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Incredibly, Trump still hasn't fashioned any kind of natl health response to #COVID19 crisis.

Testing regime still not stood up, equipment/beds/health care workers needed, no clear strategy for social distancing....

Call Congress today. Demand a plan.

2/Realize there's been a lot of talk about tests coming but there just isn't a lot of evidence this is so, and w/o testing we can't #FlattenTheCurve.

US has performed fewer tests over last 8 weeks per capita than SKorea does every day.

3/Just watch this @CNN interview w/@maggieNYT
4/Watch this @MSNBC interview with the indispensable @Laurie_Garrett

msnbc.com/msnbc/watch/ga…
5/Trump's negligence, incompetence, stupidity, madness can't be ignored for there is no reason to believe given how badly he's screwed this up that he can ever lead us through what needs to happen next.
6/This video from @BulwarkOnline really says it all.

Damage done by this one man in such a short period of time hard to really get your arms around.

It's Mitch's fault he is still there.

7/That South Korea, a country much closer to China than our own, has been able to wrestle #COVID19 to the ground is a daily reminder of Trump's ongoing and historic failure.
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Simon Rosenberg
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1/Notes on @COVID19Tracking daily update:

Testing improving, but still very slowly. Per capita US has now done as many tests over past 8 weeks as SKorea does daily; and we still have to be at 4x current rate to match SKorea's daily rate. While better, still a long way to go.
2/Positives jumped fr 11k to 17k today. Current rate of growth closer to 50% than 33%. According to the @FT below, last few days among fastest growth rate recorded anywhere in the world this year. Not good. cc @POTUS
3/Are these worrisome numbers going to force the President to finally do something to fight @COVID19?

US has no plan. We aren't mass testing, nor are we locking everything down. Not surprisingly the virus is spreading really really fast.
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Simon Rosenberg
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1/Short thread.

Seriously, wtf does the President think he is doing?

He has no plan to combat the virus. There is nothing. The travel bans haven't worked. The virus is exploding. The testing regime still isn't working properly. The health care system is already failing.
2/Why can't people around him, Ivanka, GOP leaders prevail on him to do something, anything to stop the virus?

Adopt the South Korea model - mass testing/isolation.

Surge funding for hospitals/equipment/beds, train newly unemployed to support?
3/How can he get up there each day on TV and pretend like he is doing something when we all know he isn't? What is going on in the heads of those who in the WH? Do they understand that each day he does nothing more people will die, the economy/society will be more harmed?
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Simon Rosenberg
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1/Helpful thread, thanks @ClaraJeffery.

So today Trump finally launched a response to #COVID19 crisis.

These steps are 6-8 weeks late, but they are welcome and essential. The US government is finally waking up and doing its part.
2/I am grateful to all of you who joined us in making the case for many things Trump rolled out today.

But Congress cannot rest now - it must create some form of new partnership w/POTUS to make sure he follows through, continues to fight.
3/Things are going to get very bad here in the first wave of the virus in the coming weeks. While we are beginning to tackle the bed/equipment issue, we still need to fix whatever has gone wrong w/testing and also surge help to health care professionals/hospitals.
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