample. The kits are Qiagen RNA isolation kits. You purify the sample, extract and test. That's it. These are things any of us did in our Biology 101 labs in college. Any biology lab on any campus in the country has the ability to do this. Privacy is probably the biggest legit roadblock of the whole thing, which seems pretty silly given what's happening.
Eating isn’t a necessity? How it working in SF? You wanna stop this or not? Either do it or not, don’t pick and choose.
Lies and xenophobia in one tweet. Quite the combination when he should be focusing on the disaster of a response from the federal gov't
squistion
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sho nuff
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And can't speak for everywhere...but many restaurants also open for takeout, delivery, or drive through in many areas.
the moops
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Chicago Hooligan
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While I am avoiding the CTA myself many health workers in the city use it to get to work, so it's not great but stopping service also creates problems.
timschochet
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It IS an issue and perhaps we could come up with some creative solutions. Maybe double the busses, even if that causes delays, and leave half the seats empty?
Ilov80s
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JbizzleMan
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urbanhack
Fight The Power!
And then pair that up with this network’s antics. Shamefulsho nuff said:
https://twitter.com/kfile/status/1240131226268323842?s=21
JbizzleMan
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Gopher State
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I also don’t care about the presidential election at this time. What I do care about is getting this crisis taken care of. I think we should hold all of our elected officials accountable, I think both the democratics and Republicans are equally responsible for responding to the virus. If the don’t respond in a timely manner, vote them all out.Bucsfan5493 said:
Tom Skerritt
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It’s kind of his job to pick and choose. Just like it’s the job of treating physicians in Italy to pick and choose who lives and who dies.tonydead said:
Ramblin Wreck
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How? Flatten the curvethe moops said:
squistion
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https://twitter.com/ddale8/status/1240309880457748483
Trump says he's deploying two hospital ships, "the big white ships with the red cross on the sides," and they are "in tip-top shape, they soon will be," which are getting ready to go to New York and somewhere on the West Coast.
Trump says he's deploying two hospital ships, "the big white ships with the red cross on the sides," and they are "in tip-top shape, they soon will be," which are getting ready to go to New York and somewhere on the West Coast.
squistion
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https://twitter.com/ddale8/status/1240310249036316675
Trump says he's taking steps to expand testing capacity, including by "working with several groups" working on easy self-swab tests, much easier than the current test. "That's not very, uh, nice to do. I can tell you, because I did it."
Trump says he's taking steps to expand testing capacity, including by "working with several groups" working on easy self-swab tests, much easier than the current test. "That's not very, uh, nice to do. I can tell you, because I did it."
the moops
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Until everything is lock down, people need to get to work and buy groceries. If they have no car, they need to take public transportation
squistion
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https://twitter.com/ddale8/status/1240312224796889088
Dr. Birx reports that there are "concerning reports" out of France and Italy about young people getting very seriously ill.
Birx says of millennials that there may be a "disproportional number of infections among that group, and so even if it's a rare occurrence, it may be seen more frequently in that group, and be evident now."
Dr. Birx reports that there are "concerning reports" out of France and Italy about young people getting very seriously ill.
Birx says of millennials that there may be a "disproportional number of infections among that group, and so even if it's a rare occurrence, it may be seen more frequently in that group, and be evident now."
squistion
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https://twitter.com/AaronBlake/status/1240312395341475840
Birx suggests serious cases with young people may have increased, relatively speaking, because "people heeded the early data coming out of China and coming out of South Korea that the elderly or those with preexisting medical conditions were at particular risk."
squistion
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https://twitter.com/ddale8/status/1240313536817106944
Defense secretary Esper says the DOD will make up to 5 million masks "and other personal protective equipment" from its reserve available to the government, 1 million immediately, plus up to 2,000 ventilators "for use as needed."
Defense secretary Esper says the DOD will make up to 5 million masks "and other personal protective equipment" from its reserve available to the government, 1 million immediately, plus up to 2,000 ventilators "for use as needed."
squistion
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https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1240314525787860993
The Department of Health and Human Services is "issuing a regulation today that will allow all doctors and medical professionals to practice across state lines."
The Department of Health and Human Services is "issuing a regulation today that will allow all doctors and medical professionals to practice across state lines."
General Malaise
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Oh boy.....here we go. Blame China. Wow.
squistion
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https://twitter.com/ddale8/status/1240314880466595841
Asked about the potential for 20% unemployment, Trump says, "No, I don't agree with that. I don't agree. That's an absolute, total worst-case scenario. But no. We don't look at that at all. We're nowhere near it."
Asked about the potential for 20% unemployment, Trump says, "No, I don't agree with that. I don't agree. That's an absolute, total worst-case scenario. But no. We don't look at that at all. We're nowhere near it."
squistion
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https://twitter.com/ddale8/status/1240315436044111872
Trump asked about ventilators:
"We have tremendous numbers of ventilators, but there's never been an instance like this where no matter what you have, it's not enough."
Trump asked about ventilators:
"We have tremendous numbers of ventilators, but there's never been an instance like this where no matter what you have, it's not enough."
squistion
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https://twitter.com/ddale8/status/1240315904841469952
Trump, asked if he considers the country to be on a wartime footing in fighting the virus, says he does. He says he is, "in a sense, a wartime president."
Trump, asked if he considers the country to be on a wartime footing in fighting the virus, says he does. He says he is, "in a sense, a wartime president."
squistion
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https://twitter.com/ddale8/status/1240316199348690944
Asked why it took him so long to invoke the Defense Production Act given what hospitals say is a shortage of ventilators, Trump says, "You know, hospitals are supposed to have ventilators too."
Reminded that we knew for weeks that we needed more ventilators, Trump says, "Well, we knew -- it depends. It depends on how it goes. Worst case, absolutely. Best case, not at all."
Pence then says there is "in excess of 10,000" ventilators "in the stockpile."
Asked why it took him so long to invoke the Defense Production Act given what hospitals say is a shortage of ventilators, Trump says, "You know, hospitals are supposed to have ventilators too."
Reminded that we knew for weeks that we needed more ventilators, Trump says, "Well, we knew -- it depends. It depends on how it goes. Worst case, absolutely. Best case, not at all."
Pence then says there is "in excess of 10,000" ventilators "in the stockpile."
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sho nuff
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Amused to Death
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General Malaise
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Yeah, but you see....China does. It's offensive and it's inflammatory. The last thing - AND I MEAN THE LAST THING - this country needs right now is to be at odds with China. This is feckless leadership and it serves no benefit, only harm. He has to stop this. Now.
sho nuff
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But its not equal...unless democrats were out claiming it was being overhyped by media to hurt Trump...or Democrats gutted the pandemic office while Trump was in office.
Or democrats were holding up testing and aid packages.
This racist scapegoating from Trump is very sad, but not new. He really needs to let his cabinet handle this, but can't put his ego aside.
squistion
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https://twitter.com/ddale8/status/1240317359627350016
Trump:
"It was nobody's fault. This happened. Some people could say it was somebody's fault, actually. But it was nobody's fault."
Trump:
"It was nobody's fault. This happened. Some people could say it was somebody's fault, actually. But it was nobody's fault."
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