Trump Says He Trusts Xi’s Word on Coronavirus: ‘It’s All Under Control’

[Remodeling Maidiac]

Why didn't the Trump admin ensure the country has enough test kits?

Test kits will not prevent the spread of this. By the time someone is showing signs and needs to be tested they have already spread the virus for near a month.

 

[toomuchtime_]

Why didn't the Trump admin ensure the country has enough test kits?


Kirkland, Wash., becomes epicenter of coronavirus response as cases spread
"City officials said that 25 firefighters and two police officers who were exposed to the virus at the LifeCare Center of Kirkland have shown no symptoms but are under close watch, while a county health department official said there were more than 50 residents and staff at the center who were reportedly ill with symptoms. Authorities also are worried that others — including 17 nursing students and four faculty and staff members from Lake Washington Institute of Technology — were exposed to the virus at the nursing home last week during a visit."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nati...112fb8-5c10-11ea-9055-5fa12981bbbf_story.html

It was actually the CDC that screwed up, not the administration. The CDC decided not to use WHO test kits and devised its own, which had glitches and that delayed testing, making it difficult to monitor the spread of the virus. Now the CDC believes it has solved the problem, but we'll have to wait and see.

 

[berg80]

Test kits will not prevent the spread of this. By the time someone is showing signs and needs to be tested they have already spread the virus for near a month.

That's THE dumbest post I've seen yet.

 

[kyzr]

How were preparations not made?

Not enough test kits.
Not enough masks.
No planning for providing additional hospital beds.
Lack of training for response personnel.
Experts in the field of virus control were fired.
Funding for response agencies was cut.
The admin downplayed the risk.
The admin contradicted health experts.

1. Test kits need to be developed and mass produced, the US doesn't mass produce anything, we're a "service economy" "those jobs are not coming back"
2. Same with masks
3. How do you mass produce hospital beds? If "Medicare for All" is passed hospitals will close
4. Bullshit, first responders have adequate training
5. The US has more than enough virus control experts
6. No funding was cut, that is a lie
7. The admin did not down play the risk, just look at China, its in the news every day
8. How did the admin contradict experts, call bullshit.

 

[Remodeling Maidiac]

Test kits will not prevent the spread of this. By the time someone is showing signs and needs to be tested they have already spread the virus for near a month.

That's THE dumbest post I've seen yet.

If you think that's a dumb post then you're quite stupid yourself.

That post is 100% accurate.

 

[berg80]

It was actually the CDC that screwed up, not the administration.

So..........is this the way Trumpette's are going to defend Don? He's not responsible for anything unless he personally made the decision? He is currently taking credit for the admin's "great response." That must be wrong too, right?

 

[g5000]

Trump thinks this whole coronavirus thing is a hoax.

"So far we have lost nobody to coronavirus in the United States. Nobody. We've lost nobody. You wonder if the press is in hysteria mode."

 

[EvilCat Breath]

Why didn't the Trump admin ensure the country has enough test kits?


Kirkland, Wash., becomes epicenter of coronavirus response as cases spread
"City officials said that 25 firefighters and two police officers who were exposed to the virus at the LifeCare Center of Kirkland have shown no symptoms but are under close watch, while a county health department official said there were more than 50 residents and staff at the center who were reportedly ill with symptoms. Authorities also are worried that others — including 17 nursing students and four faculty and staff members from Lake Washington Institute of Technology — were exposed to the virus at the nursing home last week during a visit."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nati...112fb8-5c10-11ea-9055-5fa12981bbbf_story.html

In the real world it's this.
City officials said that 25 firefighters and two police officers who were exposed to the virus at the life care center of Kirkland have shown no symptoms and are not sick. More than 50 residents and staff were reportedly ill with symptoms. Very usual at a senior care center. Authorities are worried that 17 nursing students and four faculty members from the Lake Washington Institute of Technology are not sick.

The democommiecrats are trying to manufacture panic out of nothing. Are you not sick? Do you show no symptoms at all? All proof you've got the virus and will die momentarily.

Experts are trying to get facts out in front of the hysteria. Nope. Democommiecrats need hysteria too muvh.

 

[toomuchtime_]

It was actually the CDC that screwed up, not the administration.

So..........is this the way Trumpette's are going to defend Don? He's not responsible for anything unless he personally made the decision? He is currently taking credit for the admin's "great response." That must be wrong too, right?

lol The experts at the CDC made a miscalculation, and now you seem to be saying the President should be more of an expert than the experts at the CDC.

 

[berg80]

Trump is pushing a dangerous, false spin on coronavirus — and the media is helping him spread it
https://www.washingtonpost.com/life...136dde-5a60-11ea-ab68-101ecfec2532_story.html

Among the many outlandish statements President Trump has made since taking office, one in particular stands out for me.

Speaking in Kansas City, Mo., in the summer of 2018, he urged the attendees of the VFW annual convention to ignore the journalism of the mainstream media.

“Just stick with us, don’t believe the crap you see from these people, the fake news,” he said. “What you’re seeing and what you’re reading is not what’s happening.”

In other words, if you didn’t hear from me or my minions, it isn’t true.

Chico Marx memorably expressed a similar idea in the 1933 comedy “Duck Soup”: “Who ya gonna believe — me or your own eyes?”

It’s a dumbfounding notion, especially given Trump’s proven propensity for lies and falsehoods. But now as a deadly disease, the coronavirus, threatens to turn into a full-blown pandemic, it’s not simply bizarre in a way that can be easily shrugged off. It’s not just Trump being Trump.

Trump and his chosen spokespeople are attempting to dramatically play down the seriousness of the coronavirus and to blame the legitimate news media for doing their jobs of informing the public.

In reporting what Trump has to say, the news media has a huge responsibility not to repeat and amplify his misleading spin — a spin that may serve his political interests but is not in the public interest.

It’s not always easy, though, for mainstream journalists to put his claims in the proper context.

After all, it had always been normal to let a president have his say — to let his statements top the news while letting the fact checks follow.

That has changed somewhat during the lie-ridden Trump administration, but not nearly enough. The reflexive media urge, deep in our DNA, is still to quote the president without offering an immediate challenge.

Trump: Large-scale events are ‘very safe’ despite coronavirus
Ahead of a planned campaign rally Monday night in North Carolina, President Trump told reporters that he considers it “very safe” to hold such large-scale events despite concerns about the spread of the coronavirus.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/worl...live-updates/#link-YI2R4UIVAJDQPGZRZYXBCE43GE

 

[kyzr]

Trump thinks this whole coronavirus thing is a hoax.

"So far we have lost nobody to coronavirus in the United States. Nobody. We've lost nobody. You wonder if the press is in hysteria mode."

Trump called the MSM's misrepresentations a "hoax", like the NYT calling it the "Trumpvirus".
Did Trump have anything to do with the Covid-19 outbreak? **** no.

 

[Remodeling Maidiac]

Trump thinks this whole coronavirus thing is a hoax.

"So far we have lost nobody to coronavirus in the United States. Nobody. We've lost nobody. You wonder if the press is in hysteria mode."

Trump called the MSM's misrepresentations a "hoax", like the NYT calling it the "Trumpvirus".
Did Trump have anything to do with the Covid-19 outbreak? **** no.

Why bother with G?

Dude is a nut.

What Trump ment was clear to anyone with two functional brain cells to rub together

 

[Cellblock2429]

"President Donald Trump has said he trusts China’s President Xi Jingping to tell world authorities the truth about a deadly coronavirus that has killed nine in China and has had one confirmed case in the United States. Trump spoke to CNBC about the virus on Wednesday as fears grow around the world that it could become impossible to contain. “We have it totally under control,” Trump said from the World Economic Forum in Switzerland. Asked about the confirmed case in Washington state, Trump responded: “It’s one person coming in from China. We have it under control. It’s going to be just fine.” The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Tuesday that a Washington state resident who was returning from China on Jan. 15 was diagnosed with the Wuhan coronavirus. Trump said he believes that Xi and Chinese health officials will tell officials around the world everything they need to know about the virus, citing his “great relationship” with the Chinese president."
Trump Says He Trusts Xi’s Word on Coronavirus: ‘It’s All Under Control’
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Oooooopppsie.

Coronavirus may have spread undetected for weeks in Washington state, which reported first two deaths in U.S.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/heal...292336-5bcc-11ea-9055-5fa12981bbbf_story.html

"The coronavirus has been circulating undetected and has possibly infected scores of people over the past six weeks in Washington state, according to a genetic analysis of virus samples that has sobering implications for the entire country amid heightening anxiety about the likely spread of the disease.

The researchers conducted genetic sequencing of two virus samples. One is from a patient who traveled from China to Snohomish County in mid-January and was the first person diagnosed with the disease in the United States. The other came from a recently diagnosed patient in the same county, a high school student with no travel-related or other known exposure to the coronavirus. The two samples look almost identical genetically, said Trevor Bedford, a computational biologist at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle who announced the results of the research on Twitter late Saturday night."

“This strongly suggests that there has been cryptic transmission in Washington State for the past 6 weeks,” Bedford wrote. “I believe we’re facing an already substantial outbreak in Washington State that was not detected until now due to narrow case definition requiring direct travel to China.”
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Since Trumpleton's won't be hearing the truth from the admin or right wing media it's the obligation of Dems to keep them informed about the virus for their own safety.

Once again, I should emphasize for all those confused Trumper's, no one is blaming the Bigot-in-Chief for the virus happening. That's on China. But he deserves blame for not preparing a proactive, coordinated, comprehensive, competent government response and for constantly minimizing the public health threat. Like, for example, saying "it's all under control" when nothing could be further from the truth.

/—-/ WTF is the president- any president supposed to say about another world leader in a public forum? Is he supposed to call him a liar? How would that affect relations? Are you that dense or is it TDS?

He could STFU

/——/
Trump says nothing - Orange Man Bad.
Trump says something- Orange Man Bad.

He whores and pays off porn stars. I'm sure he's a role model for you

/—-/ Did Billy Boy Clintoon pay off women? Did you vote for him ?

 

[depotoo]

Trump thinks this whole coronavirus thing is a hoax.

"So far we have lost nobody to coronavirus in the United States. Nobody. We've lost nobody. You wonder if the press is in hysteria mode."

Trump called the MSM's misrepresentations a "hoax", like the NYT calling it the "Trumpvirus".
Did Trump have anything to do with the Covid-19 outbreak? **** no.

Why bother with G?

Dude is a nut.

What Trump ment was clear to anyone with two functional brain cells to rub together

That tells us alot about those that didn’t understand it...

 

[berg80]

If you think that's a dumb post then you're quite stupid yourself.

That post is 100% accurate.

You should contact all the governments around the world including ours with your advice that they are all wrong and wasting their time and money. Or even better, you should replace all the health experts recommending we do the opposite of what you said cuz you're just so damn smart.

 

[depotoo]

If you think that's a dumb post then you're quite stupid yourself.

That post is 100% accurate.

You should contact all the governments around the world including ours with your advice that they are all wrong and wasting their time and money. Or even better, you should replace all the health experts recommending we do the opposite of what you said cuz you're just so damn smart.

98% survival rate...

 

[Remodeling Maidiac]

If you think that's a dumb post then you're quite stupid yourself.

That post is 100% accurate.

You should contact all the governments around the world including ours with your advice that they are all wrong and wasting their time and money. Or even better, you should replace all the health experts recommending we do the opposite of what you said cuz you're just so damn smart.

Where did I say they were wasting time or money?

Can you ******* read? Can you comprehend what you read?

People don't show signs for WEEKS. Unless you are proposing 300+ million Americans get tested regardless of symptoms what do you think is going to happen?

Those who are sick but don't yet know it will CONTINUE to spread the disease. All the testing kits will not change that FACT

 

[toomuchtime_]

Trump is pushing a dangerous, false spin on coronavirus — and the media is helping him spread it
https://www.washingtonpost.com/life...136dde-5a60-11ea-ab68-101ecfec2532_story.html

Among the many outlandish statements President Trump has made since taking office, one in particular stands out for me.

Speaking in Kansas City, Mo., in the summer of 2018, he urged the attendees of the VFW annual convention to ignore the journalism of the mainstream media.

“Just stick with us, don’t believe the crap you see from these people, the fake news,” he said. “What you’re seeing and what you’re reading is not what’s happening.”

In other words, if you didn’t hear from me or my minions, it isn’t true.

Chico Marx memorably expressed a similar idea in the 1933 comedy “Duck Soup”: “Who ya gonna believe — me or your own eyes?”

It’s a dumbfounding notion, especially given Trump’s proven propensity for lies and falsehoods. But now as a deadly disease, the coronavirus, threatens to turn into a full-blown pandemic, it’s not simply bizarre in a way that can be easily shrugged off. It’s not just Trump being Trump.

Trump and his chosen spokespeople are attempting to dramatically play down the seriousness of the coronavirus and to blame the legitimate news media for doing their jobs of informing the public.

In reporting what Trump has to say, the news media has a huge responsibility not to repeat and amplify his misleading spin — a spin that may serve his political interests but is not in the public interest.

It’s not always easy, though, for mainstream journalists to put his claims in the proper context.

After all, it had always been normal to let a president have his say — to let his statements top the news while letting the fact checks follow.

That has changed somewhat during the lie-ridden Trump administration, but not nearly enough. The reflexive media urge, deep in our DNA, is still to quote the president without offering an immediate challenge.

Trump: Large-scale events are ‘very safe’ despite coronavirus
Ahead of a planned campaign rally Monday night in North Carolina, President Trump told reporters that he considers it “very safe” to hold such large-scale events despite concerns about the spread of the coronavirus.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/worl...live-updates/#link-YI2R4UIVAJDQPGZRZYXBCE43GE

Thank you for supporting the President. Your post is a fine example fo how the MSM is misleading the public about the virus and how Democrats see it only as a political opportunity to attack the President with no apparent concern for the well being of the public. The data so far suggests the coronavirus is comparable to the seasonal flu and while it is desirable to avoid both, there is no reason for panic. According to WHO it is not a pandemic. This is clearly a case when the public would be better off getting their news from the government rather than the MSM.

 

[depotoo]

If you think that's a dumb post then you're quite stupid yourself.

That post is 100% accurate.

You should contact all the governments around the world including ours with your advice that they are all wrong and wasting their time and money. Or even better, you should replace all the health experts recommending we do the opposite of what you said cuz you're just so damn smart.

Where did I say they were wasting time or money?

Can you ******* read? Can you comprehend what you read?

People don't show signs for WEEKS. Unless you are proposing 300+ million Americans get tested regardless of symptoms what do you think is going to happen?

Those who are sick but don't yet know it will CONTINUE to spread the disease. All the testing kits will not change that FACT

Most other countries are way behind us even in their testing.

 

[berg80]

Experts are trying to get facts out in front of the hysteria.

But...........you understand the claims that the media and Dems are creating hysteria are lies, right?