There is no effective containment strategy in the United States and there can't be while there are insufficient tests to determine whether people are infected.
South Korea and other countries have tests that could be used here if this Administration would allow it.
They won't.
South Korea and other countries have tests that could be used here if this Administration would allow it.
They won't.
When the President is more concerned about looking good to cling to power than keeping the people safe, you get the government overriding infectious disease specialists to lie about the risk, suppress public health information, and risk even more American lives.
This must stop.
This must stop.
It starts by being honest with the public.
The coronavirus has a higher fatality rate than the flu, increasing sharply in patients over 60 and over 10% in patients over 80.
It lives on surfaces.
Touch those surfaces, you can spread it.
Touch your face, you can get it.
The coronavirus has a higher fatality rate than the flu, increasing sharply in patients over 60 and over 10% in patients over 80.
It lives on surfaces.
Touch those surfaces, you can spread it.
Touch your face, you can get it.
There have been fewer than 3,000 tests performed in the United States.
Out of 330,000,000 people.
Existing tests are being rationed by the Federal government.
A doctor in Spokane told me he has only been allowed to test TWO patients, and then only because of severe symptoms.
Out of 330,000,000 people.
Existing tests are being rationed by the Federal government.
A doctor in Spokane told me he has only been allowed to test TWO patients, and then only because of severe symptoms.
This doctor doesn't know if he is infected.
He cancelled a trip out of state and stopped visiting his 90 year-old grandmother, to avoid risking their lives.
In contrast, the Administration blocked telling elderly people not to fly on planes, over the advice of medical experts.
He cancelled a trip out of state and stopped visiting his 90 year-old grandmother, to avoid risking their lives.
In contrast, the Administration blocked telling elderly people not to fly on planes, over the advice of medical experts.
The good news is that individuals are doing what they can to protect each other.
The line to get into the bathroom at the airport was longer because everyone was washing their hands.
People care for each other.
Government hiding information from them kills.
The line to get into the bathroom at the airport was longer because everyone was washing their hands.
People care for each other.
Government hiding information from them kills.
Libertarians want the government to do fewer things.
Not everyone agrees.
We should all agree that the government needs to stop getting in the way of doctors and scientists who want to help and heal.
First, do no harm.
#HippocraticOathOfGovernment
Not everyone agrees.
We should all agree that the government needs to stop getting in the way of doctors and scientists who want to help and heal.
First, do no harm.
#HippocraticOathOfGovernment
