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Well it rings hollow coming from the man wit blood on his hands. It's wrong and he's wrong, but Woodward created a window of opportunity for him. Its an indictment of our time that we need our democratic infrastructure outside of Agent Orange to be above reproach, but we do, because Trump has shown he will lean on whataboutisms to no end. So, bottom line is this, because you and I agree with who is to blame and that Trump's core base would be unmoved: I'm not outraged at Woodward as if he could have solved this, and I don't hold him up as some would-be savior. I'm (extreme dad voice) disappointed. It was a missed opportunity for journalism writ large and invited some valid critiques of media practices at a time where we need them at their best. And Woodward, in my opinion, fell short.
This is sort of a side discussion, but it baffles me why Trump was talking to Woodward in the first place. His last book in 2018 was highly critical of Trump, and usually that sort thing prompts undying antagonism from the POTUS. But here he is have multiple extensive conversations with Woodward...I don't get it.
Hubris - he thought he could control the narrative, paint a positive picture, and hold the book up as a monument to his greatness. It's the only thing that makes any sense.
A new study warns the virus is ‘a life-threatening disease in people of all ages.’https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/10/world/covid-19-coronavirus.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage#link-39f95f8aThe research letter from Harvard found that among 3,222 young adults hospitalized with Covid-19, 88 died — about 2.7 percent. One in five required intensive care, and one in 10 needed a ventilator to assist with breathing.Among those who survived, 99 patients, or 3 percent, could not be sent home from the hospital and were transferred to facilities for ongoing care or rehabilitation.
Interesting it was from over 400 hospitals in the US with young adults that had been hospitalized with covid of which most had underlying condition. Love how headlines try to bring out the fear. The senior author of the research letter, Dr. Scott D. Solomon, a professor of medicine at Harvard, emphasized that despite the rise in coronavirus cases among young people, the proportion who become so sick that they require hospitalization remains low.
True, but if you read the publication itself, it still emphasizes the importance of prevention.https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2770542?guestAccessKey=87e8344a-8e2f-4ca8-8e1a-95be53bbf71e&utm_source=silverchair&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=article_alert-jamainternalmedicine&utm_content=olf&utm_term=090920Given the sharply rising rates of COVID-19 infection in young adults, these findings underscore the importance of infection prevention measures in this age group.
I get it we all need to be careful but those in the high risk categories need to be more careful
What exactly does that mean? Lower risk people can wear a mask every other time they are in a social situation? They wash their hands every other time they touch some thing that might be contaminated?It seems to me either you are careful or you aren’t.
maybe higher risk people attend school virtually or avoid situations that could present more risk. The masks are not 100% cure all
Whether Woodward should have released the info earlier is a valid question question but irrelevant to the questions about the actions and mindset of the President, and should not be used to cloud that issue.
Bottom line?President Woodward should have been more honest with the American people.
Do you get all of your material from the trends on twatter?
So are we "rounding the corner" or we at a "disturbing" place in the pandemic? Depends on who you believe....U.S. coronavirus data is ‘disturbing,’ Dr. Fauci says, disputing Trump’s claim that U.S. is ‘rounding the corner’
Not that any of this is surprising since we’ve been discussing this since the beginning. But here is the link to the prior posts clip. https://www.politico.com/news/2020/09/11/exclusive-trump-officials-interfered-with-cdc-reports-on-covid-19-412809It’s so sad that optimism and realism somehow do not cross paths right now.
I'm a healthcare professional.This stuff is exactly why I won't be getting any vaccine that is released in the next couple years.