Kolek planning to go pro
Umm well...that decision by Jerry Falwell Jr. to re-open Liberty University and have the kids on campus...well...uh...er...uh...it isn't going so swell.Over a dozen kids already sick.https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/29/us/politics/coronavirus-liberty-university-falwell.html#click=https://t.co/sglQgqzqo8
Words matter, actions matter:https://twitter.com/JamilSmith/status/1244630999993966598?s=19
But Brawndo's got what plants crave. It's got electrolytes.
This is what I was referencinghttps://www.cnn.com/2020/03/29/opinions/coronavirus-personal-protective-equipment-obeidallah/index.html
When I read this postI confess to LOLBut wish she led us
Not sure what you could have expected one of the most tested politicians of our lifetime could have expected to do differently in these circumstances.
Historically many Presidents get an initial bump in approval ratings during a crisis. Jimmy Carter's approval rating increased 26% during the first few months if the Iran hostage crisis for example. By contrast Trump's approval rating has stayed relatively flat to his predecessors who received much larger bumps.
Heck, I have no problem with the aspect of sending the material to where it was needed at the time. The problem was that there was no response, no recognition, of the need that would be coming here and gearing up accordingly. That was never done.U.S. Intelligence was briefing the president throughout January and February that this was almost certainly a global pandemic. I dunno, maybe he doesn't know the U.S. is part of the globe, or maybe there was magical thinking that we were somehow immune.
First of all, he/she would not have eliminated the pandemic response team two years earlier.Second, he/she would have listened to their recommendations.Third, he/she would have followed their recommendations.So...putting experts in the right places, and listening to them when they give you advice.Oh, yeah -- and he/she would have been honest with the American public.
I would have thought my sarcasm was obvious. Clinton was clearly more ready to be president than just about every politician that came before her at every level of the federal government. We would have had deaths here, but it would not be for lack of preparation, transparency, inter agency and federal/state communication.
Drug companies are starting to get some things into the hands of docs for testing.https://www.techtimes.com/articles/248421/20200328/covid-19-patients-show-sign-progress-after-taking-in-development-hiv-and-breast-cancer-drug-now-free-from-ventilators.htmFingers crossed that more stuff like this takes hold and really starts to move the needle. Even reducing the amount of time on ventilator would be a big help to lessening the burden on ICUs.
Here are Cuomo's favorability ratings by comparison:His increased 54% from February to March. And he has a 71% favorability rating overall, 87% from New Yorkers.https://twitter.com/adam_brew/status/1244663103087874049?s=19
Q Thank you, Mr. President. You said several times that the United States has ramped up testing. I’ll just talk a little quicker — or a little louder.Mr. President, you said several times that the United States has ramped up testing, but the United States is still not testing per capita as many people as other countries like South Korea. Why is that? And when do you think that that number will be on par with other countries?And Dr. —THE PRESIDENT: Yeah, well, it’s — it’s very much on par.Q Not per capita —THE PRESIDENT: Look — look — per capita. We have areas of country that’s very tight. I know South Korea better than anybody. It’s a — very tight. Do you know how many people are in Seoul? Do you know how big the city of Seoul is?Q But the question is about (inaudible).THE PRESIDENT: Thirty-eight million people. That’s bigger than anything we have. Thirty-eight million people all tightly wound together.We have vast farmlands. We have vast areas where they don’t have much of a problem. In some cases, they have no problem whatsoever. We have done more tests. What I didn’t — I didn’t talk about per capita. We have done more tests, by far, than any country in the world, by far.Our testing is also better than any country in the world. And when you look at that, as simple as that looks, that’s something that’s a game changer, and every country wants that. Every country.So rather than asking a question like that, you should congratulate the people that have done this testing, because we inherited — this administration inherited a broken system, a system that was obsolete, a system that didn’t work. It was okay for a tiny, small group of people, but once you got beyond that, it didn’t work.We have built an incredible system to the fact, where we have now done more tests than any other country in the world. And now the technology is really booming.I just spoke to — well, I spoke to a lot. I’m not going to even mention. I spoke to a number of different testing companies today, and the job that they’ve done and the job that they’re doing is incredible.
https://twitter.com/AdamTaylorBates/status/1244749627745845254?s=20Trump just said Seoul has "38 million people" in it. That's such an oddly wrong and yet specific number, I did a google search for Seoul.
This is significant. @StarTribune: The University of Minnesota and Mayo Clinic are close to unveiling antibody tests that can determine if people have already been infected by the coronavirus that caused COVID-19 and are no longer threats to get or spread the infection. http://strib.mn/3bAks3J