Aside from the forced separation of families, The #TrumpPlague will be more than about fleas and rats. The Trumpian aversion to accurate data elsewhere has brought the nation to the edge of the golden hour.
If the mortality rate is 1%, that means 50,000 of the cases from the first month will die. If it's 2%, it's 100,000 dead. If you extend the spreadsheet to 45 days, you get 241 million infected. That's 2.4 million dead at 1%.
— MADAM IS LIVID🤬🤬 Dont tell me to shut up. (@MadamEarth) March 15, 2020
“Sometimes it seems like they have literally thrown out the book,” said Joshua Sharfstein, a former top FDA official and Johns Hopkins University professor who is using the CDC manual to teach a crisis communication class. “We’re studying what to do — and at times seeing what not to do — on the same day.”
Two weeks ago, Trump said the country would soon havezero cases. This week, there were more than2,200and 49 deaths. When asked at a news conference Friday why he disbanded the White House’s pandemic office, Trump denied doing so, saying, “I didn’t do it … I don’t know anything about it.” When asked if he bore any responsibility for disastrous delays in testing, Trump said no, blaming instead “circumstances” and “regulations” created by others. When asked if Americans should believe Trump or his top health official, Anthony S. Fauci — whom Trump has contradicted repeatedly — Trump sidestepped the question.
“For those of us in this field, this is profoundly and deeply distressing,” said Matthew Seeger, a risk communication expert at Wayne State University who developed the CDC guidebook alongside many top doctors, public health researchers, scientists, consultants and behavioral psychologists.
“It’s creating higher levels of anxiety, higher levels of uncertainty and higher levels of social disruption. … We spent decades training people and investing in developing this competency. We know how to do this.”
It is essential the record be reviewed and every asinine comment by Ingraham, Dobbs, Fox n’ Friends, ect…be documented and memorialized for posterity. The irresponsibility and perniciousness of this “news network†cannot be overstated. Their idiocy and cynicism will kill. https://t.co/oCG8IyWTyT
Just to clarify: the company will be able to bill the feds for evaluating people for COVID and referring them to a testing center if the meet the criteria.
The coronavirus is highlighting in the starkest possible way long-standing problems in the US. This includes governance. In no other peer country are leaders so blatantly disregarding medical advice. In the US, it has become a point of GOP pride to reject expertise. pic.twitter.com/FxDkU9YIfY
New report from CAP on the steps states should be taking to stop the spread now of coronavirus. Very grateful to Zeke Emanuel @TopherSpiro Maura Calsyn, Thomas Waldrop & Nicole Rapfogel for this timely critical work.
Many presidents have tried to deflect responsibility for various acts, of course. But I cannot think of another episode that, adjusted for the high-stakes context, comes close to Trump’s remarkable combination of gutlessness and weakness. (Am I missing something?) 2/
Updated: 11 days of US #covid19 positives vs Italy’s starting 2/22. It’s remarkable given the testing and population differences how similar the curves are—pandemic geometrically-growing math is a scary thing. pic.twitter.com/18GBf8E3MU
The CDC identified the 1st case of the virus on 4/14/09. The Obama admin declared swine flu a public health emergency on 4/26/26. The FDA approved a rapid test for the virus 2 days later. At the time, the CDC had reported 64 cases & zero deaths. https://t.co/qgnzskwVEI
