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⚠️I *hammer* Trump's #COVID19 task force for its "blunders in our #pandemic preparedness by not quickly deploying #coronavirus testing kits nor having sufficient testing capacity EARLY, when containment would've been much more feasible."

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As I warned, there will be a "massive surge" in #COVID19 cases thru March, initially due to increased testing, but also because #coronavirus has been spreading within US communities for ≥3 weeks with little/NO testing.🤬

The keys to containment are:

▶️EARLY detection
▶️Contact tracing
▶️Quarantines

Trump's #COVID19 "task force" TOTALLY FAILED and instead LIED about the seriousness of the #CoronavirusOutbreak and the availability of #coronavirus tests.🤬

@thespybrief
Our *best* defense is EARLY detection of #COVID19 cases to allow containment.

Due to Trump/@VP Pence's totally failed rollout of tests, we are WAY BEHIND, while the #coronavirus has been spreading relentlessly thru our communities.

This will cost lives.
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⚠️Unnerving report from the Center for Health Security on the impact of #coronavirus on our hospitals.

Even if we assume that the case-fatality rate for #COVID19 is 0.5% (as for the 1968 and 1957 #pandemics), we won’t have enough ICU beds.

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centerforhealthsecurity.org/cbn/
Here are the projections.

“As a comparison, there are about 46,500 medical ICU beds in the United States and perhaps an equal number of other ICU beds that could be used in a crisis. Even spread out over several months, the mismatch between demand and resources is clear.”
So even if the CFR for #coronavirus is 0.5%, substantially less than the ~3.4% reported, we do NOT have enough ICU beds to treat patients, even if spread out over months.

#COVID19 #CoronavirusOutbreak

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Dr. Dena Grayson
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🔥"#China’s errors–dating back to the very 1st patients–were compounded by political leaders who dragged their feet to inform the public of the risks and to take decisive control measures."

How It All Started: China’s Early #Coronavirus Missteps

#COVID19
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"When doctors did finally establish the (wildlife market) link in late Dec, they quarantined (a patient) & others & raised the alarm to their superiors. *But they were prevented by Chinese authorities from alerting their peers, let alone the public*.

Just like 1918 Spanish Flu.
Even though we *just* saw the #CoronavirusOutbreak EXPLODE in #China in real-time, the Trump Administration *refused* to alert healthcare/public-health personnel or the public.

This has DELAYED our response, just like #China did.🤬

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Dr. Dena Grayson
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🔥@BrianKarem:”With so few (#coronavirus) tests being done and the incubation rate being as much as 2 weeks, how can we accurately say that the risk is low, at this point?”

Pence:😳

More on Pence/Trump’s inept response to #COVID19 with quotes from me.👇🏼
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“Dr. Grayson...has overseen the development of broad-spectrum antiviral drugs against deadly viruses. She believes the Trump administration has badly fumbled its attempts to contain #COVID19: ‘We are behind the eight ball...This checks all the boxes for a global #pandemic’.”
“The government’s response to #COVID19 is ‘totally catastrophic. A total #fail’.” ~me, quoted in this blistering piece about #coronavirus task force “leader” Mike Pence’s disastrous press briefing on our nation’s response to the #CoronavirusOutbreak.

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Juliette Kayyem
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#coronavirus is a story of squandered time. This story here is perfect example. Our planning already had in place protections for first responders. And we had time. China gave us time. And we squandered it, failing to protect because there was no one to demand it or execute it.1/
Lost, squandered time will be how history writes about our preparedness. That is why there is this uptick in panic and surprise. The WH continued to hope and insist that China would succeed at containment. That was plan A. But we have a plan B for a reason. 2/
How do I know it was part of plan? Because we’ve done this before. The virus is new; pandemic preparedness is not. We knew border agents and other first responders would need additional protections; same true for public health workers. (See this thread on the plan ⬇️). 3/
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90 + high level resignations in the last 7 days.
This list only includes top level positions, such as:

President
Ceo
VP
Board members
Executives.

Notables names that may be linked to currently sealed indictments.

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□ Disney CEO
Bob Iger : Child abuse ☆
□ Victoria's Secret
Les Wexner : Child abuse
□Black Rock Inc
Barb Novick : Slush funds ☆
US Democrats involved
□Nygard International Fashion
Ceo/Executive : Sex trafficking models and minors
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Dee Dee Myers •
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John Rood + 5 others since Dec 2019

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⚠️Trump's Coronavirus Response

💥#Trump Admin established a National Biodefense Strategy in *2018* specifically to deal with any biological risk to U.S. Citizens.

#covidー19 #covid19 #covid @cdcgov @realDonaldTrump #coronavirususa #caronavirusoutbreak

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Following the initial reports from China – and anticipating multiple agency aspects of U.S. government would need a unified command structure – on January 30th President Trump assembled a unified task force to coordinate all response efforts across the totality of government.
The task force is coordinated through the National Security Council. It is composed of subject matter experts from White House and several United States Government agencies, and it includes some of the Nation’s foremost experts on infectious diseases.

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This is a roundup of what I found to be the most interesting & helpful sources on my journey into the void. #Coronavirus #Pandemic #Misinformation #CDC #CPP #WHO
This is for friends & family, but also to raise concern over media censorship & begin a discussion of what are best practices for both traditional & decentralized media outlets. This is a collection of sources to tell a larger story and spark interest.
Very few sources peer reviewed. Some behind paywalls. Some mainstream news. Some International News. Some in other languages (Use chrome). Some Harvard medical Journals. Some unverified. Some factually incorrect. Have some salt with your rice & beans.
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