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Why could so many Americans unnecessarily die in the next smonths? NO EQUIPMENT.

PPE isn't just needed for COVID-19 patients. Its needed for cancer patients, heart disease patients, kidney patients, unexpected complications patients, ALL patients who need to be hospitalized.
You think it's only COVID-19 patients who will need hospital beds? Respirators? Face masks? Ambulances? Paramedics? 911 dispatchers? Doctors?

When something's deemed as a "pandemic", does that take away everyone else's "UNDERLYING CONDITIONS" who too may need medical help?
When we read reports that doctors in Italy were having to make the hard decision to stop treating the very old, we can't just assume that was only the "very old COVID-19" patients.
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WitnessNow
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Dear Dr. Anthony Fauci,

Thank you for this much needed interview with ScienceInsider that was both informative and provided a much needed laugh break.
sciencemag.org/news/2020/03/i…
"EVER" would be the correct answer.
"... then we go in to see the president, we present [our consensus] to him and somebody writes a speech. Then he gets up and ad libs on his speech. And then we're up there to try and answer questions."

#Priceless
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WitnessNow
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PSA: My mother-in-law passed away last night due to complications related to cancer. She was 77, in a hospice facility & we were prepared for her passing.

But not being able to hold a funeral & the challenges of crying while wearing a mask we were not prepared for.
#OurNewNormal
This is the SURREAL discussion we had to have that led to the decision of not holding a funeral service:

1) If its 10 or less people, how do you select which ones?

2) Most of her friends who would insist on coming are 75+.

3) How do you enforce no hugging in times of mourning?
We also hope by communicating our reasons for NOT holding a service will help educate those who may not be as informed or fully understand risks about COVID-19.

We are showing how serious we are taking this to those that may not have been listening or believing.
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WitnessNow
@Peaceful_411
The Director of OPM resigned ABRUPTLY on Tues. She stepped down, according to two sources, because of poor treatment from John McEntee, the 29-year-old head of the Presidential Personnel Office.

Think of OPM as the HR depart for ALL federal employees.

politico.com/amp/news/2020/…
OPM is the agency Congress wouldn't let WH get rid of last year. They wanted to merge OPM's policy side into the WH & then merge what was left of OPM with GSA, the fed agency that manages PROPERTY.

But Congress said no. Looks like WH found a workaround.

govexec.com/management/201…
OPM was created because of WATERGATE to RESTORE the public’s TRUST in the GOVERNMENT by ensuring that fed employees are promoted based on merit, RATHER than political allegiance, and that government power was NOT ABUSED for partisan battles.

See why Trump wants it gone?

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Alex Berenson
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1/ This is a remarkable turn from Neil Ferguson, who led the @imperialcollege authors who warned of 500,000 UK deaths - and who has now himself tested positive for #COVID; newscientist.com/article/223857…
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This is the kind of attitude that gets people killed.

Here is how I explained it to my nine year old:

Ebola and other plagues are usually easy to catch and stop. They are deadly, but that very deadliness makes them stand out. We spot them. We stop them.

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Children, who cough on everything and never wash their hands CARRY IT WITHOUT SYMPTOMS.

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Day 8 of aggregating information on what goes on with #COVIDー19 in Iran.

Picking up from yesterday:

As stated before:

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The same authorities have had argued for quarantine to be "non-scientific" and "from middle ages".

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A stern warning about the risk of #cancer associated with alcohol
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I had another life-threatening heart/lung episode today.
I'm not sure how much of it had to do with my cutting my heart meds back to once a day while appealing the increased price by my health insurance from $120 for 60 pills to $1k for 60 pills.
We had to call 9/11.
Scary.
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They only accept cash.
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