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Karma never sleeps, even though this Administration and its supporters do.
At every pivotal decision-point so far …
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Trump claims cases are falling everywhere. An unreleased task force report shows massive spikes in the heartland
by Igor Derysh, salon.com — May 12, 2020
A leaked unreleased White House coronavirus task force report showing cases spiking in areas across the country has undercut President Donald Trump's claim that cases are declining across the nation.
"You know, the numbers are coming down very rapidly all throughout the country, by the way," Trump declared at a Monday news conference. "There may be one exception, but all throughout the country, the numbers are coming down rapidly."
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But a leaked coronavirus task force report obtained by NBC News shows that some parts of the country — rural counties in Tennessee and Kansas — have seen cases balloon by more than 1,000% in a matter of one week. Other counties in Missouri, Nebraska, Minnesota and Wisconsin saw increases of more than 400%.
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Of course, any lost of life, to this terrible virus — is tragic.
Especially, if you consider, that if seriousness had been deployed on a national scale, many of these tragic deaths could have been avoided …
The fact that the Trump administration is rushing to Re-open — even before their own recommendations and safeguards and metrics are in place — is doubly tragic.
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As I posted recently, the daily death toll is tragic, no matter how you measure it.
Anyone that discounts and downplays this mind-numbing SERIOUS toll, is adding insult and insolence to tragic injury.
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Brian Stelter: To look away is a disgrace to coronavirus victims
CNN: Reliable Sources -- May 10, 2020
Here’s a partial Transcript, I put together: [starting at time-mark 1:15]
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Think about Hurricane Katrina,
where at least 1800 people died, along the Gulf Coast.
This week there was a daily average of at 1900 deaths per day
[from COVID-19].
So basically, one Hurricane Katrina every day.
And again just like with Hurricane Katrina that's only an estimate.
We still don't know exactly how many people died from Katrina.
We probably won't ever know exactly how many people died from COVID-19.
But there are some commonalities of the federal government's failures,
in responding.
But you know, let's just think about this.
Between 1 thousand and 2 thousand deaths per day.
It's as if 10 planes crash every day,
and we just expect to happen tomorrow.
It's as if New Orleans floods every day,
and we just assume it's going happen again tomorrow.
{Pause}
This brings us to the president, and the leadership we're seeing
-- or the lack of leadership, from the federal government.
There are some attempts now to downplay what is happening.
Or to normalize what is happening.
As we saw this week, the president talking about shuttering his Coronavirus Task Force. Then, saying he's not going to do that.
Were not seeing Daily Briefing by the Task Force.
Were not getting the kind of national data we need from the government.
And were seeing some allegations of the Administration retaliating
against Whistle-blowers, who are speaking out,
trying to call attention to some of these failures.
{Pause}
It's a frightening time.
You know we've seen these attempts to hold information back,
to block public disclosure about Coronavirus supplies, for example.
We've seen this attempt to bury a detailed guide from the CDC
about re-opening country.
Of course, when the AP came out with this scoop,
They said, ‘Oh, it's just a rough draft, were still working on it.’
OK, then can we see it tomorrow? Can we see it on Tuesday?
Why does it feel like the government is withholding information,
in the midst of a Crisis -- the size of which we've never seen?
{Pause}
The data is important. The numbers are important.
The death toll isn't just something, ah
-- to be 'downplayed'.
It's not something we can hide from
-- even if it is gut-wrenching to hear about every day.
It's like New Orleans, floods, every day.
It's like the planes, go into the towers, every day.
And to look away,
or act like it's now "normal," ... or acceptable,
is a disgrace to the Victims.
{Pause}
In fact and indeed.
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And in Memoriam, for the foreseeable future …
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