Trump Is Lying. He Did Not Take Coronavirus Seriously for Weeks.

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  1. reedak

    reedak Well-Known Member

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    1. Renowned Trump critic, Jack Holmes, pointed out that "Trump Is Lying. He Did Not Take Coronavirus Seriously for Weeks."

    Source: https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a31751166/trump-lie-coronavirus-pandemic-press-conference/

    2. Let us look at the swift measures taken by Taiwan to contain the Coronavirus pandemic:

    On December 31, 2019, when the World Health Organization was notified of pneumonia of unknown cause in Wuhan, China, Taiwanese officials began to board planes and assess passengers on direct flights from Wuhan for fever and pneumonia symptoms before passengers could deplane.....

    Source: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2762689

    3. The truth is that WHO had been notified of pneumonia of unknown cause in Wuhan on December 31, 2019. In contrast to the swift measures taken by Taiwan, Trump had been dragging his feet on Coronavirus response and downplaying the pandemic threat until March 17 (more than two and half months after the Chinese notification to WHO).

    After comparing the dismal job done by a supposedly sole superpower with the good job done by a small island, isn't it time for the GOP to consider replacing its mediocre presidential candidate with a better candidate of Taiwanese origin? :angel:
     
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    Trump has done a terrific job ...which is why the USA is not Western Europe
     
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    These people say "Trump didn't take it seriously", yet applaud the massive loss of civil liberties we've endured just in the last week. And really the last 3-4 days. I mean, you can't be serious. More has been done(destructively) then at any point since 9/11.
     
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    If for only 30 days ..then I see it as justified, but if we’re talking months - then I agree
     
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    I can’t even get a drink after work
    I feel lonely
     
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    I still can't wrap my head around the fact the government is sending checks to people and is going to be owning parts of companies. And under Donald Trump, of all people.
     
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    it will cause inflation
     
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    The East Coast is going to get hammered by this. I wonder if part of it is NYC's reliance on mass transit. I like the subway system when I was there ten years ago, but it certainly wasn't very clean.
     
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    My great friend, you feel lonely? It looks like you are already in quarantine. :smile:
     
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    They said that all throughout the Obama years too. I don't think it will. I still think America is the best of a bad lot and there will be a demand for dollars and T-bills in the coming years.
     
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    All I can say is people trying to capitalize politically from the current virus outbreak represent to me the lowest form of human scum. Maybe you people can put aside the political BS for a month or two so we can all work together to resolve the current crisis.
     
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    Just for you.

     
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    Define weeks? Trump issued a travel ban for any non-citizen coming from Wuhan, China on January 30. That was 7 weeks before your post. wouldn't 7 weeks constitute "weeks"? It would in my book.

    The first patient in the US to test positive for coronavirus was on January 21. The second case tested positive on January 24. But on January 30, something happened that caused some serious concerns. It was proven that China was feeding the World Health Organization (WHO) bad and misleading information. That happening was the first case of Human to Human transfer of the coronavirus. China claimed such a situation was not happening. This first US "Community Spread" patient was the Husband of the second patient to test positive. The second patient had returned from Wuhan to Chicago. She became sick and tested postitve on Jan 24. Her husband tested positive on January 30. That same day, President Trump announced the travel ban that liberals blasted him for. Of course, if President Trump were to have implimented the measures on Dec 31, the DNC would have claimed he was racist and overreacting. If you compare the number of US cases and deaths certain western European countries, you'll see our President has done a pretty good job.
     
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    The day that Trump ordered the Chinese travel ban Uncle Joe called it unnecessary, divisive and xenophobic. Game over for Joe.
     
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    And then Trump went on to dither and fumble the response

    Joe looking much better

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    Look at the look on Pence”s face will you
     
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    I get where your coming from, but many people do not see it that way at all. Empathize with your enemy, not just the Orange Satan, but the people who support him. If you can't put yourself in their skin you will never beat him.
     
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    No he is going to “beat himself”
     
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    Do you have a political board in Australia where you blast your leader. I see your finally getting around to shutting a couple of your city borders yesterday and you guys contacted Netflix to reduce the amount of data needed to stream movies and you had a cruise ship drop off 2,700 passengers yesterday and your government is asking them to self isolate. Boy you guys are really locking the land of the kangaroo down.
     
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    Trump was the first world leader to institute a China travel ban back in January. How is that not taking Corona serious?
     
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    Yeah, that's why he offered the Chinese help back in December, restricted travel and declared an State of Medical Emergency within a week of the the first case in the United States.
     
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    So now there are renowned Trump critics. I guess I should ignore those that are not renowned?
     
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    You seem to have forgotten it's the 21st Century:

    The Coronavirus Is No 1918 Pandemic
    The differences between the global response to the Great Flu Pandemic and today’s COVID-19 outbreak could not be more striking.
    MARCH 3, 2020
    Jeremy Brown
    Author of Influenza: The 100-Year Hunt to Cure the Deadliest Disease in History
    https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/03/were-not-facing-second-spanish-flu/607354/

    It's no Bubonic Plague, either, even though my "progressive" compatriots are acting like it is...
     
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    And just what was going on in Washington at that time. Hint - Schiff Show.
     
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