LIVE BLOG: COVID Task Force Press Briefing for Trump's latest Trick Bag because “flu ended WWI”

On: April 20, 2020

In: , Biglygate, Covid-19, Culture, HealthCare, Media, PublicHealth, Trump, WhiteHouse

Tagged: briefing, covid, force, latest, press, trick, trump

Live Blog below — Who knew the flu ended World War I and had it on their bingo card?

5:00* PM EDT (*now announced for 530pm)

Members of the Coronavirus Task Force Hold a Press Briefing

The White House

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Howell Raines “We’ve been presented with a sinister whirlwind of doubletalk.”

Trump is practicing the technique of “reflexive control”, by encouraging street demonstrations against his own guidelines using tweets and these pseudo-campaign rallies. It is reflexive because false consciousness has become a commodity.

….on Saturday, Trump referred to social distancing measures taken at U.S. Air Force Academy’s commencement ceremony as “politically correct”…

For example, on Friday, gyms and tattoo parlors will reopen in GA because its governor says it’s OK with social distancing. Darn political correctness. Hair care trumps health care.

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Eighteen days ago, Kemp said he'd just learned about asymptomatic transmission. https://t.co/o585z6WHazÃ¢Â€Â” Philip Bump (@pbump) April 20, 2020

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… Ã¢Â€ÂœTesting, Testing, Testing,Ã¢Â€Â again playing a very dangerous political game. States, not the Federal Government, should be doing the Testing – But we will work with the Governors and get it done. This is easy compared to the fast production of thousands of complex Ventilators!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 20, 2020

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Doesn't seem to be forever, seems to be for right now, amid a divide in the advice POTUS has been getting about whether he should do it now.

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) April 20, 2020

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“in Wuhan more than 1800 teams of epidemiologists, with a minimum of 5 people/team, [were] tracing tens of thousands of contacts a day. Contact follow up [was] painstaking, with a high percentage of identified close contacts completing medical observation”https://t.co/EFIBVDDqA7

— Laurence (Larry) Boorstein (@LarryBoorstein) April 20, 2020

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A lot of the Ã¢Â€ÂœliberateÃ¢Â€Â footage is meant to make these events look big.

HereÃ¢Â€Â™s what the protest in Ohio today really looks like.

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Coronavirus conspiracy theorists Diamond and Silk recently wondered if “somebody” can use 5G towers to infect people with the virus to fill supposedly “empty” hospitals. The two are Fox News hosts and surrogates for the Trump campaign. https://t.co/RxwUKMY9zd pic.twitter.com/WAt5u63vhW

— Eric Hananoki (@ehananoki) April 20, 2020

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US daily numbers via @COVID19Tracking:

Newly-reported deaths:
Today: 1,528
Yesterday: 1,654
One week ago (4/13): 1,450

Newly-reported cases:
T: 23K
Y: 27K
4/13: 25K

Newly-reported tests:
T: 138K
Y: 167K
4/13: 129K

Share of tests positive:
T: 17%
Y: 16%
4/13: 19%

— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) April 20, 2020

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A Dozen Americans at the World Health Organization—Which Trump Has Falsely Said Kept Him in the Dark—in Fact Were Keeping Him Apprised All Along

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H/t @CKummer for the correct link for this data. (It takes you to a make-your-own-chart page, where you can compare any countries that you choose. )
https://t.co/zyT5M0o9mL

Eg here it is with Italy, China, Germany added pic.twitter.com/rNhoQ76T7l

— James Fallows (@JamesFallows) April 20, 2020

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HereÃ¢Â€Â™s our piece from last night on coronavirus and the spread of misinformation:https://t.co/t2BIazxfnz

— Last Week Tonight (@LastWeekTonight) April 20, 2020

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