May 22, 20205 yr Daily update from the Doc https://www.nothingbutthetruthmd.com/2020/05/52120-covid-19-update.html Good evening,FAILING TO LEARN It has only been a few months since the Pandemic had a doubling time of 2.5 day in the United States. In that interval, there has not been a cure or pharmaceutical intervention to diminish transmission, yet many are acting as if there is. The NCAA has given its blessing to allow the resumption of football and basketball come the fall.With no recommendations on just how to accomplish this SAFELY!! I am flabbergasted. There is absolutely no evidence to suggest that gatherings or close social interactions can be accomplished safely without masks. The shameful exhibition of ignorance on the Jacksonville beaches this past weekend is beyond explanation.. It will have consequences. Confinement has not killed us, unmitigated freedom will. AMID THE CORONAVIRUS CRISIS, A REGIMEN FOR REENTRY Atul Gawande, MD The New Yorker, May 2020 Dr. Gawande is a internationally and nationally noted clinical physician, public health practitioner, and noted author. In this article, which I highly recommend you read, Dr. Gawande points to healthcare as an example for reentry practices. His hospital system (Mass General Brigham) has 75,000 employees, more than the population of 75% of the counties in the United States, and has never shut down during the crisis. In the face of enormous risks, American Hospitals have learned to avoid becoming sites of transmission. Although the infection rate of the staff was not zero, there were few who were infected. There are significant lessons to be learned from this workplace that never shut down. The safe living practices, hand hygiene, physical distancing when possible and wearing masks worked. We know now that only about 6% of the infections result from contaminated surfaces. Physical distancing is not foolproof, but is a significant factor in the triad of practices that have been shown to be effective in the dangerous healthcare environment. Finally there are masks (I keep several in the backseat, several in the trunk and one under my pillow for good measure) my favorite protector. On March 25th, his system mandated masks for all employees and in early April all patients were required to to wear masks. Dr. Gawande states that if properly worn, surgical masks are 99% effective at blocking respiratory droplets by the wearer. You protect me, I protect you! A double layered cloth mask , the kind that many people make at home, are not quite as effective, but the virus lasts only about three hours on the material so they are easily reused. Dr. Gawande references an extensive review by leading scientists, suggesting that if 60% of the population wore masks that were 60% effective, the epidemic would be stopped. Dr. Gawande emphasizes that the evidence of mask benefits is overwhelming. In tracking their healthcare workers who have tested positive for Covid-19, they concluded that it was more likely these individuals became infected outside of the workplace. Billions of dollars and millions of man hours are being used to develop pharmaceutical interventions, at a time when we have the ability to end this pandemic by simply wearing inexpensive surgical masks. He ends his article by discussing the cultural impediments to wearing masks, an unfortunate reality. I hold solely responsible, for this sad state, the ineffective leadership at all levels in our Country. Their failure, specifically, to prepare the minds of the people to the need to cover the face with a mask. REINFORCING THE DANGER OF GATHERINGS WITHOUT WEARING MASKS. High Covid-19 Attack Rate Among Attendees at Events at Church, Arkansas, March 2020 Weekly Morbidity and Mortality Report May 19, 2020 Recent history has shown us with tragic results that large gatherings pose a risk for SARS-CoV-2 transmission. On March 16, 2020 the day that the National Social Distancing Guidelines were released, the Arkansas Department of Health (ADH) received notification of two cases of Covid-19 from a rural County of approximately 25,000 persons ; these cases were the first identified inn this County. The two cases occurred in a husband and wife; the husband was the pastor of a local church (Church A). The couple attended church related events during March sixth to the eighth and developed non-specific respiratory symptoms and fever on March eleventh for the husband and March tenth for the wife. Before his symptoms started, the husband attended a Bible study on March eleventh. Thirty five Covid-19 cases occurred among the 92 (38%) of the persons who attended events at Church A, three patients died. Age Specific attack rates were: < 18 - 6% 19-64 - 59.4% > 65 - 45% During contact tracing, at least 26 individuals with confirmed Covid-19 cases were identified among community members who reported contact with Church A attendees and were likely infected by them. One of these 26 was subsequently hospitalized and died. On March 12th,the pastor after becoming aware of similar non-specific symptoms among members of the congregation closed Church A. The Pastor and his wife sought testing on March 13th and were notified of the positive results on March 16th. The ADH initiated investigation on March 16th and concluded that the couple was likely infected at the Church events of March sixth to the eighth, and that while asymptomatic infected others at the Bible study on March 11th. The ADH, through its tracking and tracing data bank concluded that of the 92 people who attended the church events, 35 became infected. . The Pastor and his wife were considered the primary cases because they likely initiated the chain of transmission among church attendees. Among the 35 positive cases, seven (20%) were hospitalized and three (9%) died. Consistent with guidelines at the time, few asymptomatic individuals were tested. Six of the seven hospitalized person and all three deaths occurred in individuals over 65. In the current Federal Guidelines for Opening Up America Again, "strongly consider using face coverings" is noted. Heretofore, I have used the term "reluctance" when discussing weak or non-existent recommendations for wearing masks as opposed to strong recommendations. The government should be strongly recommending masks and mandating them in certain situations. I will now refer to this as obstinance (similar to behavior of a MULE) Numbers: 1800 from the Hopkins website Tests - 13,056,206 (408,415 tests in the last 24 hours) USA - 1,573,534 (up 1.60%, unchanged, but 349 more new cases) New York - 356,458 (up 0.58%, up from 0.43%) New Jersey - 151,558 (up 0.51%, down from 0.95%, 638, fewer new cases than the day before) Pennsylvania - 69,252 (up 2.88% over the last two days) Maryland - 43,531 (up 2.85%, up from 1.88%) California - 87,501 (up 1.94%, down from 4.79%, 2257 fewer new cases than the day before) South Carolina Texas - (up.0.96%, down from 4.76%, 1852 fewer new cases than the day before) World - 5.073,775 (up 2.17%, up from 1.72%) We really need to get this message out to many, many people. Dr. Gawanda says we need to get 60% of the population wearing masks We need 189,392,000 readers, that takes into account those under five and the 6000 or so that read this email nightly. Live safely Be Well
May 22, 20205 yr 1 minute ago, dawkins4prez said: To me its very clear where Trump F'ed up. He claims, probably correctly, that Obama's "playbook" was deficient for this scenario and the stockpile was outdated. Well he had a good two months to get that plan revised and check on the stockpile didn't he? Instead the first month of the pandemic was wasted juggling the changes while New York burned. Stockpile was empty through Obama's end and Trump's beginning. Definitely a failure on both administrations. As far as policies, the travel ban was a good move. What other policies should have he enacted? Martial law? Most of the power resides with local leadership. NYC burning was brutal, but with the population density and reliance on mass transit it was likely inevitable. NYC government also failed by locking down late, not limiting mass transit, and protecting nursing homes.
May 22, 20205 yr 5 minutes ago, DMMVP said: Pelosi was inviting people out. NYC leadership waited until mid March. Failure across the board and no one in government was clamoring for shutdowns st that point. What policies should have been enacted by Trump? You literally wrote two paragraphs with little substance. Not downplaying the potential impact of the virus every chance you get. Encouraging and implementing massive testing/tracing protocols. Addressing the PPE shortage immediately. Being quicker about stopping travel from the source of the source of most of the East coast's infections: Europe. When he did enact a travel ban to Europe, do it universally instead of excluding the UK to throw your buddy Boris Johnson a bone. Don't start throwing around terms like "hoax" when you know damn well we're dealing with a very real issue. And again that's just looking at the immediate impact phase, not the prelude and actions since the virus has spread throughout the country, which have been even worse. Being better in certain aspects in your response to Nancy Pelosi is massively different than saying that no one could have done it better in those early phases.
May 22, 20205 yr 20 minutes ago, DEagle7 said: Not downplaying the potential impact of the virus every chance you get. Encouraging and implementing massive testing/tracing protocols. Addressing the PPE shortage immediately. Being quicker about stopping travel from the source of the source of most of the East coast's infections: Europe. When he did enact a travel ban to Europe, do it universally instead of excluding the UK to throw your buddy Boris Johnson a bone. Don't start throwing around terms like "hoax" when you know damn well we're dealing with a very real issue. And again that's just looking at the immediate impact phase, not the prelude and actions since the virus has spread throughout the country, which have been even worse. Being better in certain aspects in your response to Nancy Pelosi is massively different than saying that no one could have done it better in those early phases. No one in our government was calling for a complete travel ban. I used Pelosi and Cuomo as examples as they are well known and very vocal voices in the Democratic party. Pelosi even had pending legislature to block the travel ban. PPE shortage was an utter failure on this and the previous administration agreed. But we were speaking here of policies enacted. A complete travel ban is a valid point and should have been up for consideration. I just have a hard time seeing any of our political leaders putting it into effect. CDC failed in their test development causing a major delay. Which then caused contact tracing to not be a valid option at that point.
May 22, 20205 yr 1 hour ago, SNOORDA said: Do people seriously listen to politicians for medical advice? Just asking. Because i always thought thats what i pay a fortune in medical insurance for. To get advice from real doctors. 1 hour ago, VanHammersly said: True. I hope not. Just the really stoopid ones...... Flori-DUH
May 22, 20205 yr 26 minutes ago, DMMVP said: Stockpile was empty through Obama's end and Trump's beginning. Definitely a failure on both administrations. As far as policies, the travel ban was a good move. What other policies should have he enacted? Martial law? Most of the power resides with local leadership. NYC burning was brutal, but with the population density and reliance on mass transit it was likely inevitable. NYC government also failed by locking down late, not limiting mass transit, and protecting nursing homes. No it's zero percent on Obama. Obama had a playbook for the ones he faced and the potential ones they expected to face down the road. He did his job. Trump had two months to prepare a game plan for a full scale pandemic and he didn't do squat. Once they knew the chance of full blown pandemic was higher than 5% (which it definitely was by early Feb), Trump needed his team forming a battle plan. He formed a team, but then two months later they are making decisions from the seat of their pants. It's not until early MAY that Kushner finally muscles a cohesive road map for equipment and testing.
May 22, 20205 yr 37 minutes ago, DMMVP said: No one in our government was calling for a complete travel ban. I used Pelosi and Cuomo as examples as they are pretty well known and very vocal voices in the Democratic party. Pelosi even had pending legislature to block the travel ban. PPE shortage was an utter failure on this and the previous administration agreed. But we were speaking here of policies enacted. A complete travel ban is a valid point and should have been up for consideration. I just have a hard time seeing any of our political leaders putting it into effect. You can't go back to blaming the previous administration for the lack of PPE while simultaneously saying that you don't want to focus on his disassembling the pandemic response team and ignoring playbook established by said administration. Either we're focusing on events leading up to the pandemic or we're not, you can't just pick and choose. Trump was relatively quick to a China travel ban which was absolutely a good thing and something others failed at. However he was slow to establish the same ban to travel in Europe, especially to the UK who was getting hit just as hard as the rest of Europe outside of Italy and yet was not included in the initial European ban. Given his "tough guy on China" schtick and buddy-buddy relationship with Boris it's pretty easy to piece together why, and clearly something that could have been done better. And you still did not address testing/tracing protocols, which IMO is one of the biggest failures of this whole thing. No we couldn't have rolled things out on a dime but we also could have gotten the ball rolling a helluva lot earlier than we did and should absolutely be in better position than we are now as we approach reopening.
May 22, 20205 yr 3 minutes ago, dawkins4prez said: No it's zero percent on Obama. Obama had a playbook for the ones he faced and the potential ones they expected to face down the road. He did his job. Trump had two months to prepare a game plan for a full scale pandemic and he didn't do squat. Once they knew the chance of full blown pandemic was higher than 5% (which it definitely was by early Feb), Trump needed his team forming a battle plan. He formed a team, but then two months later they are making decisions from the seat of their pants. It's not until early MAY that Kushner finally muscles a cohesive road map for equipment and testing. Was it empty after Obama had to use it? I'd think having to use would make replenishing a top priority with never knowing when it may be needed. Again, what measures should have been enacted? Another poster said a full travel ban which is a valid point. I just can't see anyone else in government pulling the trigger on that either.
May 22, 20205 yr 1 minute ago, Gannan said: That's my other favorite one. Contract tracing and giving people a digital certificate though CONTACT TRACING somehow turned into being injected with microchips.
May 22, 20205 yr 19 minutes ago, DEagle7 said: You can't go back to blaming the previous administration for the lack of PPE while simultaneously saying that you don't want to focus on his disassembling the pandemic response team and ignoring playbook established by said administration. Either we're focusing on events leading up to the pandemic or we're not, you can't just pick and choose. Trump was relatively quick to a China travel ban which was absolutely a good thing and something others failed at. However he was very slow to establish the same ban to travel in Europe, especially to the UK who was getting hit just as hard as the rest of Europe outside of Italy and yet was not included in the initial European ban. Given his "tough guy on China" schtick and buddy-buddy relationship with Boris it's pretty easy to piece together why, and clearly something that could have been done better. And you still did not address testing/tracing protocols, which IMO is one of the biggest failures of this whole thing. No we couldn't have rolled things out on a dime but we also could have gotten the ball rolling a helluva lot earlier than we did and should absolutely be in better position than we are now as we approach reopening. Our whole discussion has been on enacted policies from the start to stop the spread in the US. The original response team was reduced in 2018 but not disbanded. Per Tim Morrison, former Director of the Biodefense team: the team was unaffected by the reduction. I'll agree on a full or stronger travel ban would have been effective. But again, no one in our government was clamoring in favor. I realized I had missed and edited to address testing. See below: The CDC failed in their initial development of tests which majorly set the US back. Once a point is past, contact tracing isn't a valid option until spread is better controlled.
May 22, 20205 yr Just now, DMMVP said: Our whole discussion has been on enacted policies from the start to stop the spread in the US. The original response team was reduced in 2018 but not disbanded. Per Tim Morrison, former Director of the Biodefense team: the team was unaffected by the reduction. I'll agree on a full or stronger travel ban would have been effective. But again, no one in our government was clamoring in favor. I realized I had missed and edited to address testing. See below: The CDC failed in their initial development of tests which majorly set the US back. Once a point is past, contact tracing isn't a valid option until spread is better controlled. Morrison said that, and yet a former Senior Director in the NSC Beth Cameron claimed that the White House "dissolved the office" so who do we believe? I don't buy the "streamlining" line that Bolton was trying to sell claiming that reducing and consolidating the department somehow made it stronger. But again we're either talking about the lead-up or not. You can't tell @Smokesdawg that you aren't talking about his timeframe, but simultaneously bring up Obama with regards to PPE stockpile failures. Ignoring the fact that the CDC is a federally backed institution so putting the blame on them is at least partially putting the blame on the federal government, betting all of out testing capabilities on just the CDC is in itself a failure. The US is hugely proud of and hugely reliant upon its private industry for medical advancement. It's who we tried to turn to to increase ventilator production. It's who we turned to for the majority of our antibody tests at this point. And for good reason: R&D for testing and equipment is far from fool-proof and multiple groups working on the solution can be very beneficial. Yet when we were organizing initial PCR tests for nasal swabs we hoped that just the CDC would come up with a reliable test while downplaying it to the rest of the country publically by saying "everything's fine, NBD, carry on"? That is a failure in execution. We have started to catch up since that time but again if we want to focus on the initial failures that is a huge one, nd as you pointed out its effectiveness would have been much better if we started early.
May 22, 20205 yr 10 minutes ago, DEagle7 said: Morrison said that, and yet a former Senior Director in the NSC Beth Cameron claimed that the White House "dissolved the office" so who do we believe? I don't buy the "streamlining" line that Bolton was trying to sell claiming that reducing and consolidating the department somehow made it stronger. But again we're either talking about the lead-up or not. You can't tell @Smokesdawg that you aren't talking about his timeframe, but simultaneously bring up Obama with regards to PPE stockpile failures. Ignoring the fact that the CDC is a federally backed institution so putting the blame on them is at least partially putting the blame on the federal government, betting all of out testing capabilities on just the CDC is in itself a failure. The US is hugely proud of and hugely reliant upon its private industry for medical advancement. It's who we tried to turn to to increase ventilator production. It's who we turned to for the majority of our antibody tests at this point. And for good reason: R&D for testing and equipment is far from fool-proof and multiple groups working on the solution can be very beneficial. Yet when we were organizing initial PCR tests for nasal swabs we hoped that just the CDC would come up with a reliable test while downplaying it to the rest of the country publically by saying "everything's fine, NBD, carry on"? That is a failure in execution. We have started to catch up since that time but again if we want to focus on the initial failures that is a huge one, nd as you pointed out its effectiveness would have been much better if we started early. I agree, tough to know who is telling the truth. Everyone has agendas so we can table it. Dawkins4prez asked about PPE to which I replied about Obama. CDC failed and the FDA also held things up with their approval processes Is it a wrong move trusting your in-house agency to do a job its perfectly setup to complete? I lean most presidents would. Kushner's team has increased testing capability 60x since its inception. Testing centers are functioning under capacity in many states as we speak. Honestly though, what should Trump have said. Oh noes, everyone panic.
May 22, 20205 yr 32 minutes ago, DMMVP said: I agree, tough to know who is telling the truth. Everyone has agendas so we can table it. Dawkins4prez asked about PPE to which I replied about Obama. CDC failed and the FDA also held things up with their approval processes Is it a wrong move trusting your in-house agency to do a job its perfectly setup to complete? I lean most presidents would. Kushner's team has increased testing capability 60x since its inception. Testing centers are functioning under capacity in many states as we speak. Honestly though, what should Trump have said. Oh noes, everyone panic. There is a difference between trusting your in house agency and relying solely on them while trying to downplay the need to everyone else. You can let the CDC play their role while also reaching out to private groups and the country to let them know that testing is very much needed. And again this isn't something unprecedented, it's exactly what Trump tried to do with ventilators and what has occured with antibody testing since then. There is a massive middle ground between saying "oh noes everyone panic" () and trying to sweep things under the rug. Trump unequivocally leaned too far towards the latter leading to a woefully inadequate initial response to the outbreak. From testing, to PPE, to European travel ban to general attitude and politicizing of the whole thing/demonizing others: he Fed up. Pretending that nobody would have done better just because Pelosi is an idiot in is absolutely bonkers.
May 22, 20205 yr 57 minutes ago, DEagle7 said: There is a difference between trusting your in house agency and relying solely on them while trying to downplay the need to everyone else. You can let the CDC play their role while also reaching out to private groups and the country to let them know that testing is very much needed. And again this isn't something unprecedented, it's exactly what Trump tried to do with ventilators and what has occured with antibody testing since then. There is a massive middle ground between saying "oh noes everyone panic" () and trying to sweep things under the rug. Trump unequivocally leaned too far towards the latter leading to a woefully inadequate initial response to the outbreak. From testing, to PPE, to European travel ban to general attitude and politicizing of the whole thing/demonizing others: he Fed up. Pretending that nobody would have done better just because Pelosi is an idiot in is absolutely bonkers. Were ventilators a problem at any point? CDC failing to produce tests when it's their job isn't a fault in the initial response. He put together a team that increased testing 60x since. Nice rebuttal on that by the way. Politicizing (who hasn't in government) and attitude complaints are pretty weak policy complaints. I named Pelosi as a large voice in the Democratic party who actually fought travel bans. I didn't hear any other political voices clamoring for stricter measures. You've literally failed in every way to mention someone you believe would have installed stricter policies.
May 22, 20205 yr 7 hours ago, DMMVP said: Were ventilators a problem at any point? CDC failing to produce tests when it's their job isn't a fault in the initial response. That isn't the point. When he wanted to increase the production of ventilators he didn't just rely on his government agencies. He reached out to (and even requested/demanded) private companies push towards production of ventilators. If he truly wanted to push testing early he would not have relied solely on a CDC test while telling the country "all is well". He didn't, and that is absolutely a failure on his part. There are several examples of countries who were able to institute early aggressive testing protocols yet somehow it's just bad luck that the world leader in medical R&D couldn't figure it out? Get real. Quote He put together a team that increased testing 60x since. Nice rebuttal on that by the way. Rebuttal for what? You yourself noted that testing as a means of initial response (again, the timeframe that you decided to focus on here) to limit spread and prevent lockdown loses effectiveness after the virus has taken hold. So no that means very little given how delayed that response was. Neither in the context of this argument nor in the context of catching up after a miserable first response. Keep on moving those goalposts though. Quote Politicizing (who hasn't in government) and attitude complaints are pretty weak policy complaints. Politicizing an issue is commonplace. Politicizing a national health crisis to this extent is abso-Fing-lutely not. Calling concern over the virus a political hoax, complaining about and shaming health officials/reporters publicly , pushing ineffective and potentially dangerous medications, prodding anti-lockdown "liberation" movements (but only ones in democrat controlled states!) are absolutely significant actions that are divisive and disruptive in a truly unprecedented way. Quote You've literally failed in every way to mention someone you believe would have installed stricter policies. Not that wish-casting what I believe would have installed better policies means anything, but sure I'll play along: I believe almost anyone who has had presidential aspiration recently would have had a better initial response to this than he did, on either side of the aisle, outside of maybe the ideologic extremes like Paul or Sanders. Seriously I'd take Bush or Pence, and I think very little of both.
May 22, 20205 yr 38 minutes ago, DEagle7 said:I believe almost anyone who has had presidential aspiration recently would have had a better initial response to this than he did, on either side of the aisle, outside of the extremes like Paul or Sanders. Seriously I'd take Bush or Pence, and I think very very little of both. Look I agree that Trump he his share of F-ups in this whole thing, but this is laughable. And Paul and Sanders are equals in extremism now? 🤣
May 22, 20205 yr 6 hours ago, DMMVP said: Were ventilators a problem at any point? CDC failing to produce tests when it's their job isn't a fault in the initial response. He put together a team that increased testing 60x since. Nice rebuttal on that by the way. Politicizing (who hasn't in government) and attitude complaints are pretty weak policy complaints. I named Pelosi as a large voice in the Democratic party who actually fought travel bans. I didn't hear any other political voices clamoring for stricter measures. You've literally failed in every way to mention someone you believe would have installed stricter policies. I wouldn't say it's in the CDC's wheelhouse to be able to mass produce tests for an entire nation during a nationwide pandemic. Do you know why South Korea was able to get their testing program up and running so quickly? Because they leaned on the private sector to do it. We took the opposite approach. We blocked the private sector from getting involved. This was a bad decision. What makes it worse is that we had South Korea's example to follow. We saw them utilize the resources of the private sector to create significant testing capability in 2 weeks, and we went, "Nah, let's do the opposite. Let's rely solely on the government resources for this one" . Heck it took the FDA weeks just to allow for the import of South Korean testing technology into the US.
May 22, 20205 yr The president toured a factory that requires masks - and he wouldn't wear one for the camera. Encouraging his idiot supporters to do the same, as he is by taking hycroxichloriquine. What an embarrassment.
May 22, 20205 yr 14 minutes ago, Toastrel said: The president toured a factory that requires masks - and he wouldn't wear one for the camera. Encouraging his idiot supporters to do the same, as he is by taking hycroxichloriquine. What an embarrassment. Gotta thin the herd somehow.
May 22, 20205 yr 6 hours ago, Outlaw said: Look I agree that Trump he his share of F-ups in this whole thing, but this is laughable. And Paul and Sanders are equals in extremism now? 🤣 Huh? I never said they were. Only pointing out people whose approach to this thing I would be worried about from the get go and I'd be worried about a true Libertarian and a true Socialist response. Both are extremes in certain ways when it comes to recent presidential candidates. That's in no way a comment on relative extremeness or even who I agree with more.
May 22, 20205 yr 14 hours ago, DEagle7 said: There were warning signs WAY before sports shut down man. Hell even TEW was talking about this months before that. The free market has a lot of uses people, but people should have been well aware of the potential consequences of this thing well before Adam Silver made a decision. C'mon now. Yes, there were other signs but the point here is that the private market reacted before the government did.
May 22, 20205 yr 42 minutes ago, DEagle7 said: Huh? I never said they were. Only pointing out people whose approach to this thing I would be worried about from the get go and I'd be worried about a true Libertarian and a true Socialist response. Both are extremes in certain ways when it comes to recent presidential candidates. That's in no way a comment on relative extremeness or even who I agree with more. Gotcha. Sorry, misread it.
May 22, 20205 yr Had to do a Lowes run this AM. Both gentlemen entering the store with me were not wearing masks
May 22, 20205 yr 12 hours ago, DMMVP said: Was it empty after Obama had to use it? I'd think having to use would make replenishing a top priority with never knowing when it may be needed. Again, what measures should have been enacted? Another poster said a full travel ban which is a valid point. I just can't see anyone else in government pulling the trigger on that either. Trump administration has failed at several major things. 1. Testing, they didn't get up to speed until early May This was a direct result of having no plan. Without testing there is no tracing and without tracing you are slow to react. 2. Getting the masks, respirators etc. Again, they were almost 2 months late with this, causing a clusterF throughout March and parts of April as hospitals did not have what they needed. Also a direct result of reacting late. They should have had a game plan in action by mid March. 3. Failing to get ahead of the lockdowns. Trump did not issue guidelines for lockdowns until after the cities and private corporations had already done so. There was zero federal leadership at this crucial point on how to go about it. That led directly to more f ups from the states who do not have the pandemic expert teams the White House has. 4. Communicating information. Trump's misinformation matters. It is probably the most important thing your government does in this situation, provide official information. He has downplayed the virus, sold miracle cures, downplayed the importance of mitigation behavior. These things matter, a lot and while the first 3 screwed us for the 1st waves this one will screw us hard during the 2nd. These are tangible things Trump Fed up on. The dates of the F up are well documented. You are trying to say "nothing happened here" because they are up to date on testing now and they are up to date on equipment now. Being aTrump fan requires the memory of a goldfish apparently. And you also want to take this argument as quickly as possible, before the irresponsible talk leads to surges in red states, which is absolutely on the verge of happening.
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