Trump Admin: World Looks to US as COVID 19 Leader

By NCD on Mon, 07/06/2020 - 9:06pm |

The White House claimed on Monday that the US has been “a leader” in the global fight against coronavirus, despite infections nationally now approaching 3m, with 130,000 deaths, and America recently witnessing the highest ever number of new daily cases reported in the world.

With the majority of US states reporting increases in new cases, the White House press secretary, Kayleigh McEnany, said at a briefing on Monday afternoon: “I think the world is looking at us as a leader in Covid-19.”

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jul/06/white-house-us-leader-coronavirus-infections

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Andrew Yang, maths guy:

We missed the window to test and trace. We missed the window to suppress and contain. Now we are faced with a terrible situation that will worsen through the Summer and Fall without dramatic action - action that may no longer even be possible. What a disaster.
— Andrew Yang (@AndrewYang) July 7, 2020

“America’s half-hearted reopening is a psychological morass, a setup for defeat that will be easy to blame on irresponsible individuals while culpable institutions evade scrutiny.” https://t.co/845wsezGuK
— Andrew Yang (@AndrewYang) July 7, 2020

by artappraiser on Mon, 07/06/2020 - 10:53pm

for those who don't trust the maths guy. here's the Republican public health guy, Dr. Gottlieb:

ICYMI: @ScottGottliebMD's warning on efforts to contain #COVID19:

"We're not going to really be able to crush this virus at this point because there's just so much infection around. We really don't seem to have the political will to do it. " https://t.co/HwYMF1UYJm pic.twitter.com/E16NeTUZ4B
— Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) July 6, 2020

by artappraiser on Tue, 07/07/2020 - 12:14am

For a few weeks now I've been thinking that we're just going to reopen everything and let the chips fall where they may. Those like me who can and are smart enough will just keep locked down and distanced as we watch from the sidelines. I'm not saying that I don't care about those who don't have the same choice that I have. Just that that's where we're going to end up. All that's left to mitigate it now is a vaccine

by ocean-kat on Tue, 07/07/2020 - 12:21am

Yes well not much can be done about it now. But some long term major chips even one gets lucky and avoids getting it: gonna be a lot of burned out health care providers reduced in number and quality, just as boomers need more, not less:

Hospitalizations jump 50% in California as coronavirus infections soar https://t.co/GJtPD76dib
— Timothy Aeppel (@TimAeppel) July 7, 2020

by artappraiser on Tue, 07/07/2020 - 12:39am

Yes, fortunately all my major hospital work was done over a year ago. I'm at 6 month check ups now just to keep an eye on the issues but I have it next week. I'm wondering what it will be like at the local clinic.

by ocean-kat on Tue, 07/07/2020 - 12:52am

UPDATE: In Florida, 56 hospital ICU’s in 25 counties have hit capacity and show zero ICU beds available, including 8 in Miami-Dade, 3 in Broward, 3 in Hillsborough and 4 in Orange counties, according to data released by the Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA). #COVID19
— Ana Cabrera (@AnaCabrera) July 8, 2020

by artappraiser on Tue, 07/07/2020 - 10:11pm

Trump will break the healthcare system this fall, those who work in didn't sign up for this. Next the education system, HHS Secretary Azar today:

"Health-care workers don't get infected because they take appropriate precautions. They engage in social distancing, wear facial coverings," Azar explained Tuesday, saying if "you can do all of this, there's no reason schools have to be in any way any different."

Over 800 healthcare, hospital staff have died of COVID.

by NCD on Tue, 07/07/2020 - 11:18pm

yeah, this problem, it's bad and I am not ashamed to say I am scared about it.

I saw just a teeny hint of the chaos with a Telemed visit with a NY-Mt. Sinai outpatient specialist in May, it wasn't reassuring, she seemed very much ready to crack.

by artappraiser on Tue, 07/07/2020 - 11:28pm

Yeah, schoolkids just like healthcare workers from 25-65.

by PeraclesPlease on Wed, 07/08/2020 - 1:19am

"Barron" trending on Twitter, cause of tweets like these:

Send Barron and your Grandchildren first. Let’s see how they fare.
— Nicky Smith #KirbStomp (@50Skrimp) July 7, 2020

Send Barron and all your grand kids first
— MayaAmore (@MayaAmore6) July 7, 2020

by artappraiser on Wed, 07/08/2020 - 1:50am

Holy cow. Florida withheld its hospitalization data for months... and now that it’s finally released, what a FLOODGATE or terrible hospital stats: 54 hospitals are at 100% ICU capacity!!! https://t.co/ZjknWSOs9S
— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) July 7, 2020

2) According to @samanthajgross, The state is *still* not reporting the county-by-county daily numbers of how many people are currently hospitalized. Oy.
— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) July 8, 2020

by artappraiser on Wed, 07/08/2020 - 2:23am

Samantha Gross has this at the top of her page

https://t.co/DJeS2oEmRI
— Samantha J. Gross (@samanthajgross) July 8, 2020

by artappraiser on Wed, 07/08/2020 - 2:26am

Side note suggesting DeSantis' true colors are: just another artificial and cynical politician with zero scruples:

DeSantis Is Said to Quietly Hinder Fund-Raising for Trump Convention https://t.co/W352iJgZjd by me and @PatriciaMazzei
— Annie Karni (@anniekarni) July 9, 2020

by artappraiser on Thu, 07/09/2020 - 10:33pm

current Texas deaths:

Turns out the lagging indicator lags https://t.co/r4MWKD1pzk
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) July 7, 2020

by artappraiser on Wed, 07/08/2020 - 12:09am

Texas and AZ ER docs on having to ration ICU rooms:

“doctors like Akhter are reporting waiting lists for ICU beds and having to decide who will be admitted for treatment and who will not”https://t.co/MmcuiNAF8G
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) July 8, 2020

by artappraiser on Wed, 07/08/2020 - 6:22am

Tulsa Health Official: Trump Rally Likely Cause of Virus Surge

MAGA rally spread disease https://t.co/MxkEogEv4x
— Borzou Daragahi (@borzou) July 8, 2020

by artappraiser on Wed, 07/08/2020 - 5:02pm

7/Florida continues to be bad at reporting datahttps://t.co/C6CsufHRf1
— "Rabbits are easy to litter-train" Smith (@Noahpinion) July 9, 2020

by artappraiser on Thu, 07/09/2020 - 2:24am

Houston:

This is bad bad bad. This is what happened in NYC. https://t.co/K4KlvXa4dC
— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) July 8, 2020

by artappraiser on Thu, 07/09/2020 - 3:19am

Watershed: Arizona has now surpassed New York’s all time highest epidemic peak in daily cases per capita. Florida also not too behind. #covid19

(HT @subatomicdoc). pic.twitter.com/hUiPf8HbVu
— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) July 8, 2020

by artappraiser on Thu, 07/09/2020 - 3:26am

Just did my big shopping trip to the city today. The stores are really pushing masks unlike my last trip two weeks ago. Most stores have signs saying Masks Required. Some stored refused to let me shop without a mask. Others asked me about it but let me shop saying they weren't enforcing it yet. At least my area of AZ is tightening up on mask use

by ocean-kat on Thu, 07/09/2020 - 8:00pm

appreciate the personal report!

by artappraiser on Thu, 07/09/2020 - 9:24pm

On how the White House bullies the CDC:

"In a White House guided by the president’s instincts, rather than by evidence-based policy, the CDC finds itself forced constantly to backtrack or sidelined from pivotal decisions."https://t.co/CFxwNMJ9q8
— Charlie Sykes (@SykesCharlie) July 9, 2020

by artappraiser on Thu, 07/09/2020 - 7:40pm

Texas passes 100 coronavirus deaths in a single day https://t.co/THrjcYCiiO
— J. W. (@wolfjon4) July 10, 2020

by artappraiser on Thu, 07/09/2020 - 9:24pm

U.S. sets one-day record with more than 60,500 COVID cases; Americans divided https://t.co/0PMHXX4Odf
— J. W. (@wolfjon4) July 10, 2020

by artappraiser on Thu, 07/09/2020 - 11:31pm

The US reported +960 new coronavirus deaths today, bringing the total to 135,822. The last three days have had the highest death toll in a month, causing the 7-day moving average to begin rising again. pic.twitter.com/fwBfVT3SyD
— Patrick Chovanec (@prchovanec) July 10, 2020

by artappraiser on Thu, 07/09/2020 - 11:47pm

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