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Yeah they’re just like the NBA, suspending work for a few weeks.are you guys serious? The Senate is taking a break?
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Yeah they’re just like the NBA, suspending work for a few weeks.are you guys serious? The Senate is taking a break?
After the GOP blocked quick passage of paid sick leave bill for people with corona virus.are you guys serious? The Senate is taking a break?
The whole point of this exercise is to get ahead of the thing. China started late. We started late. Trump's speech (such as it was) was 2 weeks late. Now we wait another week.Lamar Alexander told reporters the Senate won't take up the House coronavirus bill until after recess (March 23). "The Senate will act when we come back and we have a clearer idea of what extra steps we need to take."
Already there:this thing will have a much bigger death toll than 9/11. I wonder what the lasting effects will be?
How is the testing going in the US?Italy started out testing widely, then narrowed the focus so that now, the authorities don’t have to process hundreds of thousands of tests. But there’s a trade-off: They can’t see what’s coming and are trying to curb the movements of the country’s entire population of 60 million people to contain the disease. Even Pope Francis, who has a cold and delivered his Sunday blessing over the internet from inside the Vatican, said he felt “caged in the library.”
Thousands of miles away in South Korea, authorities have a different response to a similar-sized outbreak. They are testing hundreds of thousands of people for infections and tracking potential carriers like detectives, using cell phone and satellite technology.
Both countries saw their first cases of the disease called COVID-19 in late January. South Korea has since reported 67 deaths out of nearly 8,000 confirmed cases, after testing more than 222,000 people. In contrast, Italy has had 827 deaths and identified more than 12,000 cases after carrying out more than 73,000 tests on an unspecified number of people.
Epidemiologists say it is not possible to compare the numbers directly. But some say the dramatically different outcomes point to an important insight: Aggressive and sustained testing is a powerful tool for fighting the virus.
Our number of tests are going down.The difference in approach to coronavirus between Italy and South Korea
How is the testing going in the US?
I'm sure that is the "perfect" responseOur number of tests are going down.
Reported numbersOur #s are going down.
That's the response? Unbelievable. Is the President on board with this?Lamar Alexander told reporters the Senate won't take up the House coronavirus bill until after recess (March 23). "The Senate will act when we come back and we have a clearer idea of what extra steps we need to take."
Million, 1.5 million, whatever it takesAnybody that needs a test gets a test; they're there, they have the tests, and the tests are beautiful
Noted earlier; coincidence.Trump's new European travel restrictions have a convenient side effect:
They exempt nations where three Trump-owned golf resorts are located.
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/12/trump-coronavirus-travel-europe-resorts-126808
Yeah. If your sick and not working not much help. If you are healthy and working why shouldn't you pay your taxes.This is one of the many reasons the payroll tax suggestion is pretty stupid. Funds would be much better utilized if they did it through direct compensation to help with child care, testing, treatment etc.
The best containment. Our air tight locks are beautiful.I have it on good authority that we have contained this. Pretty close to air tight.
I have to assume Amy McGrath's campaign is paying attention. Fire up those commericials!After the GOP blocked quick passage of paid sick leave bill for people with corona virus.
Then they left.
CDC list their numbers (way down), and Pence emphatically said he was not saying their numbers were wrong. While trying to excuse it.Reported numbers
No one knows
Anyone in here take Bus Mgt 201?
”If you’re not measuring, what are you managing?”
He must have been watching Fox and Friends - https://www.mediaite.com/tv/fox-friends-host-brian-kilmeade-china-started-the-coronavirus-and-they-have-yet-to-apologize/So wait is Tom Cotton telling us to prepare for our invasion to "hold those accountable". Are we going to war with China? are we going to a war with a virus?
I bet they wait until someone famous diesAt this point there’s practically a 100% chance someone in either Legislative or Executive branch testing positive within the week, right? Way too many “these people have just tested positive and here’s a pic of them with US official X” for it not to happen. I suppose that’ll be when the time to act occurs
Italian medical chief dies from coronavirus
Italy’s medical community is mourning the death of the head of the medical association in the northern Italian region of Varese, Italy’s state-run ANSA reported Wednesday.
Roberto Stella, president of the Medical Guild of Varese, died Tuesday night in Como, where the 67-year-old was hospitalized for respiratory failure due to coronavirus, the agency reported.
In a statement, Italy’s National Federation of Doctors and General Practitioners mourned Stella’s death, highlighting his contributions on a national level. They added that they hope the government will take notice of the dangers Italian doctors and nurses are facing.
“He was the example of the capability and hard work of family doctors,” said Silvestro Scotti, national secretary of the federation, said in a statement released Wednesday.
“His death represents the outcry of all colleagues who still today are not equipped with the proper individual protection needed."
Stella was a well-respected general practitioner both at the local and national level.
jesusThis is totally ridiculous:
Erik Wasson @elwasson
A key sticking point in the talks appears to be GOP demands to include Hyde amendment language in the bill to prevent federal funds from being used for abortion
11:01 AM · Mar 12, 2020
https://twitter.com/elwasson/status/1238133144173281280
If true, we are talking about citizens lives. As in life and death.This is totally ridiculous:
Erik Wasson @elwasson
A key sticking point in the talks appears to be GOP demands to include Hyde amendment language in the bill to prevent federal funds from being used for abortion
11:01 AM · Mar 12, 2020
https://twitter.com/elwasson/status/1238133144173281280
Not to go too far off on a tangent here, but here is a perfect example of why the outdated ways of government in the US will die off.This is totally ridiculous:
Erik Wasson @elwasson
A key sticking point in the talks appears to be GOP demands to include Hyde amendment language in the bill to prevent federal funds from being used for abortion
11:01 AM · Mar 12, 2020
https://twitter.com/elwasson/status/1238133144173281280
Is this from today? Or is it old and Acosta just posted it?Jim Acosta @Acosta
Trump on Coronavirus outbreak: "It goes away. It's going away."
WTF?Marty Kady @mkady
Sen. Tom Cotton release this morning: "We will emerge stronger from this challenge, we will hold accountable those who inflicted it on the world." What does that mean?
Apparently he wants “China to pay for this,” whatever that means: https://twitter.com/sentomcotton/status/1238123648516526082?s=21WTF?
Trump is that guy to the Boomers.Not to go too far off on a tangent here, but here is a perfect example of why the outdated ways of government in the US will die off.
While the Left and Right bicker over things like this and take 11 day breaks in the middle of a pandemic, guys like Musk, Branson, Bezos, Buffett....all have enough money and resources to offer solutions and not have to go through all of the formal BS. Hell, those guys probably have more money and the ability to hire better resources than the government right now.
These are the people that Millenials and my young children are going to look to for solutions.
Trump says the "really important" thing to know on coronavirus is "it goes away, it's going away." He adds: "People have, you know, we call it cases -- how many cases do you have? Well relative to other countries we have very few cases." America lags in testing capacity.Here's the clip. He's using the lack of testing as a talking point about how few cases there are.
Make America it's Worst Ever.“This is an unmitigated disaster that the administration has brought upon the population, and I don’t say this lightly,” says Ashish Jha, director of the Harvard Global Health Institute. “We have had a much worse response than Iran, than Italy, than China."
I think we are going to war with bats. The evil-doers in Batmanistan will discover the shock and awe of America's military might. Our stealth bombers will overcome their echolocation technology and rain down fire on the caves in which they dwell. Invest in guano futures now.So wait is Tom Cotton telling us to prepare for our invasion to "hold those accountable". Are we going to war with China? are we going to a war with a virus?
Is there anything stopping someone like Bloomberg to buy the WHO test and administrate them while the US government waits for more of "their" kits? Could show he cares about the people that want to get tested, getting the kits to those that want/need them. Or some entrepreneur, buying the kits (not sure how much they cost) and then selling the test to those that want it?Not to go too far off on a tangent here, but here is a perfect example of why the outdated ways of government in the US will die off.
While the Left and Right bicker over things like this and take 11 day breaks in the middle of a pandemic, guys like Musk, Branson, Bezos, Buffett....all have enough money and resources to offer solutions and not have to go through all of the formal BS. Hell, those guys probably have more money and the ability to hire better resources than the government right now.
These are the people that Millenials and my young children are going to look to for solutions.
I'm sure the bats are totally scared of Tom CottonWTF?Marty Kady @mkady
Sen. Tom Cotton release this morning: "We will emerge stronger from this challenge, we will hold accountable those who inflicted it on the world." What does that mean?
I didn't vote for that charlatan and I know a lot of boomers that didn't as well (though many did). I also know a lot of millennials that didn't bother to vote at all in 2016.Trump is that guy to the Boomers.
Hope this is true. Was just thinking "how could McConnell, a born political animal, be dumb enough to let this happen?" He sees the writing on the wall. If this continues, November will be nuclear for the Republican party.McConnell has canceled the upcoming recess.
Does it matter if he's not willing to discuss the House bill?Hope this is true. Was just thinking "how could McConnell, a born political animal, be dumb enough to let this happen?" He sees the writing on the wall. If this continues, November will be nuclear for the Republican party.McConnell has canceled the upcoming recess.
I’m guessing that’ll be an unpopular move but it’s less deadly than going home. Taking a break in the middle of a pandemic, there’s no way to spin that.Does it matter if he's not willing to discuss the House bill?
And when this stuff is pointed out they will complain that the left isn’t uniting and playing partisan politics.If true, we are talking about citizens lives. As in life and death.
People incur retribution on such political shenanigans.
Yeah. Impeachment was a light rain compared to the storm this has become.Hope this is true. Was just thinking "how could McConnell, a born political animal, be dumb enough to let this happen?" He sees the writing on the wall. If this continues, November will be nuclear for the Republican party.
You don't cancel a recess in the middle of a Pandemic to focus on something besides the Pandemic.Does it matter if he's not willing to discuss the House bill?
Which is what should have been done to begin with.You don't cancel a recess in the middle of a Pandemic to focus on something besides the Pandemic.
They'll either get on board with the house bill or offer up alterations.
Love him or hate him, I think Mitch is one of the smartest out there when it comes to playing politics and understanding the ramifications.Which is what should have been done to begin with.
Glad they gave in to what was probably a ton of public pressure to try to hash it out.