⚠️Trump’s Response to the
COVID-19 Pandemic
A Timeline
COVID-19 Pandemic
A Timeline
On December 31, 2019, Chinese health officials reported a cluster of cases of acute respiratory illness in persons associated with the Hunan seafood and animal market in the city of Wuhan, Hubei Province, in central China.
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📌On January 7, 2020, Chinese health officials confirmed that a novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) was associated with this initial cluster.
📌CDC established a 2019-nCoV Incident Management Structure on January 7, 2020.
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📌CDC established a 2019-nCoV Incident Management Structure on January 7, 2020.
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🔑U.S. intel agencies issued ominous, classified warnings in Jan & Feb about the global danger posed by the coronavirus while President Trump & GOP lawmakers played down the threat & failed to take action that might have slowed the spread of the pathogen
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📌Trump Rally Thursday, January 9, 2020 - Toledo
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📌Trump Rally: Tuesday, January 14, 2020 - Milwaukee
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📌Trump Rally: Tuesday, January 14, 2020 - Milwaukee
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⛳️January 18, 2020 Trump plays GOLF
⛳️January 19, 2020 Trump plays GOLF
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⛳️January 19, 2020 Trump plays GOLF
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📌On Jan 21, 2020, the first person in the United States with diagnosed 2019-nCoV infection was reported.
📌On Jan 21, CDC activated its Emergency Operations Center to optimize coordination for domestic and international 2019-nCoV response efforts.
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📌On Jan 21, CDC activated its Emergency Operations Center to optimize coordination for domestic and international 2019-nCoV response efforts.
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📌On Jan. 22, 2020 after the first American case had been announced,“Are there worries about a pandemic at this point?”
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On Jan. 22, 2020
“Are there worries about a pandemic at this point?”
📌Trump: “No. Not at all. & we have it totally under control.
It’s one person coming in from China, & we have it under control. It’s going to be just fine.”
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“Are there worries about a pandemic at this point?”
📌Trump: “No. Not at all. & we have it totally under control.
It’s one person coming in from China, & we have it under control. It’s going to be just fine.”
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📌On January 24, 2020, travel bans began to be instituted by the Chinese government, resulting in restricted travel in and out of Hubei Province, including the city of Wuhan, and fewer travelers undergoing entry screening in the United States
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🔑In the weeks that followed, Trump could have taken aggressive measures to slow the spread of the virus.
🔑He could have insisted that the United States ramp up efforts to produce test kits.
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🔑He could have insisted that the United States ramp up efforts to produce test kits.
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🔑He could have emphasized the risks that the virus presented & urged Americans to take precautions if they had reason to believe they were sick.
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🔑He could have used the powers of the presidency to vastly reduce the number of people who would ultimately get sick.
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📌On the same day that Trump was dismissing the risks on CNBC, Tom Frieden, former head of the CDC warned that the virus would continue spreading. “We need to learn — and fast — about how it spreads,” he wrote.
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📌On the same day that Trump was dismissing the risks on CNBC, Tom Frieden, former head of the CDC warned that the virus would continue spreading. “We need to learn — and fast — about how it spreads,” he wrote.
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1/28/20:
📌If public-health authorities don’t interrupt the spread soon, the virus could infect many thousands more around the globe, disrupt air travel, overwhelm health care systems, and, worst of all, claim more lives.
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📌If public-health authorities don’t interrupt the spread soon, the virus could infect many thousands more around the globe, disrupt air travel, overwhelm health care systems, and, worst of all, claim more lives.
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1/28/20: Quarantines, flu vaccines and other steps to take before the Wuhan virus becomes widespread:
📌There’s still an opening to prevent a grim outcome. …
🔑But authorities can’t act quickly without a test that can diagnose the condition rapidly.
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📌There’s still an opening to prevent a grim outcome. …
🔑But authorities can’t act quickly without a test that can diagnose the condition rapidly.
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🔑On January 30, the World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General declared that the 2019-nCoV outbreak constitutes a Public Health Emergency of International Concern.†
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📌On January 30, 2020 Trump took first step & announced a travel ban from China.
📌BUT It didn’t apply to Americans who had been traveling in China.
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📌BUT It didn’t apply to Americans who had been traveling in China.
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“Coronavirus,” Hannity said. “How concerned are you?”
Trump replied: “Well, we pretty much shut it down coming in from China.
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Trump replied: “Well, we pretty much shut it down coming in from China.
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Trump: We have a tremendous relationship with China, which is a very positive thing.
Getting along with China, getting along with Russia, getting along with these countries.” WTF?
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Getting along with China, getting along with Russia, getting along with these countries.” WTF?
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🔑By the time of the Hannity interview, the number of confirmed coronavirus cases around the world had surged to 14,557, a near doubling over the previous three days.
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📌On January 30, 2020: U.S. Sees No Material Virus Impact on Economy, Kudlow Says
“This is principally a public-health problem and the pandemic of course is in China, not the U.S.,” Kudlow said.
“Insofar as the economy, we see no material impact.”😱🙄
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“This is principally a public-health problem and the pandemic of course is in China, not the U.S.,” Kudlow said.
“Insofar as the economy, we see no material impact.”😱🙄
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📌Trump Rally: Thursday, January 30, 2020 - Des Moines, IA
“Maybe we take another crack at Crazy Hillary,” Trump mused. “Would that be OK? She was so easy.”
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“Maybe we take another crack at Crazy Hillary,” Trump mused. “Would that be OK? She was so easy.”
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🔑On January 31, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary declared a U.S. public health emergency to respond to 2019-nCoV.
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📌Also on January 31, Trump signed a Proclamation which limits entry into the US of persons who traveled to mainland China to U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents and their families.
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📌As of February 4, a total of 293 persons from 36 states, DC, and U.S. Virgin Islands were under investigation based on current patient under investigation (PUI) definitions,and also included those being evaluated because they are close contacts.
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📌As of February 4, 2020, a total of 20,471 confirmed cases, including 2,788 (13.6%) with severe illness,* and 425 deaths (2.1%) had been reported by China.
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📌As of Feb 4, 11 cases had been reported in the US.
📌On Feb. 5, the C.D.C. began shipping coronavirus test kits to laboratories around the country.
📌But the tests suffered from a technical flaw and didn’t produce reliable results, labs discovered.
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📌On Feb. 5, the C.D.C. began shipping coronavirus test kits to laboratories around the country.
📌But the tests suffered from a technical flaw and didn’t produce reliable results, labs discovered.
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2/5/20: Senate Acquits Trump, Ending Historic Impeachment Trial
👉🏼Today GOP float the narrative Trump down played the Corona virus pandemic b/c he was distracted by the Impeachment trial.
#SureJan 🙄
Trump had plenty of time to tweet, golf & do rallys
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👉🏼Today GOP float the narrative Trump down played the Corona virus pandemic b/c he was distracted by the Impeachment trial.
#SureJan 🙄
Trump had plenty of time to tweet, golf & do rallys
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2/6/20
📌Trumps found time to send tons of medical equipment, PPE supplies/ masks to China
📌Trumps found time to send tons of medical equipment, PPE supplies/ masks to China
2/7/20 Pompeo sent tons of PPE supplies to China
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Trump sends PPE supplies to other countries.
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🔑The Trump administration could have begun to use a functioning test from the World Health Organization, but didn’t.
🔑It could have removed regulations that prevented private hospitals and labs from quickly developing their own tests, but didn’t.
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🔑It could have removed regulations that prevented private hospitals and labs from quickly developing their own tests, but didn’t.
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🔑The inaction meant that the United States fell behind South Korea, Singapore and China in fighting the virus.
🔑”We just twiddled our thumbs as the coronavirus waltzed in,” William Hanage, a Harvard epidemiologist, wrote.
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🔑”We just twiddled our thumbs as the coronavirus waltzed in,” William Hanage, a Harvard epidemiologist, wrote.
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📌Trump Rally - Monday, February 10, 2020- Manchester, NH
📌On Feb. 10, Trump repeatedly said — in a speech to governors, at a campaign rally and in an interview with Trish Regan of Fox Business — that warm spring weather could kill the virus.
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📌On Feb. 10, Trump repeatedly said — in a speech to governors, at a campaign rally and in an interview with Trish Regan of Fox Business — that warm spring weather could kill the virus.
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2/10/20: Trump NH rally:
“Looks like by April, you know, in theory, when it gets a little warmer, it miraculously goes away,” Trump told the rally.
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“Looks like by April, you know, in theory, when it gets a little warmer, it miraculously goes away,” Trump told the rally.
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On Feb. 19, Trump said, “I think the numbers are going to get progressively better as we go along.” Four days later, he pronounced the situation “very much under control,” and added:
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“We had 12 [covid19 victims] at one point.
And now they’ve gotten very much better.
Many of them are fully recovered.”
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And now they’ve gotten very much better.
Many of them are fully recovered.”
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2/19/20: Trump’s msg was clear: Coronavirus is a small problem, & it is getting smaller. In truth, the shortage of testing meant that the country didn’t know how bad the problem was. All of the available indicators suggested it was getting worse, rapidly.
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On February 20, 2020 Dow Stock market crashes from a high of 29,232
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Bottom circa 19,000
Today circa 21,917
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Bottom circa 19,000
Today circa 21,917
📣Feb 21, 2020: At a rally in South Carolina Trump said Democrats are trying to use the coronavirus to damage him—and called that “their new hoax.”
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🟥On Feb. 23, the World Health Organization announced that the virus was in 30 countries, with 78,811 confirmed cases, a more than fivefold increase over the previous three weeks.
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Feb. 24, 2020
📌The S & P 500 falls 3.4 percent, the worst single day in two years. The death toll has surpassed 2,600.
📌U.S. cases have reached 53.
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📌The S & P 500 falls 3.4 percent, the worst single day in two years. The death toll has surpassed 2,600.
📌U.S. cases have reached 53.
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🔑Late Feb: Trump seemed largely uninterested in the global virus statistics during this period, but there were other indicators — stock-market indexes — that mattered a lot to him.
And by the last week of February, those market indexes were falling.
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And by the last week of February, those market indexes were falling.
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By late February Trump reacted by adding a new element to his public remarks.
📌He began blaming others.
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📌He began blaming others.
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📌He tweeted about “Cryin’ Chuck Schumer,” mocking Schumer for arguing that Trump should be more aggressive in fighting the virus.
📌Later Trump would blame an PBO adm regulation for slowing the production of test kits. There was no truth to the charge.
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📌Later Trump would blame an PBO adm regulation for slowing the production of test kits. There was no truth to the charge.
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📌At a Feb. 26 news conference, Trump claimed there were 15 cases in America, omitting those diagnosed overseas.
📌”The 15 within a couple of days is going to be down to close to zero,”
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📌”The 15 within a couple of days is going to be down to close to zero,”
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2/27/20: Feds helping evacuees at Travis Air Force Base lacked coronavirus protection, whistleblower claims
The WB said that fed workers did not have the necessary protective gear or training when they were sent to Travis Air Force Base to help evacuees.
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The WB said that fed workers did not have the necessary protective gear or training when they were sent to Travis Air Force Base to help evacuees.
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February 27, 2020
📌Mnuchin, Kudlow join coronavirus task force, Pence announces
📌Trump reserved his concern for the stock market—American lives— not so much.
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📌Mnuchin, Kudlow join coronavirus task force, Pence announces
📌Trump reserved his concern for the stock market—American lives— not so much.
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📌Throughout late February, Trump also continued to claim the situation was improving. On Feb. 26, he said:
📌”We’re going down, not up. We’re going very substantially down, not up.”
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📌”We’re going down, not up. We’re going very substantially down, not up.”
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📌On Feb. 27, he predicted: “It’s going to disappear.
One day — it’s like a miracle — it will disappear.”
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One day — it’s like a miracle — it will disappear.”
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📌On Feb. 29, he said a vaccine would be available “very quickly” and “very rapidly” and praised his administration’s actions as “the most aggressive taken by any country.”
📌None of these claims were true.
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📌None of these claims were true.
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📣Trump Rally - Friday, February 28, 2020 - Charleston
🔑By the end of February, there were 85,403 confirmed cases, in 55 countries around the world.
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🔑By the end of February, there were 85,403 confirmed cases, in 55 countries around the world.
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March 2, 2020
📌Six coronavirus deaths have been reported in the U.S., all near Seattle. Global cases top 90,000.
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📌Six coronavirus deaths have been reported in the U.S., all near Seattle. Global cases top 90,000.
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At a rally in Charlotte, N.C.:
“We had a great meeting today with a lot of the great companies, and they’re going to have vaccines, I think, relatively soon.
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“We had a great meeting today with a lot of the great companies, and they’re going to have vaccines, I think, relatively soon.
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At the Charlotte rally Trump added:
“And they’re going to have something that makes you better, and that’s going to actually take place we think even sooner.”
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“And they’re going to have something that makes you better, and that’s going to actually take place we think even sooner.”
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March 3
The Federal Reserve cuts interest rates by half a point. The stock market continues to slump.
Trump said to reporters:
“There’s only one hot spot, and that’s also pretty much in a very — in a home, as you know, in a nursing home.”
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The Federal Reserve cuts interest rates by half a point. The stock market continues to slump.
Trump said to reporters:
“There’s only one hot spot, and that’s also pretty much in a very — in a home, as you know, in a nursing home.”
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⛳️March 7, 2020 Trump plays GOLF
🔑Trump Plays Golf While Coronavirus Cases Surge
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🔑Trump Plays Golf While Coronavirus Cases Surge
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📌Trump could have specifically encouraged older people — at most risk from the virus — to be careful.
📌Once again, he chose not to take action.
📌Instead, he suggested on multiple occasions that the virus was less serious than the flu.
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📌Once again, he chose not to take action.
📌Instead, he suggested on multiple occasions that the virus was less serious than the flu.
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“We’re talking about a much smaller range” of deaths than from the flu, he said on Mar 2. “It’s very mild,” he told Hannity on Mar 4. On Mar 7, he said, “I’m not concerned at all.” On Mar10, he promised: “It will go away. Just stay calm. It will go away.”
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🔑The first part of March was also when more people began to understand that the United States had fallen behind on testing, and Trump administration officials responded with lies.
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For example: Alex Azar, the secretary of health and human services, told ABC:
“There is no testing kit shortage, nor has there ever been.”🙄
Trump, while touring the C.D.C. on March 6, said, “Anybody that wants a test can get a test.”🙄
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“There is no testing kit shortage, nor has there ever been.”🙄
Trump, while touring the C.D.C. on March 6, said, “Anybody that wants a test can get a test.”🙄
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📌March 9, 2020: On Fox News Trish Regan makes the following irresponsible & false allegation:
“Democrats are using coronavirus as another attempt to impeach the president”
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“Democrats are using coronavirus as another attempt to impeach the president”
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🔑On March 10, the World Health Organization reported 113,702 cases of the virus in more than 100 countries.
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March 11, 2020:
📌Trump’s efforts to play down risk posed by coronavirus have worked — on Republicans
📌Trump has repeatedly suggested that the number of infections in the country is low or getting smaller, suggestions that have been proven incorrect.
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📌Trump’s efforts to play down risk posed by coronavirus have worked — on Republicans
📌Trump has repeatedly suggested that the number of infections in the country is low or getting smaller, suggestions that have been proven incorrect.
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March 13, 2020:
🔑South Korea's Drive-Through Testing For Coronavirus Is Fast — And Free
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🔑South Korea's Drive-Through Testing For Coronavirus Is Fast — And Free
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3/16/20
📌Trump to Governors on Ventilators: ‘Try Getting Vents Yourselves’
📌On a conference call with the nation’s governors, Trump said they should try to get ventilators on their own ahead of an expected crush of coronavirus cases.
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📌Trump to Governors on Ventilators: ‘Try Getting Vents Yourselves’
📌On a conference call with the nation’s governors, Trump said they should try to get ventilators on their own ahead of an expected crush of coronavirus cases.
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3/17/20
🔑Republicans clearly believed Trump & Fox News when they played down the threat posed by the virus & accused the media and DEMs of overstating the threat & in so doing this falsehood will result in needless rising contagion, spread & death.
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🔑Republicans clearly believed Trump & Fox News when they played down the threat posed by the virus & accused the media and DEMs of overstating the threat & in so doing this falsehood will result in needless rising contagion, spread & death.
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3/19/20
🔑Before Virus Outbreak, a Cascade of Warnings Went Unheeded
🔑Government exercises, including one last year, made clear that the U.S. was not ready for a pandemic like the coronavirus.
🔑But little was done.
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🔑Before Virus Outbreak, a Cascade of Warnings Went Unheeded
🔑Government exercises, including one last year, made clear that the U.S. was not ready for a pandemic like the coronavirus.
🔑But little was done.
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3/19/20
🔑Governors plead with Trump for more coronavirus supplies, testing
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🔑Governors plead with Trump for more coronavirus supplies, testing
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📌Bidding war Hunger Games style ensues amongst the states for desperately needed Vents & PPE supplies
3/19/20:
📌Trump outbid governors on coronavirus supplies after telling them to buy their own
📌The president's directive for governors to buy their own medical supplies to fight COVID-19 has run into a big problem—the federal government.
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📌Trump outbid governors on coronavirus supplies after telling them to buy their own
📌The president's directive for governors to buy their own medical supplies to fight COVID-19 has run into a big problem—the federal government.
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3/20/20: Four senators sold stocks as GOP played down coronavirus threat in mid-February, preceding the stock mkt plunge.
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Richard Burr, chairman of the Senate Intel Cmte, wrote an op-Ed for Fox News suggesting that the US was “better prepared than ever before” to confront the virus as he sold his stocks pre crash.
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3/23/20:
📌Why Trump Isn’t Using The Defense Production Act
📌Trumpwants to allow corporations to sell vital medical gear to the highest-bidding states.
#Mob
📌Governors say that’s exactly the problem
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📌Why Trump Isn’t Using The Defense Production Act
📌Trumpwants to allow corporations to sell vital medical gear to the highest-bidding states.
#Mob
📌Governors say that’s exactly the problem
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3/24/20: Scramble for medical equipment descends into chaos as U.S. states and hospitals compete for rare supplies #HungerGames
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3/26/20
Road not taken: Trump administration didn't use pandemic "playbook" for coronavirus
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Road not taken: Trump administration didn't use pandemic "playbook" for coronavirus
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3/27/20:
📌Trump on urgent requests for ventilators: ‘I don’t believe you need 30,000’
📌Trump’s remarks to Sean Hannity on Fox News appear to come in response to New York governor’s plea for ventilator help
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📌Trump on urgent requests for ventilators: ‘I don’t believe you need 30,000’
📌Trump’s remarks to Sean Hannity on Fox News appear to come in response to New York governor’s plea for ventilator help
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3/28/20
📌Louisiana has only 1.6% of ventilators requested for coronavirus patients.
📌What's next? Sharing vents &/or choosing who gets one or not.
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📌Louisiana has only 1.6% of ventilators requested for coronavirus patients.
📌What's next? Sharing vents &/or choosing who gets one or not.
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3/28/20
📌California governor: 170 ventilators sent from Trump administration were 'not working'
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📌California governor: 170 ventilators sent from Trump administration were 'not working'
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3/30/20: Trump says he “hasn’t heard about testing for weeks,” but governors say they still lack test kits.
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3/30/20:
📌Rural-state governors tell Trump they need tests and medical supplies, too
cbsnews.com/amp/news/rural…
📌Rural-state governors tell Trump they need tests and medical supplies, too
cbsnews.com/amp/news/rural…
Exclusive: Kushner Firm Built the Coronavirus Website Trump Promised
The extent of Oscar Health’s work on coronavirus testing hasn’t been previously reported.
📌Personal Medical info data mining op.
theatlantic.com/politics/archi…
The extent of Oscar Health’s work on coronavirus testing hasn’t been previously reported.
📌Personal Medical info data mining op.
theatlantic.com/politics/archi…
3/31/20:
📌Governors plead for medical equipment from federal stockpile plagued by shortages and confusion
washingtonpost.com/politics/gover…
📌Governors plead for medical equipment from federal stockpile plagued by shortages and confusion
washingtonpost.com/politics/gover…
3/31/20
📌Trump accuses Governors of hoarding Vents & doesn’t believe they really need them.
📌Trump warned of “a very, very painful two weeks” ahead as his medical experts predicted at least 100,000 American deaths from the coronavirus
nytimes.com/2020/03/31/wor…
📌Trump accuses Governors of hoarding Vents & doesn’t believe they really need them.
📌Trump warned of “a very, very painful two weeks” ahead as his medical experts predicted at least 100,000 American deaths from the coronavirus
nytimes.com/2020/03/31/wor…
3/30/20: Trump administration sent tons of protective medical gear to China while he minimized the virus threat to US
cnn.com/2020/03/29/opi…
cnn.com/2020/03/29/opi…
3/31/20:
The Trump adm has yet to curtail exports of PPE by U.S. companies—roughly 280 million masks in warehouses around the U.S. were purchased by foreign buyers (highest bidders likely) on Monday alone, according to Forbes.
HT @pocantico98
politico.com/news/2020/03/3…
The Trump adm has yet to curtail exports of PPE by U.S. companies—roughly 280 million masks in warehouses around the U.S. were purchased by foreign buyers (highest bidders likely) on Monday alone, according to Forbes.
HT @pocantico98
politico.com/news/2020/03/3…
3/31/20: The Trump administration had invoked the Defense Production Act in the past, but hesitated when the virus hit. Why?
nytimes.com/2020/03/31/wor…
nytimes.com/2020/03/31/wor…
3/31/20:
📌Commander of an aircraft carrier with at least 70 cases of coronavirus publicly pleads for help
cnn.com/videos/tv/2020…
📌Commander of an aircraft carrier with at least 70 cases of coronavirus publicly pleads for help
cnn.com/videos/tv/2020…
3/31/20
🔑Millions of masks are being purchased by foreign buyers and are leaving the US, according to the brokers, while the domestic need remains alarmingly high.
forbes.com/sites/daviddis…
🔑Millions of masks are being purchased by foreign buyers and are leaving the US, according to the brokers, while the domestic need remains alarmingly high.
forbes.com/sites/daviddis…
3/31/20:
🔑As many as 25 percent of people infected with the new coronavirus may not show symptoms.
🔑This is the most dangerous group as they shed the virus infecting others & are largely not elible for the test.
nytimes.com/2020/03/31/hea…
🔑As many as 25 percent of people infected with the new coronavirus may not show symptoms.
🔑This is the most dangerous group as they shed the virus infecting others & are largely not elible for the test.
nytimes.com/2020/03/31/hea…
On 3/29/20
⚠️Trump’s public health advisers said that even with strict countermeasures, deaths from the coronavirus in the United States could be between 100,000 and 200,000 — worse than even the worst-case scenarios just a month ago,
washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/…
⚠️Trump’s public health advisers said that even with strict countermeasures, deaths from the coronavirus in the United States could be between 100,000 and 200,000 — worse than even the worst-case scenarios just a month ago,
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🔑And illustrates a spectacular failure of leadership for a president who claimed “we have it totally under control.”
🔑By comparison, about 3,000 people died in the Sept. 11 attacks and about 58,000 Americans died in Vietnam.
washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/…
🔑By comparison, about 3,000 people died in the Sept. 11 attacks and about 58,000 Americans died in Vietnam.
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Trump said “if we can hold that down (Buber of deaths), as we’re saying, to 100,000 — it’s a horrible number — maybe even less, but to 100,000, so, we have between 100,000 and 200,000, we all together have done a very good job.” No sane person says that.
washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/…
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How does a human being use the phrase “a very good job” in contemplation of the deaths of 100,000 to 200,000 American souls —our family & friends? In what universe is that ok?
washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/…
washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/…
The U.S. Is Not Winning the Coronavirus Fight @realDonaldTrump #FailureInChief
China and South Korea have flattened their curves.
Italy, Spain, Germany and the Netherlands have begun to flatten their curves.
The United States still has not.
nytimes.com/2020/03/31/opi…
China and South Korea have flattened their curves.
Italy, Spain, Germany and the Netherlands have begun to flatten their curves.
The United States still has not.
nytimes.com/2020/03/31/opi…
@threadreaderapp unroll please and thank you. #COVID19
Why the Richest Country on Earth Can’t Get You a Face Mask
The US spends more on health care than any other nation, but missteps and vulnerable global supply chains have left it without the equipment necessary to protect its citizens from the coronavirus
wsj.com/articles/why-t…
The US spends more on health care than any other nation, but missteps and vulnerable global supply chains have left it without the equipment necessary to protect its citizens from the coronavirus
wsj.com/articles/why-t…
China Concealed Extent of Virus Outbreak, U.S. Intelligence Says
* Report submitted to White House on China’s under-count
* U.S. has publicly reported more than twice as many cases
bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
* Report submitted to White House on China’s under-count
* U.S. has publicly reported more than twice as many cases
bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
4/1/20: Global Coronavirus Cases Surge, U.S. Projects Up to 240,000 Deaths
wsj.com/articles/globa…
wsj.com/articles/globa…
Trump Incompetence
US official asked the Thais for help in securing PPE—only to be informed by the puzzled voices on the other side of the line that a U.S. shipment of the same supplies, the second of two so far, was already on its way to Bangkok.
politico.com/news/2020/03/3…
US official asked the Thais for help in securing PPE—only to be informed by the puzzled voices on the other side of the line that a U.S. shipment of the same supplies, the second of two so far, was already on its way to Bangkok.
politico.com/news/2020/03/3…
4/1/20: White House Promised 27 Million Coronavirus Tests By End of March, But U.S. Just Hit 1 Million
newsweek.com/white-house-pr…
newsweek.com/white-house-pr…
4/1/20: Trump admin will not reopen Obamacare exchanges during coronavirus pandemic
Last month, Trump had signaled that he was considering a special enrollment period.
Get it?
nbcnews.com/politics/white…
Last month, Trump had signaled that he was considering a special enrollment period.
Get it?
nbcnews.com/politics/white…
4/1/20: Nunes: California canceling school year is ‘way overkill’
The Republican congressman previously contradicted the advice of public health experts by suggesting that Americans visit local restaurants with their families.
Get it?
politico.com/news/2020/04/0…
The Republican congressman previously contradicted the advice of public health experts by suggesting that Americans visit local restaurants with their families.
Get it?
politico.com/news/2020/04/0…
White House Economists Warned in 2019 a Pandemic Could Devastate America
📌A study published last fall went unheeded. One of its authors now says economic shutdowns to fight the coronavirus could last up to eight months.
nytimes.com/2020/03/31/bus…
📌A study published last fall went unheeded. One of its authors now says economic shutdowns to fight the coronavirus could last up to eight months.
nytimes.com/2020/03/31/bus…
A White House report blows up Trump’s latest coronavirus defense
📌The report explicitly warned against treating a pandemic as a seasonal flu — and demonstrated how such a mind-set could hamper our appreciation of the damage pandemics can do.
washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/…
📌The report explicitly warned against treating a pandemic as a seasonal flu — and demonstrated how such a mind-set could hamper our appreciation of the damage pandemics can do.
washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/…
2017: The Trump administration is ill-prepared for a global pandemic
washingtonpost.com/national/healt…
washingtonpost.com/national/healt…
US Ventilator Stockpile, Thousands Do Not Work
Trump has assured states that thousands of ventilators remain at the ready, thousands more are in storage, unmaintained or otherwise unusable.
The adm allowed the maintenance contract lapse last year.
nytimes.com/2020/04/01/us/…
Trump has assured states that thousands of ventilators remain at the ready, thousands more are in storage, unmaintained or otherwise unusable.
The adm allowed the maintenance contract lapse last year.
nytimes.com/2020/04/01/us/…
4/1/20:
The contract to maintain the government’s stockpile of ventilators lapsed late last summer, and a contracting dispute meant that a new firm did not begin its work until late January. By then, the coronavirus crisis was already underway.
nytimes.com/2020/04/01/us/…
The contract to maintain the government’s stockpile of ventilators lapsed late last summer, and a contracting dispute meant that a new firm did not begin its work until late January. By then, the coronavirus crisis was already underway.
nytimes.com/2020/04/01/us/…
REMINDER: Before Virus Outbreak, a Cascade of Warnings Went Unheeded
📌That scenario, code-named “Crimson Contagion” and imagining an influenza pandemic, was simulated by the Trump adm’s HHS in a series of exercises that ran from last Jan to Aug.
nytimes.com/2020/03/19/us/…
📌That scenario, code-named “Crimson Contagion” and imagining an influenza pandemic, was simulated by the Trump adm’s HHS in a series of exercises that ran from last Jan to Aug.
nytimes.com/2020/03/19/us/…
2/19/20:
1MDB Fugitive Jho Low Was Active in Wuhan, Malaysia Police Say
* Police heard intelligence Low was active in the Chinese city
* #1MDB👉🏼Low👉🏼Barrack👉🏼Kush👉🏼666
WTF is Jho Low doing in Wuhan in February?
bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
1MDB Fugitive Jho Low Was Active in Wuhan, Malaysia Police Say
* Police heard intelligence Low was active in the Chinese city
* #1MDB👉🏼Low👉🏼Barrack👉🏼Kush👉🏼666
WTF is Jho Low doing in Wuhan in February?
bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
4/1/20: Anthony Fauci’s security is stepped up as doctor and face of U.S. coronavirus response receives threats
📌Fauci has become a public target for some right-wing commentators and bloggers, who exercise influence over parts of the president’s base.
washingtonpost.com/politics/antho…
📌Fauci has become a public target for some right-wing commentators and bloggers, who exercise influence over parts of the president’s base.
washingtonpost.com/politics/antho…
This 👇🏼
Inexcusable
“Trump KNEW ABOUT COVID19 since JANUARY 3rd 2020!”
