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Covid Thread from Seoul: What ROK got right. What we got wrong. Why there is NO EXCUSE for Trump’s catastrophic failure to respond to COVID.
Just spent five days in ROK for work. I was STUNNED by the contrast with USA. Everything is open. Schools. Restaurants. Stores. Offices.
Just spent five days in ROK for work. I was STUNNED by the contrast with USA. Everything is open. Schools. Restaurants. Stores. Offices.
HOW have they done it?
It begins with having an actual government that CARES about the health — physical, and economic — of its citizens. Trump KNEW we faced a deadly virus, but he cared ONLY about himself and his re-election. He LIED to us. Repeatedly. And is still lying today.
It begins with having an actual government that CARES about the health — physical, and economic — of its citizens. Trump KNEW we faced a deadly virus, but he cared ONLY about himself and his re-election. He LIED to us. Repeatedly. And is still lying today.
If Trump’s lying was not bad enough, he ALSO forced his government to lie — suppressing health experts when they tried to warn us, undercutting their advice on testing, tracing, & masks, touting bogus miracle cures, and putting another incompetent, his @VP in charge of response.
Basic response from Trump supporters to just about every meme I debunk:
1. Prove that it isn't true.
2. I don't trust those sources. More please.
3. I do trust these new sources, but here are the conspiracies at play that allow these sources to be manipulated.
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1. Prove that it isn't true.
2. I don't trust those sources. More please.
3. I do trust these new sources, but here are the conspiracies at play that allow these sources to be manipulated.
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4. You have not sufficiently demonstrated that this meme is not true.
5. Therefore it is true, otherwise you'd be able to prove it isn't.
6. I don't need to prove that it is true because you can't prove it isn't true.
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5. Therefore it is true, otherwise you'd be able to prove it isn't.
6. I don't need to prove that it is true because you can't prove it isn't true.
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7. My opinion is that this unsubstantiated meme that can't be proven and has no citations is true, and that's my opinion.
8. Why are you so intolerant of other people's opinions?
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8. Why are you so intolerant of other people's opinions?
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Daily update on my #CovidDataProject to track the #COVID19 pandemic and hold Trump & the @gop accountable by determining avoidable deaths. Today’s numbers and comments, with predictions. (Thread.)
Total deaths: 14736
Avoidable deaths: 13078 (89%)
Trends & predictions: glad to
Total deaths: 14736
Avoidable deaths: 13078 (89%)
Trends & predictions: glad to
report that US case growth has slowed for the 3rd day in a row, demonstrating that local and state efforts are starting to succeed where @realdonaldtrump & the @gop failed so criminally & miserably. We could have total containment as early as November barring any surprises.
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But
Trump fancies himself a war-time president. He talks about the Coronavirus attacking us. He calls it an invisible enemy. He says we will be victorious. He literally says we're at war.
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Trump also likes to shift blame to governors. They should've planned better. They should've bought more. They should be figuring it out on their own. The federal govt is there to back them up, not interfere or do the work for them. They need to be more appreciative ...
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...of the federal response.
So, let me ask you a question... if another country invaded us, would letting each state handle the response be appropriate? What about each of them getting on the phone with military contractors and bidding against each other for weapons?
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So, let me ask you a question... if another country invaded us, would letting each state handle the response be appropriate? What about each of them getting on the phone with military contractors and bidding against each other for weapons?
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It's been a crazy morning going over legal documents to determine rights since businesses closing by order of governors. I came across this Y2K language & was reminded that there were so many IT professionals working behind the scenes that some people said Y2K was a hoax (thread) 
since they didn't know IT professionals who worked on Y2K for several years prior by editing & scrubbing code to make sure we noticed no changes. Software applications with 2-digit years were replaced or altered if fixable. Some people are now saying coronavirus is a hoax despite
the rising positive cases & rising death toll. We could have been prepared but Trump fired everyone on the pandemic response team in 2018 & kept downplaying it & said it was a Democratic hoax. Taiwan prepared & has only 59 cases with 1 death. nbcnews.com/health/health-… #TrumpPlague
@realDonaldTrump January 22: “We have it totally under control. It’s one person coming in from China. It’s going to be just fine.”
February 2: “We pretty much shut it down coming in from China.”
February 24: “The Coronavirus is very much under control in the USA… Stock Market starting to look
February 2: “We pretty much shut it down coming in from China.”
February 24: “The Coronavirus is very much under control in the USA… Stock Market starting to look
@realDonaldTrump Stock Market starting to look very good to me!”
February 25: “CDC and my Administration are doing a GREAT job of handling Coronavirus.”
February 25: “I think that's a problem that’s going to go away… They have studied it. They know very much. In fact, we’re very close to a
February 25: “CDC and my Administration are doing a GREAT job of handling Coronavirus.”
February 25: “I think that's a problem that’s going to go away… They have studied it. They know very much. In fact, we’re very close to a
@realDonaldTrump vaccine.”
February 26: “The 15 (cases in the US) within a couple of days is going to be down to close to zero.”
February 26: “We're going very substantially down, not up.”
February 27: “One day it’s like a miracle, it will disappear.”
February 28: “We're ordering a lot of
February 26: “The 15 (cases in the US) within a couple of days is going to be down to close to zero.”
February 26: “We're going very substantially down, not up.”
February 27: “One day it’s like a miracle, it will disappear.”
February 28: “We're ordering a lot of
