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Pelosi, Schumer say they're not backing down on coronavirus relief demands
Schumer and Pelosi said in their statement Monday that Republicans must stop their “political posturing” in offering legislation that they know won’t pass either chamber.
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said Monday that they would not back down from their demands over an interim coronavirus relief bill in Congress, continuing a standoff with Republicans on the additional aid.
In a joint statement, the pair of Democratic leaders said the measure must include money for hospitals and states, support for families who rely on food stamps and aid to small businesses that they say are currently excluded from a government program.
“Small businesses, hospitals, frontline workers and state and local governments across the country are struggling to keep up with this national crisis. They need more help from the federal government and they need it fast – our nurses, doctors and health care workers need it as much as anyone else,” they said.
The funding included in the $2 trillion stimulus package signed into law last month, which was the third installment of coronavirus relief from Congress, “will not be enough to cover the tremendous need,” they said.
Pelosi and Schumer said further changes must be made to the Small Business Administration’s Paycheck Protection Program because many eligible small businesses are being excluded by big banks. They're also seeking to direct some of the proposed increase in funding for the program, which provides forgivable loans to cover things like payroll and overhead, to small businesses owned by families, women, minorities and veterans.
“Funding for Covid-19 SBA disaster loans and grants must be significantly increased to satisfy the hundreds of billions in oversubscribed demand,” they said.
The impasse comes after the Trump administration requested that Congress pass $250 billion in emergency funding for the small-business loan program, and Democrats responded with their proposal outlining their additional demands. Senate Republicans, however, failed to pass the original GOP proposal by unanimous consent last week and then promptly blocked the Democrats’ alternative plan.
On Saturday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., said in a joint statement that they weren’t interested in negotiating.
“Republicans reject Democrats’ reckless threat to continue blocking job-saving funding unless we renegotiate unrelated programs which are not in similar peril,” they said.
Schumer and Pelosi said in their statement Monday that Republicans must stop their “political posturing” in offering legislation that they know won’t pass either chamber.
The Democratic leaders also suggested that the U.S. is nowhere near a situation where the country can reopen, saying, “there is still not enough testing available to realistically allow that to happen
Pelosi, Schumer say they're not backing down on coronavirus relief demands
Schumer and Pelosi said in their statement Monday that Republicans must stop their “political posturing” in offering legislation that they know won’t pass either chamber.www.nbcnews.com
“Republicans reject Democrats’ reckless threat to continue blocking job-saving funding unless we renegotiate unrelated programs which are not in similar peril,” they said.
What are they rejecting?
I am not seeing this in this 'article'. I see lots of attempts to imply Dems are being blocked by Republicans, but what are the Democrats holding up the legislation for? Not "worker protection" but what exactly do they want as "worker protection"?
Press conference funny tonight...…..trump lost control.....a long time ago and has no idea how to get it back...insists things are his call...….and yet Gov are all calling Dr. fauci for advice on when to open their state...….self praise won't cover lack of leadership
More kennedy Center money?
Maybe you should move? UK is your cup of tea, what is keeping you here? They have all laws you want and no Trump or Trump supporters.
Rep. Ilhan Omar: 'The time to nationalize healthcare and the supply chain is now'
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"In a tweet promoting the video, Omar wrote, "The time to nationalize healthcare and the supply chain is now."
Never let a crisis go to waste
Rep. Ilhan Omar: 'The time to nationalize healthcare and the supply chain is now' | Blaze Media
"Seizing the 'means of production.' No thanks."
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"In a tweet promoting the video, Omar wrote, "The time to nationalize healthcare and the supply chain is now."
Never let a crisis go to waste
Gov. Cuomo says Trump is right to question World Health Organization about their failed coronavirus response
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Democratic New York Governor Andrew Cuomo agreed with President Donald Trump that the World Health Organization should be questioned about why they failed to warn the world earlier about the threat from the coronavirus.
Gov. Cuomo says Trump is right to question World Health Organization about their failed coronavirus response | Blaze Media
'The president has asked this question, and I think he's right'
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Democratic New York Governor Andrew Cuomo agreed with President Donald Trump that the World Health Organization should be questioned about why they failed to warn the world earlier about the threat from the coronavirus.
Donald Trump will do anything to get the monkey off his back. Takes the credits, passes the blame .... Trump MO. Hell, even Obama warned Trump of a virus epidemic when Trump took office; its on video. Trump had months of warning ... why can't you folks just accept your Orange President is a big loser? Trump doesn't want to take any blame for anything coming up on election. It wouldn't surprise me a bit if he didn't try to extend his presidency until the virus is over. He's a skunk of the worst kind ...
Guess the Liar n thief does not know there are records of what he says
A timeline of Trump promises and predictions on coronavirus -- and how they stack up against the facts
It's been almost a month since the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus a pandemic. In that time, the virus has swept across the US, which has gone from having just a few outbreaks to now leading the world in infections.
Throughout, the Trump administration has issued a series of promises, predictions and proclamations as it has tried to calm the American people and give the impression the virus is under control. But on topics ranging from testing, to treatments, to the critical supplies that health workers need, reality has continued to fall short of President Donald Trump's rhetoric.
While this is a fluid situation, with facts changing every day, here's a look back at some of the promises and predictions the President has made and how they stack up against reality as of Sunday April 5.
Testing
What Trump said
March 6
“Anybody that wants a test can get a test.”
Current reality
In mid-March, there was a well-documented shortage of tests and a shortage of key testing supplies. Less than a week after Trump said anyone who wanted a test could get one, anecdotes abounded of people unable to get a test, including even some sick people whose doctors wanted them tested.
Lawmakers, state officials and health care providers pushed back on Trump's claim following these reports of testing shortages across the country. On March 16, Trump revised the parameters, saying “if you don’t have the symptoms, if your doctor doesn’t think you need it, don’t get the test.”
Trump and Vice President Mike Pence have recently boasted that the US is now testing "nearly 100,000 samples a day," but governors from several states are still warning of shortages in testing supplies and testing kits.
What Trump said
March 13
“We’ll have the ability to do in the millions over a very, very quick period of time.”
Current reality
More than two weeks later, the US had only performed about 685,000 tests, according to Pence. It took until the end of the month for Pence to confirm that at least 1 million tests had been conducted, though the US still remains several million short of the over 27 million tests the Assistant Secretary for Health had promised would be in the market by that time.
Pence clarified that “there's a difference between sending a test that can be administered to a test being done.” As of March 31, Pence said “we're now at 1.1 million tests and we believe it's a fair estimate that we are testing about 100,000 Americans a day.”
What Trump said
March 17
Trump claimed he and his administration were “heavily involved” in setting up drive-through testing labs across the country.
“We expect over the next few days to begin setting up 47 of these in approximately 12 states,” he said.
Current reality
Two weeks after the President said 47 drive-through testing sites would be set up, just over 30 existed, none of which are open to the general public.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency says there are 28 federally supported drive-through testing sites across the country, as of March 31.
A public-private partnership with CVS, Target, Walgreens and Walmart intended to help meet the nation's testing needs has resulted in only 5 drive-thru testing locations. Access to these testing sites is restricted to first responders and health care workers. Some of the existing testing sites are even further limiting testing to only people within those categories who are showing symptoms.
What Trump said
February 26
Trump said cases of the coronavirus in the US “could be at just one or two people over the next short period of time.” He continued, saying the current cases would come down to near zero. “Within a couple of days [they’re] going to be down to close to zero, that's a pretty good job we've done.”
Current reality
One week after Trump made this statement, the US had 158 confirmed cases of the virus. Just a week later, the number had increased nearly ten fold, to 1,267 cases of the coronavirus across 43 states with a death toll of 38 people.
The US now has more than 300,000 known cases, the highest in the world, and over 8,000 deaths.
What Trump said
March 11
“The vast majority of Americans: The risk is very, very low. Young and healthy people can expect to recover fully and quickly if they should get the virus.”
Current reality
Americans of all ages are contracting the coronavirus, with patients from 20-44 accounting for 29% of cases as of March 16. According to a CDC report published on March 26, more than half of US patients hospitalized for coronavirus were under 65. Experts have also cautioned that young adults -- even if they don't show symptoms -- have likely played a large role in the spread of the virus.
Though patients older than 85 with underlying health issues remain at highest risk, younger patients can and are still dying from the virus. Based on that March CDC report of the cases with a known outcome, 20% of the deaths reported were patients aged 20-64.
A week after Trump claimed the risk was “very low” for young and healthy people, White House coronavirus response coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx said the coronavirus task ******* is concerned about reports indicating that more young people are becoming seriously ill from coronavirus.
What Trump said
March 24
“I would love to have the country opened up and just raring to go by Easter.” And “I think it’s possible. Why isn’t it?”
Current reality
The Easter date, April 12 – which Trump has since claimed was an aspirational goal because, in part, he thought it was “a beautiful timeline” -- has been abandoned by the administration.
Days after Trump gave this presser, Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institutes of Health, told CNN that the President was giving an “aspirational projection to give people some hope” when he floated the idea of eliminating guidelines by Easter.
Advisers worked to steer Trump away from the Easter timeframe, trying to instead focus on hopeful messages that lacked specific timelines.
On Sunday, March 29, Trump extended federal guidelines for social distancing to April 30. Trump said Tuesday that Americans should prepare for “a very tough two weeks,” which would go two days beyond Easter, and warned that more than 100,000 and up to 240,000 Americans could die from coronavirus.
What Trump said
February 29
“Tremendous amounts of supplies are already on hand. We have 43 million masks, which is far more than anyone would have assumed we could have had so quickly, and a lot more are coming.”
Current reality
As of April 1, the country’s national stockpile of protective gear, including masks, is nearly depleted. Since the start of the pandemic, officials cautioned that the stockpile alone could not supply enough gear needed for a 50-state response.
Some of the masks in the stockpile are also not viable -- one county even received a shipment of rotted masks, which exacerbates the shortage.
Governors all over the country are raising the alarm about a shortage of masks. Despite committing 1 million masks to New York City from the state, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said that would not be enough. Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker told CNN on March 22 that while the state has received some requested supplies from FEMA, it's “a fraction” of the necessary amounts they’ve requested. One shipment Illinois received from the federal government also contained the wrong kind of masks. Rather than alleviating states' concerns, the federal government has in some cases exacerbated the problem.
After the federal government outbid Massachusetts on supplies, Gov. Charlie Baker worked with the New England Patriots, including team owner Robert Kraft, to get supplies brought over from China.
Because the situation is so bad, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has provided healthcare workers guidance on using homemade masks, scarves and bandanas as a “last resort.” Given the shortage, the CDC has also suggested hospitals consider reusing masks, which medical officials worry could increase the risk of exposure for those on the front lines of the country’s response efforts.
What Trump said
March 13
“Google is helping to develop a website. It’s going to be very quickly done, unlike websites of the past, to determine whether a test is warranted and to facilitate testing at a nearby convenient location.”
Current reality
The website Trump is referring to is a project by Verily, one of Alphabet’s (Google’s parent company) companies and currently only serves four counties in California.
Following the March 13 press conference, Verily released a statement that “We are developing a tool to help triage individuals for Covid-19 testing. Verily is in the early stages of development, and planning to roll testing out in the Bay Area, with the hope of expanding more broadly over time.”
In a blog post on March 15, Sundar Pichai, the CEO of Google and Alphabet, reiterated that “while Verily is in the early stages of this pilot program, the plan is to expand to other locations over time.”
The Atlantic reported Monday that the Trump administration had reached out to a health-insurance company, Oscar Health, to build a website with similar functions that Trump mentioned in his presser. Jared Kushner, Trump’s *******-in-law, used to have ownership in the company and his brother Joshua is a co-founder. But the website was never launched, a spokesperson for Oscar Health told the Atlantic.
What Trump said
March 31
“We have almost 10,000 ventilators that we have ready to go. We have to hold them back because the surge is coming and it's coming pretty strong and we want to be able to immediately move it into place without going and taking it.”
Current reality
Trump, in touting the 10,000 figure, is failing to mention that, as the New York Times first reported, another 2,109 ventilators “are unavailable after the contract to maintain the government’s stockpile lapsed late last summer.”
Many states have raised the alarm over a lack of ventilators, with multiple governors publicly criticizing the administration for not supplying the number of machines requested.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said during a press conference on March 24 that FEMA sent the state 400 ventilators when they need 30,000. “FEMA says, 'we're sending 400 ventilators.' Really? What am I going to do with 400 ventilators, when I need 30,000?” Cuomo said.
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker told CNN Tuesday that the state had only received 450 of the requested 4,000.
On Thursday, Trump used the Defense Production Act to direct domestic manufactures “secure the supplies they need to build ventilators needed to defeat the virus,” the announcement of the order said. Trump ordered General Motors on March 28 to begin production of ventilators under the DPA.
In a White House press briefing, the administration announced that it has pushed more than 7,600 ventilators to the states.
As of Tuesday, the Pentagon had not shipped any of its 2,000 ventilators because they had not yet been told where to send these machines. By Sunday, Defense Secretary Mark Esper told CNN “many” of these ventilators have been deployed with the two US Navy hospital ships sent to New York City and Los Angeles. Esper said the Pentagon’s ventilators have also gone to field hospitals across the country with “several hundred more that are pre-positioned and ready to go, particularly with regard to New York City when they're needed.”
What Trump said
March 2
“So you’re talking over the next few months, you think you could have a vaccine.”
Current reality
Experts have clarified that a vaccine could be ready to go into testing within a few months, but a full treatment will not be available until at least a year, if not longer.
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the country's top infectious disease expert and a member of President Donald Trump's coronavirus task *******, said “although this is the fastest we have ever gone from a sequence of a virus to a trial, it still would not be any applicable to the epidemic unless we really wait about a year to a year and a half.”
The process for developing a vaccine is generally long, so experts say the process will likely exceed 18 months.
“I don't think it's ever been done at an industrial scale in 18 months,” said Dr. Amesh Adalja, a senior scholar focused on emerging infectious disease at the Center for Health Security at Johns Hopkins University. “Vaccine development is usually measured in years, not months.”
What Trump said
March 19
“So chloroquine or hydroxychloroquine. Now, this is a common malaria *******. .... there’s tremendous promise, based on the results and other tests. There’s tremendous promise.”
Current reality
While chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine have been available for a while and used for decades to fight malaria, they have not yet been proven safe for Covid-19 patients. Trials are underway as public health officials caution testing is still needed.
Approximately 10 days after Trump said the ******* had shown “tremendous promise” for coronavirus, the Food and ******* Administration granted emergency authorization for doctors to use them in hospitals for a limited set of Covid-19 cases. The FDA noted that “the safety profile of these ******* has only been studied for FDA approved indications, not COVID-19.”
According to an HHS statement acknowledging the FDA's decision, “Anecdotal reports suggest that these ******* may offer some benefit in the treatment of hospitalized COVID-19 patient."
However, when asked if these medicines could prevent Covid-19, Fauci said “The answer is no.”
A recent Pentagon report on “Clinical Management of COVID-19” warned that the ******* could be dangerous to use for coronavirus patients due to potentially toxic side effects.
The President's early praise for the ******* has fueled concerns about shortages, which could prove dire for patients with other ailments who rely on the *******.
You can read more about chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine here.
A timeline of Trump promises and predictions on coronavirus -- and how they stack up against the facts
It's been almost a month since the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus a pandemic. In that time, the virus has swept across the US, which has gone from having just a few outbreaks to now leading the world in infections.
Throughout, the Trump administration has issued a series of promises, predictions and proclamations as it has tried to calm the American people and give the impression the virus is under control. But on topics ranging from testing, to treatments, to the critical supplies that health workers need, reality has continued to fall short of President Donald Trump's rhetoric.
While this is a fluid situation, with facts changing every day, here's a look back at some of the promises and predictions the President has made and how they stack up against reality as of Sunday April 5.
Testing
What Trump said
March 6
“Anybody that wants a test can get a test.”
Current reality
In mid-March, there was a well-documented shortage of tests and a shortage of key testing supplies. Less than a week after Trump said anyone who wanted a test could get one, anecdotes abounded of people unable to get a test, including even some sick people whose doctors wanted them tested.
Lawmakers, state officials and health care providers pushed back on Trump's claim following these reports of testing shortages across the country. On March 16, Trump revised the parameters, saying “if you don’t have the symptoms, if your doctor doesn’t think you need it, don’t get the test.”
Trump and Vice President Mike Pence have recently boasted that the US is now testing "nearly 100,000 samples a day," but governors from several states are still warning of shortages in testing supplies and testing kits.
What Trump said
March 13
“We’ll have the ability to do in the millions over a very, very quick period of time.”
Current reality
More than two weeks later, the US had only performed about 685,000 tests, according to Pence. It took until the end of the month for Pence to confirm that at least 1 million tests had been conducted, though the US still remains several million short of the over 27 million tests the Assistant Secretary for Health had promised would be in the market by that time.
Pence clarified that “there's a difference between sending a test that can be administered to a test being done.” As of March 31, Pence said “we're now at 1.1 million tests and we believe it's a fair estimate that we are testing about 100,000 Americans a day.”
What Trump said
March 17
Trump claimed he and his administration were “heavily involved” in setting up drive-through testing labs across the country.
“We expect over the next few days to begin setting up 47 of these in approximately 12 states,” he said.
Current reality
Two weeks after the President said 47 drive-through testing sites would be set up, just over 30 existed, none of which are open to the general public.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency says there are 28 federally supported drive-through testing sites across the country, as of March 31.
A public-private partnership with CVS, Target, Walgreens and Walmart intended to help meet the nation's testing needs has resulted in only 5 drive-thru testing locations. Access to these testing sites is restricted to first responders and health care workers. Some of the existing testing sites are even further limiting testing to only people within those categories who are showing symptoms.
What Trump said
February 26
Trump said cases of the coronavirus in the US “could be at just one or two people over the next short period of time.” He continued, saying the current cases would come down to near zero. “Within a couple of days [they’re] going to be down to close to zero, that's a pretty good job we've done.”
Current reality
One week after Trump made this statement, the US had 158 confirmed cases of the virus. Just a week later, the number had increased nearly ten fold, to 1,267 cases of the coronavirus across 43 states with a death toll of 38 people.
The US now has more than 300,000 known cases, the highest in the world, and over 8,000 deaths.
What Trump said
March 11
“The vast majority of Americans: The risk is very, very low. Young and healthy people can expect to recover fully and quickly if they should get the virus.”
Current reality
Americans of all ages are contracting the coronavirus, with patients from 20-44 accounting for 29% of cases as of March 16. According to a CDC report published on March 26, more than half of US patients hospitalized for coronavirus were under 65. Experts have also cautioned that young adults -- even if they don't show symptoms -- have likely played a large role in the spread of the virus.
Though patients older than 85 with underlying health issues remain at highest risk, younger patients can and are still dying from the virus. Based on that March CDC report of the cases with a known outcome, 20% of the deaths reported were patients aged 20-64.
A week after Trump claimed the risk was “very low” for young and healthy people, White House coronavirus response coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx said the coronavirus task ******* is concerned about reports indicating that more young people are becoming seriously ill from coronavirus.
What Trump said
March 24
“I would love to have the country opened up and just raring to go by Easter.” And “I think it’s possible. Why isn’t it?”
Current reality
The Easter date, April 12 – which Trump has since claimed was an aspirational goal because, in part, he thought it was “a beautiful timeline” -- has been abandoned by the administration.
Days after Trump gave this presser, Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institutes of Health, told CNN that the President was giving an “aspirational projection to give people some hope” when he floated the idea of eliminating guidelines by Easter.
Advisers worked to steer Trump away from the Easter timeframe, trying to instead focus on hopeful messages that lacked specific timelines.
On Sunday, March 29, Trump extended federal guidelines for social distancing to April 30. Trump said Tuesday that Americans should prepare for “a very tough two weeks,” which would go two days beyond Easter, and warned that more than 100,000 and up to 240,000 Americans could die from coronavirus.
What Trump said
February 29
“Tremendous amounts of supplies are already on hand. We have 43 million masks, which is far more than anyone would have assumed we could have had so quickly, and a lot more are coming.”
Current reality
As of April 1, the country’s national stockpile of protective gear, including masks, is nearly depleted. Since the start of the pandemic, officials cautioned that the stockpile alone could not supply enough gear needed for a 50-state response.
Some of the masks in the stockpile are also not viable -- one county even received a shipment of rotted masks, which exacerbates the shortage.
Governors all over the country are raising the alarm about a shortage of masks. Despite committing 1 million masks to New York City from the state, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said that would not be enough. Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker told CNN on March 22 that while the state has received some requested supplies from FEMA, it's “a fraction” of the necessary amounts they’ve requested. One shipment Illinois received from the federal government also contained the wrong kind of masks. Rather than alleviating states' concerns, the federal government has in some cases exacerbated the problem.
After the federal government outbid Massachusetts on supplies, Gov. Charlie Baker worked with the New England Patriots, including team owner Robert Kraft, to get supplies brought over from China.
Because the situation is so bad, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has provided healthcare workers guidance on using homemade masks, scarves and bandanas as a “last resort.” Given the shortage, the CDC has also suggested hospitals consider reusing masks, which medical officials worry could increase the risk of exposure for those on the front lines of the country’s response efforts.
What Trump said
March 13
“Google is helping to develop a website. It’s going to be very quickly done, unlike websites of the past, to determine whether a test is warranted and to facilitate testing at a nearby convenient location.”
Current reality
The website Trump is referring to is a project by Verily, one of Alphabet’s (Google’s parent company) companies and currently only serves four counties in California.
Following the March 13 press conference, Verily released a statement that “We are developing a tool to help triage individuals for Covid-19 testing. Verily is in the early stages of development, and planning to roll testing out in the Bay Area, with the hope of expanding more broadly over time.”
In a blog post on March 15, Sundar Pichai, the CEO of Google and Alphabet, reiterated that “while Verily is in the early stages of this pilot program, the plan is to expand to other locations over time.”
The Atlantic reported Monday that the Trump administration had reached out to a health-insurance company, Oscar Health, to build a website with similar functions that Trump mentioned in his presser. Jared Kushner, Trump’s *******-in-law, used to have ownership in the company and his brother Joshua is a co-founder. But the website was never launched, a spokesperson for Oscar Health told the Atlantic.
What Trump said
March 31
“We have almost 10,000 ventilators that we have ready to go. We have to hold them back because the surge is coming and it's coming pretty strong and we want to be able to immediately move it into place without going and taking it.”
Current reality
Trump, in touting the 10,000 figure, is failing to mention that, as the New York Times first reported, another 2,109 ventilators “are unavailable after the contract to maintain the government’s stockpile lapsed late last summer.”
Many states have raised the alarm over a lack of ventilators, with multiple governors publicly criticizing the administration for not supplying the number of machines requested.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said during a press conference on March 24 that FEMA sent the state 400 ventilators when they need 30,000. “FEMA says, 'we're sending 400 ventilators.' Really? What am I going to do with 400 ventilators, when I need 30,000?” Cuomo said.
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker told CNN Tuesday that the state had only received 450 of the requested 4,000.
On Thursday, Trump used the Defense Production Act to direct domestic manufactures “secure the supplies they need to build ventilators needed to defeat the virus,” the announcement of the order said. Trump ordered General Motors on March 28 to begin production of ventilators under the DPA.
In a White House press briefing, the administration announced that it has pushed more than 7,600 ventilators to the states.
As of Tuesday, the Pentagon had not shipped any of its 2,000 ventilators because they had not yet been told where to send these machines. By Sunday, Defense Secretary Mark Esper told CNN “many” of these ventilators have been deployed with the two US Navy hospital ships sent to New York City and Los Angeles. Esper said the Pentagon’s ventilators have also gone to field hospitals across the country with “several hundred more that are pre-positioned and ready to go, particularly with regard to New York City when they're needed.”
What Trump said
March 2
“So you’re talking over the next few months, you think you could have a vaccine.”
Current reality
Experts have clarified that a vaccine could be ready to go into testing within a few months, but a full treatment will not be available until at least a year, if not longer.
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the country's top infectious disease expert and a member of President Donald Trump's coronavirus task *******, said “although this is the fastest we have ever gone from a sequence of a virus to a trial, it still would not be any applicable to the epidemic unless we really wait about a year to a year and a half.”
The process for developing a vaccine is generally long, so experts say the process will likely exceed 18 months.
“I don't think it's ever been done at an industrial scale in 18 months,” said Dr. Amesh Adalja, a senior scholar focused on emerging infectious disease at the Center for Health Security at Johns Hopkins University. “Vaccine development is usually measured in years, not months.”
What Trump said
March 19
“So chloroquine or hydroxychloroquine. Now, this is a common malaria *******. .... there’s tremendous promise, based on the results and other tests. There’s tremendous promise.”
Current reality
While chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine have been available for a while and used for decades to fight malaria, they have not yet been proven safe for Covid-19 patients. Trials are underway as public health officials caution testing is still needed.
Approximately 10 days after Trump said the ******* had shown “tremendous promise” for coronavirus, the Food and ******* Administration granted emergency authorization for doctors to use them in hospitals for a limited set of Covid-19 cases. The FDA noted that “the safety profile of these ******* has only been studied for FDA approved indications, not COVID-19.”
According to an HHS statement acknowledging the FDA's decision, “Anecdotal reports suggest that these ******* may offer some benefit in the treatment of hospitalized COVID-19 patient."
However, when asked if these medicines could prevent Covid-19, Fauci said “The answer is no.”
A recent Pentagon report on “Clinical Management of COVID-19” warned that the ******* could be dangerous to use for coronavirus patients due to potentially toxic side effects.
The President's early praise for the ******* has fueled concerns about shortages, which could prove dire for patients with other ailments who rely on the *******.
You can read more about chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine here.
Did that warning include the fact that Obozo raided the Strategic National Stockpile of 75% of its N95 respirators during the swine flu pandemic and didn't replenish them....in fact requesting budget CUTS for the SNS in 2013, 2014, 2015?
He's from Kansas, it's baked in. They admit that social distancing through stay-at-home orders are what's needed to keep the virus from spreading but then pass legislation that churches can meet in any size group? Republican Public Policy.
‘Shame!’ Kansas’ top doctor blasts lawmakers’ override of limit on religious gathering size
The top doctor in Kansas is steamed at legislators who voted to override the governor’s executive order on the size of religious gatherings.
fox4kc.com
"But, but, it's the media that makes tRump look bad."
Trump's endorsement, incumbency, and a blatant attempt at Voter Suppression could NOT stop Wisconsin voters from rejecting the conservative judge. Can't even cheat right without the Russians. 
www.politico.com
www.startribune.com
www.nytimes.com
Liberal challenger wins Wisconsin court election over Trump pick
“It’s a victory for justice and democracy in an election that should never have taken place in person,” the state’s Democratic Party chair said.
www.politico.com
Voters reject Trump's pick in chaotic Wisconsin court race
A liberal challenger on Monday ousted a conservative Wisconsin Supreme Court justice endorsed by President Donald Trump, overcoming a successful push by Republicans to forge ahead with last week's election even as numerous other states postponed theirs due to the coronavirus pandemic.
www.startribune.com
Upset Victory in Wisconsin Supreme Court Race Gives Democrats a Lift (Published 2020)
A liberal challenger’s surprise triumph over a Trump-backed incumbent demonstrated strong turnout and vote-by-mail efforts for the Democrats in a key general election state.
Your man supported it too. He said he immediately said yes because he loves the Kennedy Center.
Trump praises stimulus bill funding for the Kennedy Center that the Republican Party trashed hours earlier
President Donald Trump praised funding for the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts that was put in the stimulus bill. It flies in the face of the Republican Party's attacks on the funding measure, and accusations that Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) was pushing her own pet projects into being...
www.rawstory.com
Trump defends $25 million in Kennedy Center funding in coronavirus stimulus
President Trump on Wednesday defended the inclusion of $25 million in funding for the Kennedy Center as part of the massive economic relief bill aimed at boosting small businesses and workers harme…
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Trump defends money for Kennedy Center in stimulus deal
As he urged the Congress to swiftly give final approval to an extraordinary $2 trillion economic rescue package to help offset the impact of the Coronavirus, President Donald Trump said Wednesday he had personally approved of a provision giving $25 million in money to the Kennedy Center in...
You write that like the fact that he was an athlete means his severe asthma was lie like tRump's bone spurs.
You write nothing about the decades of medications and surgery to address it. Just that he played sports. Well, many athletes have asthma including some professionals like David Beckham and Jerome Bettis.
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Fuck the Constitution.
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Mr Trump’s assertions provoked rebukes even from his own party. Liz Cheney, the Republican representative from Wyoming and the ******* of former US vice-president Dick Cheney, tweeted the text of the 10th amendment and said: “The federal government does not have absolute power.”
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Trump claims 'total' authority, over govs, to reopen economy
President Donald Trump is claiming total authority to decide how and when to reopen the economy after weeks of tough social distancing guidelines aimed at fighting the new coronavirus
Yes subhub come over here mate. Your captain is mad and your shipmates too.
You guys are unbelievable. You have an absolute madman as a leader who daily lies and fucks up and you lap it up and adore him.Rep. Ilhan Omar: 'The time to nationalize healthcare and the supply chain is now'
Rep. Ilhan Omar: 'The time to nationalize healthcare and the supply chain is now' | Blaze Media
"Seizing the 'means of production.' No thanks."
"In a tweet promoting the video, Omar wrote, "The time to nationalize healthcare and the supply chain is now."
Never let a crisis go to waste
Your heading for one hell of a fall.
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