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As coronavirus took hold in the US, "large-scale testing of people who might have been infected did not happen...the result was a lost month, when the world’s richest country...squandered its best chance of containing the virus’s spread."

Utterly damning:
nytimes.com/2020/03/28/us/…
Amazing detail from NYT's deep dive on Trump's epic testing fiasco:

HHS chief Azar *actively downgraded* his warning to the country about the severity of what was coming, contradicting another top official who *got it right* but had infuriated Trump:

nytimes.com/2020/03/28/us/…
Here, in a nutshell, is the brutal and damning conclusion of this remarkable NYT report:

"Faced with the coronavirus, Trump chose not to have the White House lead the planning until nearly two months after it began."

nytimes.com/2020/03/28/us/…
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Greg Sargent
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NEW:

@RepAdamSchiff tells me Congress needs to conduct serious oversight of Trump's testing fiasco and the disparity in equipment given to states.

“We need to make sure...there’s no discrimination...based on lack of presidential flattery,” Schiff says:

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/…
@RepAdamSchiff @RepAdamSchiff says Congress must scrutinize the testing mess.

“There needs to be oversight to make sure representations we’re hearing about the availability of testing are true. If they’re not true, then the administration needs to be held accountable."

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/…
@RepAdamSchiff More news from @RepAdamSchiff:

* He's in discussions with Silicon Valley companies about conducting "virtual hearings" into what they're seeing on Russian interference

* His committee is looking at what the early intelligence about coronavirus showed

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/…
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Greg Sargent
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This newly-surfaced White House report blows up Trump's new line of BS in a hidden but crucial way.

The WH report illustrates exactly why it's dangerous to conflate pandemics with seasonal flues.

That's exactly what Trump did, repeatedly.

New piece:

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/…
Now that Trump is claiming *others* conflated coronavirus with seasonal flu, it's crucial to remember:

Not only did Trump do this himself; experts warned him against doing this *at the time.* They pointed out that the conflation was itself dangerous:

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/…
Here's another angle worth pursuing.

This White House report on pandemic readiness was requested by National Security Council officials.

Former NSC official @jgeltzer tells me this may mean the NSC was more worried about this threat than we thought:

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/…
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Greg Sargent
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Newsflash:

When one side shapes its coronavirus response around facts and science, and the other prioritizes cultlike devotion to Trump over protecting American lives, this isn't "tribalism" or "partisanship."

We need a deep language reset.

New piece:

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/…
Yes, this is real:

"One adviser said the president recognized that the data about the potential impact of the virus in the US was bad, and could not be bent to his will."

Of course, Trump did try to bend the data to his will for months:

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/…
A deep perversity:

Trump is attacking the media and Dem governors for criticizing him on coronavirus. But he actually owes them a huge debt of gratitude.

They're reorienting him onto a far more constructive course, for the country and for *him* as well:

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/…
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The New York Times
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In the U.S., between late January and early March, large-scale testing of people who might have had the coronavirus did not happen because of technical flaws, regulatory hurdles, business-as-usual bureaucracies and lack of leadership at multiple levels nyti.ms/3bz3fYi
3 agencies in the U.S. responsible for detecting and combating threats like the coronavirus failed to prepare quickly enough. Even as scientists looked at China and sounded alarms, none of the agencies’ directors conveyed the urgency required to spur a no-holds-barred defense.
Dr. Robert Redfield is the director of the CDC and trusted the agency’s veteran scientists to develop a test for the coronavirus. But when test flaws became apparent in mid-February, Dr. Redfield promised a quick fix, though it took weeks to settle on a solution.
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Kevin Gosztola
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Happy hour is over. Time for a critical livestreamed coronavirus legislative update from Bernie Sanders:

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1 of 5: The Donald. On Fox News. Today. “I think Easter Sunday, and you’ll have packed churches all over our country. I think it would be a beautiful time.” #PublicHealthFailure #coronavirus
34 people in one Arkansas church infected: arkansasonline.com/news/2020/mar/…
Georgia Senior infected at church dies: google.com/amp/s/www.wsbt…
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Brandi Broadscale Testing Buchman
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Hearing underway in a little under an hour.
.@SpeakerPelosi on whether Europe travel ban was wise - "It's easy to travel from these countries, you can just get in the chunnel and get in the country." But, she said, its a decision that's been made, "We'll see what the ramifications are." But I'm here to go forward, she says
Then Pelosi, says, the most important thing is: "Testing testing, testing. That's the only way you're going to learn how this spreads."
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World Health Organization (WHO)
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Daily media briefing on #COVID19 with @DrTedros pscp.tv/w/cSPdgzI2MTAy…
@DrTedros "As of 6am GVA time this morning, #China has reported a total of 77,362 cases of #COVID19 to WHO, including 2618 deaths.

In the past 24 hours, 🇨🇳 has reported 416 new confirmed cases & 150 deaths.

We’re encouraged by the continued decline in cases in 🇨🇳"-@DrTedros #coronavirus
@DrTedros "Earlier today the WHO-#China joint mission concluded its visit & delivered its report.

As you know, the team has traveled to several different provinces, including Wuhan"-@DrTedros #COVID19 #coronavirus
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EVent Horizon
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Think someone is lying to you?

First check to see if they bothered to add any variability whatsoever in the model they are using to supposedly report actual numbers from a complex system.

#coronavirus
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.

#coronavirus
But even a minor adjustment of a few days in the mortality rate paints an entirely different picture

#coronavirus

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