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SCOOP: In a secret recording obtained by @NPR, Senate Intel Chairman @SenatorBurr raised alarms about the dire consequences of coronavirus to a small group of well-connected constituents 3 WEEKS AGO –– concerns he never shared with the public.
by @timkmak npr.org/2020/03/19/818…
NEW: After assuring the public about the government's coronavirus preparedness [while secretly raising coronavirus alarms with GOP donors], Senate Intel chair Richard Burr dumped up to $1.6M of stock in one day. A week later, the market began its nosedive.propublica.org/article/senato…
Burr changed his profile pic to a sketch of him and fellow insider trader, @SenatorLoeffler, on Jan 22 –– right around the time the two of them were dumping their stocks after the PRIVATE, all-Senator coronavirus briefing.
GOP @SenatorLoeffler not only dumped millions in stock after the PRIVATE coronavirus briefing, she bought $250K of stock in a tech company that offers teleworking software –– anticipating that millions would be on coronavirus lockdown.
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In mid-Feb, the WHO warned that global demand for medical safety gear was 100 times higher than normal, prices were 20 times higher, stockpiles were depleted, and there was a 6 month backlog. Despite this, the US government made no effort to submit orders. apnews.com/6d9382c1e8ee36…
Trump's trade policies haven’t helped. Tariffs on medical supplies made them more expensive, and they were only lifted on March 5, even though health care associations asked the Trump administration LAST YEAR to exempt items like masks, gloves, and gowns.
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Polly Sigh
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NEW: US intelligence agencies were issuing ominous, classified warnings in Jan and Feb about a likely global coronavirus pandemic as Trump and GOP lawmakers called the virus a hoax and failed to take action that might have slowed its spread and saved lives.washingtonpost.com/national-secur…
By January, “the system was blinking red” but “Trump’s advisers struggled to get him to take coronavirus seriously.”

Azar spoke to Trump about the virus on Jan 18 but “Trump interjected to ask when flavored vaping products would be back on the market.”
“US intel reports painted an early picture of a virus that showed characteristics of a globe-encircling pandemic that required governments to take swift actions to contain it.

But Trump continued to play down the threat coronavirus posed to Americans.”washingtonpost.com/national-secur…
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Most of these CEOs, Pence, and other Trump admin officials on this stage shook hands with Trump, who came in direct contact with at least one person infested with coronavirus –– and they all used the same mic that Trump breathed and spit all over.
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🚨US intel agencies issued ominous, classified warnings in Jan/Feb about the risk of the #coronavirus causing a global #pandemic, yet @realDonaldTrump & the @GOP played down the threat & failed to act.

INACTION = more people DIE.🤬

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Intelligence agencies “have been warning on this since January,” and intel reports were disseminated to members of Congress and their staffs and to the Trump administration.

I also have been warning about this #coronavirus for 2 MONTHS, and Trump & the GOP did NOTHING.🤬
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Caroline Orr
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Senate Intelligence Committee Chair Richard Burr warned a small group of “well-connected constituents” three weeks ago to prepare for dire economic and societal effects of #coronavirus, according to a secret recording obtained by NPR.

npr.org/2020/03/19/818…
This was right around the time that Trump said we’d soon have zero cases.
So basically, Sen. Richard Burr gave a crucial early warning about #coronavirus — to a group of donors and invited guests at a luncheon organized by a membership-only group that promises “interaction w/ top leaders & staff from Congress, the administration, & the private sector.”
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SCOOP: Secret recording obtained by NPR shows that Senate Intel Chairman Richard Burr raised alarms about Coronavirus weeks ago in private meeting with well-connected constituents -- concerns he never shared with the public

npr.org/2020/03/19/818…
To understand this, we have to remember Feb. 27th: Only 15 Coronavirus cases in U.S., and first death in US had not occurred.

Trump was suggesting it could be seasonal.

"It's going to disappear. One day, It's like a miracle. It will disappear,"

npr.org/2020/03/19/818…
On that same day, Burr delivered alarming message at a private luncheon:

"[Coronavirus] is much more aggressive in its transmission than anything that we have seen in recent history... It is probably more akin to the 1918 pandemic."

We have the tape:
npr.org/2020/03/19/818…
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Steve Herman
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A secret recording reveals Intelligence Committee Chairman @SenatorBurr warned a private audience 3 weeks ago about how the #coronavirus would have dire effects on the US. npr.org/2020/03/19/818…
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Response from @SenatorBurr:
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Think someone is lying to you?

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The mortality rate they want you to report is the - 0 day rate: Today's Confirmed Death total minus Today's Confirmed Case total.

This has not varied outside of 1/10th of 1% in the last 5 prints.

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