North Dakota is facing an unprecedented peak (partially thanks to Sturgis Motorcycle rally) in the pandemic. Reports from across the state show hospitals at or near to capacity.
That was South Dakota....in North Dakota, they’re completely overwhelmed with Covid cases. To the point they tell residents to do their own contact tracing.
This doctor sums it up rather well. The number of positive cases is up & rising in 45 states. Hospitalizations are rising in 42 states. The percent testing positive is up to 37%.
I made this thread because it’s crazy how difficult it is to find out this information. It’s up too each state. It’s not widely reported. All tweets & reports are from the last 5 days.
Here in my state of Kentucky we are at the beginning of a surge. Our own Governor & his family are under quarantine. Our daily case numbers have doubled. Hospitals are stable now but governor warns it’s going to get grim soon.
As I learn more over the next week, I will add any new Hospital capacity & case spike info to this thread. I hope it helps. Information is valuable now more than ever.
this article shows with the FDA Gilead thru when they sent Remdesevir to China. Last night Trump & FDA approved of emergency use of it in the US In under 9 hours. Please remember one of his key advisers used to lobby for Gilead.
& I like the section looking forward for Gilead… Saying they needed to retain patent protections. When Trump gave them the orphan status that they turned back... they retained the 20 year remdesevir patents in 70 countries. That they desperately needed.
Gilly it is also known for price gouging and question of policing... they were even called out by Doctors Without Borders in India for excluding refugees and migrants. And even Donald Rumsfeld is on their board.
here’s the video of them loading up 17.8 tons of US medical equipment to send China back on Feb 7. Trump knew by Jan. 20 at the latest we had cases. Pompeo even tweeted about it 1/?
Then I started wondering what news was going on Feb. 7 to distract us... I always try that. App failure at Iowa caucus. Trumps hissy fit at the prayer breakfast. GOP wanted Hunter Biden info.... but that’s not all... 2/?
The White House said they had killed the leader of Al-Qaeda. Trump was pushing a jobs report. Trump was taking protected land in Utah. That’s a hell of a lot for one day. They did their best at distracting us even though it’s on record. 3/?
What is Trump plotting? Tweets in Farsi and English. Watching out to Iranian protesters & trashing the leaders. He doesn’t support human rights. Why does it feel like he is plotting something?
Between trumps tweets and just seeing Pompeo‘s tweet & a Newsweek article suggesting the CIA amplifying the protesters against regime for change… Why is 1953 repeating itself? we already screwed up with the regime change their once Christ
I don’t listen to the cult followers of Trump. When I see Wall Street Journal hinting at a screen with him on their oil and Newsweek saying the CIA is screwing with them in the Brookings Institute saying we’re hinting at a regime change… We never learn
Ok...we need to start paying more attention to Lebanon. News hit today that the US is withholding $105 million in security aid for Lebanon. This money is crucial for Lebanon to secure its borders (with Syria & Israel). 1/
US officials gave no official reason. The decision by State Department comes day after Israeli officials said diplomats had asked allies to condition funds on action against Hezbollah. I don’t believe in coincidences. 2/
This aid withholding comes after PM Saad Hariri left office due to protests. Hariri was a US ally. Now we see a vacuum that Russia intends to fill. Sec. of State Pompeo made an call for Lebanese leaders to form a new government 3/
Another Balkan country to catch my eye is Romania, considered to be one of the most corrupt in the EU. Rudy Giuliani wrote the leader, Klaus Iohannis, a letter Aug. 22nd expressing concern of their anti-corruption efforts. 1/
Rudy worried their efforts were too effective. He was retained by the Freeh Group International Solutions & supposedly handled through his security company, Giuliani Security & Safety. Freeh Group’s a security firm run by former head of the FBI Louis Freeh 2/
Keep in mind Giuliani’s stance is the opposite of US policy. The Freeh group was representing an American Romanian businessman caught in the anticorruption probe. He was later convicted. Both the US & Romania denounced the letter. 3/
Been wondering what Russia & Putin are up to. So I did some digging. I believe it could be 3 possible goals. Putin came of age in the USSR & KGB. While in the KGB, he saw Soviet Russia & Russia’s greatness fall. 1/
I believe Putin’s 1st goal is to reestablish Russia’s dominance in the world. In the fall of the USSR, they lost strength & ground. In Syria & Ukraine, Putin’s showing strength & force. He made the US look weak in Syria yesterday. 2/
Putin is asserting Russian strength even if allies are needed. In Ukraine, Russia has annexed Crimea & seemingly taking Donbass & even possibly Ukraine. This could give them a western border. Putin is succeeding in showing strength.