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Faith  Suspended Member (Idle past 1473 days) Posts: 35298 From: Nevada, USA Joined: |
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dwise1 Member Posts: 5952 Joined: Member Rating: 5.2
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A few days ago I saw an interview with Conn. Governor Ned Lamont:
One big problem that he pointed out is that he's faced with an upcoming medical care emergency where he'll need every healthcare professional he can get and more, but right now he has 200 who are self-quarantined because they were exposed to the virus and he cannot get them tested. He foresees a spike in cases within a week or so and he's losing nurses every day. He doesn't cover why it is that we don't have the testing that we need weeks after other countries have implemented successful widespread testing. My understanding is that those other countries made use of the tests that the World Health Organization (WHO) provided to all countries, but the US refused those tests. Why? I haven't heard an explanation for it, but it has put us about a month behind the curve on our way towards an Italian trajectory. A possibility is that it was done in the search for profit (eg, for pharma companies to be able to get patents on their own testing and treatment products). That's one way in which our privatized healthcare system poses a danger for public health in an emergency (let alone in daily life). In another interview which I cannot locate, he pointed out how privatized healthcare is not geared towards the necessary preparations for large-scale medical emergencies such as we are not facing. You need to have facilities standing by with stockpiles of beds and other equipment (eg, ventilators, masks, gloves). You need to have a network of local hospitals. There's no profit in stockpiling equipment or owning unused emergency facilities, so private healthcare companies will not do it. In order to make a profit, you need to minimize your expenses so they're going to maintain no more facilities than they need given normal numbers of patients; they are not going to want to bear the burden of the extra expense of stockpiling for an emergency. They are not going to bear the expense of keeping open hospitals that don't turn a profit, such as rural hospitals (which have been closing down often because they're in red states that have refused Medicaid funding) -- nor will they keep those closed facilities but will sell the properties instead. It takes government to do the planning and stockpiling and preparation for emergencies such as a pandemic; private industry will not do it. GOP calls to privatize all these functions is therefore a recipe for disaster. Such as we now witness unfolding. Gov. Lamont
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JonF Member (Idle past 197 days) Posts: 6174 Joined: |
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Percy Member Posts: 22504 From: New Hampshire Joined: Member Rating: 4.9 |
As Trump has recently been forced to remind everyone, he has been relentlessly hammering on the critical seriousness of the coronavirus threat all along. This reminder has been met with the usual leftist lies, such as this collection of obviously manufactured video:
--Percy
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dwise1 Member Posts: 5952 Joined: Member Rating: 5.2 |
Marc Antony (Julius Caesar):
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JonF Member (Idle past 197 days) Posts: 6174 Joined: |
One of several similar news stories. Can't tell if it's doing harm but it damn sure isn't helping.
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Percy Member Posts: 22504 From: New Hampshire Joined: Member Rating: 4.9 |
Here's an opinion piece by lyin' George Conway, Kellyanne’s husband, who refuses to acknowledge the magnificence that is Trump: There is no new Trump. A short excerpt:
quote: For the truth, of course, we need only turn to Trump. His handling of the crisis has been "perfect," a "10 out of 10." --Percy Edited by Percy, : Correct attribution.
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Faith  Suspended Member (Idle past 1473 days) Posts: 35298 From: Nevada, USA Joined: |
I used to like George Will, but he's lost me completely in his Never-Trumper phase. In the context of the neverending attacks on Trump it's clearly Trump's sense of humor that led him to make the comment about President's Day but Trump's enemies have no sense of humor whatever.
Trump HAS handled the crisis just fine. Edited by Faith, : No reason given.
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DrJones* Member Posts: 2290 From: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Joined: Member Rating: 6.9 |
Trump HAS handled the crisis just fine so he was handling it fine when he declared it a hoax? or now when he claims to have known it was pandemic all along.It's not enough to bash in heads, you've got to bash in minds soon I discovered that this rock thing was true Jerry Lee Lewis was the devil Jesus was an architect previous to his career as a prophet All of a sudden i found myself in love with the world And so there was only one thing I could do Was ding a ding dang my dang along ling long - Jesus Built my Hotrod Ministry Live every week like it's Shark Week! - Tracey Jordan Just a monkey in a long line of kings. - Matthew Good If "elitist" just means "not the dumbest motherfucker in the room", I'll be an elitist! - Get Your War On *not an actual doctor
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Faith  Suspended Member (Idle past 1473 days) Posts: 35298 From: Nevada, USA Joined: |
Trump never declared the pandemic a hoax, he declared the Leftist hype about it the hoax, intended as an attack on Trump as usual of course.
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DrJones* Member Posts: 2290 From: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Joined: Member Rating: 6.9
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edit: nevermind I should resist arguing with worshippers of the golden/bronzed calf
Edited by DrJones*, : No reason given.It's not enough to bash in heads, you've got to bash in minds soon I discovered that this rock thing was true Jerry Lee Lewis was the devil Jesus was an architect previous to his career as a prophet All of a sudden i found myself in love with the world And so there was only one thing I could do Was ding a ding dang my dang along ling long - Jesus Built my Hotrod Ministry Live every week like it's Shark Week! - Tracey Jordan Just a monkey in a long line of kings. - Matthew Good If "elitist" just means "not the dumbest motherfucker in the room", I'll be an elitist! - Get Your War On *not an actual doctor
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jar Member (Idle past 423 days) Posts: 34026 From: Texas!! Joined:
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One possible nit. It's not golden/bronze; more spray paint orange and not really a calf, just lots of bull.
Edited by jar, : No reason given. Edited by jar, : there really is an "e" in one
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Percy Member Posts: 22504 From: New Hampshire Joined: Member Rating: 4.9 |
Faith writes: Trump never declared the pandemic a hoax, he declared the Leftist hype about it the hoax,... Yes, that's what DrJones* meant. Here's Trump's actually words:
Trump was speaking about Democratic expressions of concern in February. Given what has happened in the intervening weeks, can these concerns reasonably be characterized as "hype" or a "hoax"? Weren't the Democrats far more accurate about what was coming than Trump, who among other things predicted that the number of infections would soon drop to zero? Is the difference between what Trump was saying several weeks ago and what he's saying now apparent to you? The ornate "T" in the upper left is for the UK newspaper The Telegraph. --Percy Edited by Percy, : Correct attribution. Edited by Percy, : Grammar.
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Percy Member Posts: 22504 From: New Hampshire Joined: Member Rating: 4.9 |
Here's a New York Times video of what Trump has said versus what the experts have said:
Anyone care to defend any Trump comment in this video? --Percy
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Faith  Suspended Member (Idle past 1473 days) Posts: 35298 From: Nevada, USA Joined: |
Shouldn't even you be getting tired of the incessant attacks on Trump about absolutely everything, now including the Corona virus? As he says in the video his administration's response to the problem has been early and effective but they continue to attack him anyway. Yes Trump too often speaks in hyperbole, you can get him on that but not to the extent he's usually subjected to. In responding to the attacks he overstates things he then has to take back. Those who support him might be more inclined to comment on these errors if it weren't for the incessant overkill from his enemies. Their incessant attacks are the hoax.
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jar Member (Idle past 423 days) Posts: 34026 From: Texas!! Joined: |
But the reality is that he and his so called administration did NOT move early even though they had been briefed on exactly this type of a situation back in 2017 before he even took office.
The man is simply totally incompetent snake-oil medicine man and you and all other the suckers are begging to buy his embrocation. Just deplorable fools.
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