Your “president” is lying and making hunches about an epidemic. He has been told the numbers could go down, especially in April as it warms and when viruses become less viable as heat increases. (As viruses dry from the heat, the envelope breaks making the virus less and less likely to be able to infect) but that doesn’t mean the numbers won’t surge again in the end of August. See, tRUMP Erodes Public Trust; in the 1918 Flu Epidemic, the More Government Lied, the More People Died
The numbers are going to change, perhaps even drastically and perhaps daily. Being there are so few tested, the numbers that are available are used to predict future outbreaks and morbidity rates are not going to be accurate, and only after much yelling have some numbers been placed back into view, although you still do not know what bases are being used for quarantine of infected and uninfected travelers. Are there hundreds? Thousands? Only tRUMP and his Admin and hopefully, CDC know.
We know China has not been forthright with numbers as many died before being tested, but we also know the numbers became overwhelming and That is why it is so important to get the data out there and be transparent.
AUDIO to Hannity: tRUMP on WHO saying coronavirus death rate is 3.4%: "I think the 3.4% number is really a false number. Now this is just my hunch, but based on a lot of conversations ... personally, I'd say the number is way under 1%." He then calls the coronavirus "corona flu" and gets stats mixed up…
VIDEO: Pence lies saying"the risk of the coronavirus to the average American remains low," then walked off w/o answering Brian Karem’s question about "can the uninsured get tested?!" The risk is very high and most people will get it. It is whether they can fight it OFF that matter and most healthy likely will. It will become an epidemic soon… Please watch the video to the end, as a WH staff member yells at reporters for yelling as Pence retreats. You pay her… UGH ...
Annnnd I just read that she is Steven Miller’s wife, Katie… of course.
tRUMP is also blaming Obama for delays in testing. China gave 57 countries test kits. Rather then use them , the CDC decided to develop their own. That’s fine but it didn’t work. Also up to March 2 only 359 people were tested and up until then only those coming from hotspots were tested.
tRUMP and Pence both said in a press conference that Obama delayed the approval of the testing kits. tRUMP VIDEO: "The Obama administration made a decision on testing that turned out to be very detrimental to what we're doing & we undid that decision a few days ago so that testing can take place in a much more accurate & rapid fashion."
“He's talking about the decision that LDT assays (Lab Developed Tests) developed by CLIA-approved labs (Quest diagnostics, Labcorp - but ALSO Elizabeth Holmes scamlab till caught) should be under the oversight of the FDA.The FDA DID make mistakes demanding no SARS false pos,” and “ but that is NOT because it's a "mistake" to have FDA review LDTs. That's exactly how we ensure no one is scammed by a place like THeranos again. She used the LDTs as a way to use equipment that never went through FDA review bc it wasn't marketed for sale just used for testing.’
In truth, the FDA was clamouring since mid-February to have the CDC allow regions to make their own test as an emergency response. This story is following the tRUMP admin protocol HERE whereas this one puts the blame and delays where they belong, with tRUMP and Azar bungling who dismantled and removed the Biothreat teams from the white house.
*The screenshot is from the Daily Show video showing experts not listening to their own advice.
Here is an interactive Data Map from John Hopkins which is update every hour.
Here is a STATS/DATA page that is updated less but good one
“how to wash your hands” songs and Tweets were trending on Twitter … but this one will stick with my son, I just know it: ------------------------------------------------------------→ [Illustration]
From a comment by
nehill: A great message out of Texas to “wash your hands like you’ve just sliced a bunch of jalapenos for nachos, and now you have to take out your contact lenses.”
I have a few other COVID-19 blogs should you wish to look.
Pence’s Coronavirus Task force info
This one pertains to the 1918 FLU epidemic and how the President lied to the people…
This one is less important but reminds how much tRUMP is trying to control the message…