Profile picture
, 3 tweets, 2 min read
My Authors
Read all threads
Everything the Trump administration has promised—drive-thru testing centers in Walmart parking lots, a website to diagnose people, and now the hospital ship sent to NY—has turned out to be useless or nonexistent nytimes.com/2020/04/02/nyr…
The hospital ship is only taking patients who have tested negative for COVID-19, which forces them to go to a regular hospital first … which will only expose them to the disease if they don’t already have it.

Why is the ship doing this? Trump’s orders.
Trump is STILL treating this pandemic like it’s just a PR problem, and not the biggest global health challenge in a century. He thinks just *saying* they’re doing things is enough instead of *actually* doing them.

It’s getting people killed.
Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to force a refresh.

Enjoying this thread?

Keep Current with Matt O'Brien

Profile picture

Stay in touch and get notified when new unrolls are available from this author!

Read all threads

This Thread may be Removed Anytime!

Twitter may remove this content at anytime, convert it as a PDF, save and print for later use!

Try unrolling a thread yourself!

how to unroll video

1) Follow Thread Reader App on Twitter so you can easily mention us!

2) Go to a Twitter thread (series of Tweets by the same owner) and mention us with a keyword "unroll" @threadreaderapp unroll

You can practice here first or read more on our help page!

More from @ObsoleteDogma see all

Profile picture
Matt O'Brien
@ObsoleteDogma
I’m sorry, but this is honestly the dumbest thing I’ve ever read. It’d be great if the Wall Street Journal would stop misinforming its readers by publishing this kind of nonsense.
Laffer & Moore support “a pro-growth tax cut, such as a suspension of the payroll tax” b/c it would “give 27 million small businesses an incentive to fire rather than fire.”

WHAT INCENTIVE IS THERE TO HIRE WHEN YOUR CUSTOMERS ARE QUARANTINED AND GOVT IS REQUIRING YOU TO CLOSE?
Me, every time I finish reading Art Laffer & Stephen Moore
Read 3 tweets
Profile picture
Matt O'Brien
@ObsoleteDogma
Day 2 of my wife feeling sick: low-grade fever, cough, chills. She has a co-worker, who she sometimes worked on the same floor with, who already tested positive for COVID-19.

You'd think this would make her a good candidate to get tested, but no. Still almost no testing in NY.
Her doctor doesn’t want her to come in, for fear of potentially infecting others. Same with Urgent Care. And she was advised not to get tested at an ER, because, if she doesn’t have it, there’s a good chance she’d get it there.

We need drive-through testing centers. Now.
Thanks to everyone for the well wishes. Also thanks to everyone who's let us know that there *is* a drive-through testing facility at Jones Beach in Long Island. We've been trying to make an appointment over the phone, keep getting disconnected after being on hold for an hour...
Read 15 tweets
Profile picture
Matt O'Brien
@ObsoleteDogma
This is flat-out wrong, and it should be embarrassing — and, more to the point, hugely concerning — that Bloomberg believed it.
Randy Kroszner, a conservative, GWB-appointee to the Fed, found no evidence that the Community Reinvestment Act, which outlawed redlining, was behind the 2008 crash. blogs.wsj.com/economics/2008…
Bloomberg has been consistently wrong about the 2008 crisis. He blamed Congress for it a second time when he said that it happened because they also pushed Fannie and Freddie to lend to poor people. This is also demonstrably false. thinkprogress.org/mayor-bloomber…
Read 6 tweets

Related threads

Profile picture
Andrew Feinberg
@AndrewFeinberg
NOW: @realDonaldTrump opens briefing by noting that #coronavirus is in 148 countries, which he calls “unbelievable.”

It would not be so unbelievable to him had he listened to the people in his own administration who tried to warn him.
Trump now rehashing the border announcements from the other day and talking about the 12,000 small business owners (read: supporters and donors) he claims to have spoken to on a call yesterday.
Trump now touting @Walmart CEO’s support. Keep in mind that eight days ago in the Rose Garden, he promised that there’d be drive through testing in Wal-Mart parking lots, which was a blatant lie.
Read 49 tweets
Profile picture
Daniel Sinclair
@_DanielSinclair
In New Rochelle, the U.S. has a small glimpse into that life under lockdown — where the app economy has dried up, and the food is delivered in rationed bags by a desperate mobilized force. For America, it will be the National Guard — not the cadres.
New Rochelle High School: "This was the scene today at the sprawling campus that was otherwise quiet as thousands of students are kept out of three of the city's schools in an effort to contain the spread of coronavirus." lohud.com/story/news/loc…
"A [coronavirus] testing site run by Northwell Health was being set up at Glen Island Park this morning. It's expected to begin taking patients on Friday"
Read 3024 tweets
Profile picture
Daniel Sinclair
@_DanielSinclair
"Curbs on transport in Wuhan remain in place, and schools in the province would remain closed until further notice... New infections in Hubei continued to stabilize, with new cases declining for the sixth day. All 13 new cases in Hubei were recorded in Wuhan."
"The [Chinese] economy is still operating at about 25% below its usual levels"
This recent photograph from Wuhan articulates how disconnected from normal life the conditions have become — despite progress in slowing the epidemic and restarting the economy. Food rations are delivered by garbage truck.
Read 3029 tweets
Profile picture
Daniel Sinclair
@_DanielSinclair
“Mr. Xi’s visit comes as China re­ports a steep de­cline in the num­ber of new cases. On Tues­day, Wuhan shut down the last of the 14 tem­po­rary hos­pi­tals that it had built to ac­com­mo­date the sud­den surge of new pa­tients.”
A signal that China can get back to work:
But, despite this victory lap for the Xi presidency, China is very much not back to normal. Those who can leave Hubei will still need to quarantine. Their Alipay health codes will still be red. They’ll still be shunned from society.
Read 3017 tweets
Profile picture
Daniel Sinclair
@_DanielSinclair
Saint Patrick's Day celebrations winding down next. A year without culture or celebration.
"This is a unique virus, with unique features. This virus is not influenza. We are in uncharted territory." cnbc.com/2020/03/03/who…
"Dr. Mike Ryan, executive director of WHO’s health emergencies program, said Monday that the coronavirus isn’t transmitting the same exact way as the flu and health officials have been given a 'glimmer, a chink of light' that the virus could be contained." Image
Read 2981 tweets
Profile picture
Friend or Foe?
@starknightz
1. DEMOCRAT DISASTER: Focus Group Finds Former Obama Voters Now Firmly in President TRUMP CAMP! thegatewaypundit.com/2019/12/democr… #TRUMP #NEWS #Trump2020 #MAGA #KAG #WINNING
2. POLL: Majority of Americans Now Believe FBI Broke the Law Investigating Trump Campaign thegatewaypundit.com/2019/12/poll-m… #TRUMP #NEWS #Trump2020 #MAGA #KAG #Spygate
3. Newt Gingrich: Democrats’ ‘Anti-Constitutional Gimmick’ is Helping Trump (VIDEO) thegatewaypundit.com/2019/12/newt-g… #TRUMP #NEWS
Read 20 tweets

Trending hashtags

#Iran #Corrupt #Venezuela #Trump #Benghazi #Giuliani #Socialdistancing #JohnBolton #Kingdom #Whistleblower #IRAN #BREXIT #KAG #BattleFront #EnemyOfThePeople #BrowardCounty #travel #질병본부_화이팅 #TBT #UnitedStates #stayathome #Azerbaijan #america #FlipTheSenate #ISRAEL

Embed code for your website

×
Follow Us on Twitter!

Did Thread Reader help you today?

Support us! We are indie developers!

This site is made by just three indie developers on a laptop doing marketing, support and development! Read more about the story.

Become a Premium Member ($3.00/month or $30.00/year) and get exclusive features!

Become Premium

Too expensive? Make a small donation by buying us coffee ($5) or help with server cost ($10)

Donate via Paypal Become our Patreon

Thank you for your support!