North Korea and US politics

[Steviedoo]

Mr T just can't stop lying, even during a crisis, absolutely pathetic. Instead, trying to take credit for anything that might let him look better. Nothing new, he's been doing it all his adult life.

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lets wait till Sunday...and even so....it should have been ready to go....And if there is no website people will forgive him and blame everyone else for the lack of a website and testing Centers.

there are not enough tests to test ppl for the corona virus...so the numbers will not reflect the reality of what will be a disaster in this country. ..

 

[slotplayer]

Tucker carlson brought up a good issue, what about the homeless, if they catch it what happens, hopefully they'd get taken in by a hospital, but who knows if they've got no insurance or money.

You dial 911 here, a state of the art ambulance shows up along with the police and maybe even the fire department. By law the hospital emergency room can't deny care. What country do you think this is?

 

[mack341]

You dial 911 here, a state of the art ambulance shows up along with the police and maybe even the fire department. By law the hospital emergency room can't deny care. What country do you think this is?

This is the clip I watched, sorry about the guy's eyebrows they're a bit distracting, but if it's as simple as you say I wonder why Tucker bothered to raise it, the guy mentions self quarantining and how it would be difficult for many homeless people.

Edit: btw I wasn't meaning to cause offence, I genuinely didn't know that ER care/treatment is provided to those that cannot pay and/or have no health insurance

 

[slotplayer]

This is the clip I watched, sorry about the guy's eyebrows they're a bit distracting, but if it's as simple as you say I wonder why Tucker bothered to raise it, the guy mentions self quarantining and how it would be difficult for many homeless people.

That's the (west) left coast, they're progressives and have progressive policies. I'm on the east coast, still liberal but not super progressive. (yet). My senator is Warren, she's progressive and she lost her own state, what's that tell ya? I said it before, progressive policies are dangerous.

I don't how Emergency Services work out there, I assume its similar but here you can call 911 and the fire house paramedics/ambulance will arrive pretty quickly. Actually the fire house is on my street so it would be a couple minutes.

I just talked to the homeless guy Mike in front of the market and asked where the penguin was (the other homeless guy is nicknamed penguin) and he told me he's been in the hospital all week, the ambulance came and took him to the hospital.

 

[slotplayer]

H1N1 - watch those videos.

 

[mack341]

Having read more about it now too, a homeless person in the US who contracts coronavirus might have a better chance of receiving treatment/tests than someone here on the NHS. We just haven't got the spare capacity to cope with large numbers coming down with it, so there will be some sort of rationing to help those with the best chance of survival. [if the number of sufferers as predicted is large]

"We are fast approaching a crunch time. NHS intensive care beds will be imminently overwhelmed with patients in dire need of mechanical ventilation. Italy’s experience has shown all too graphically that peak infection rates demand draconian rationing of health resources. In Lombardy, for example, some beleaguered hospitals have been forced to impose bans on ventilators for coronavirus sufferers aged over 60 – this despite knowing that it is predominantly the elderly who will die. " guardian yesterday

Edit: even the testing is going to be rationed to exclude those with mild symptoms.

 

[slotplayer]

Having read more about it now too, a homeless person in the US who contracts coronavirus might have a better chance of receiving treatment/tests than someone here on the NHS. We just haven't got the spare capacity to cope with large numbers coming down with it, so there will be some sort of rationing to help those with the best chance of survival. [if the number of sufferers as predicted is large]

"We are fast approaching a crunch time. NHS intensive care beds will be imminently overwhelmed with patients in dire need of mechanical ventilation. Italy’s experience has shown all too graphically that peak infection rates demand draconian rationing of health resources. In Lombardy, for example, some beleaguered hospitals have been forced to impose bans on ventilators for coronavirus sufferers aged over 60 – this despite knowing that it is predominantly the elderly who will die. " guardian yesterday

It will be the same here.

 

[mack341]

H1N1 - watch those videos.

Ahh the swine Flu?

I remember that here in the uk, it caused a major panic, yet wasn't as bad as predicted and the NHS had a stockpile of over 20 million unused doses of swine flu vaccines for England alone.

"Warnings that 65,000 people in the UK could die in a worst case scenario proved far too pessimistic, and the actual death toll during the outbreak was 457. " so we have been here before in recent years, I hope they're wrong again.

 

[slotplayer]

Ahh the swine Flu?

I remember that here in the uk, it caused a major panic, yet wasn't as bad as predicted and the NHS had a stockpile of over 20 million unused doses of swine flu vaccines for England alone.

"Warnings that 65,000 people in the UK could die in a worst case scenario proved far too pessimistic, and the actual death toll during the outbreak was 457. " so we have been here before in recent years, I hope they're wrong again.

its all in how the MSM presents things now.

This was Nov 12, 2009. I don't know the final numbers.

 

[sufferinsilence]

Ahh the swine Flu?

I remember that here in the uk, it caused a major panic, yet wasn't as bad as predicted and the NHS had a stockpile of over 20 million unused doses of swine flu vaccines for England alone.

"Warnings that 65,000 people in the UK could die in a worst case scenario proved far too pessimistic, and the actual death toll during the outbreak was 457. " so we have been here before in recent years, I hope they're wrong again.

How much are they predicting now?

I still hope this is gonna be much milder than what experts, and social media "experts", are saying. Scientists also seem to contradict eachother, you get hit with so many opinions and stories it's hard to keep track.

I was thinking the other day: how did I react to the whole Mexican Flu thing? I can't remember that I was overly worried about it and I'm pretty sure the initial death toll was also impressive.

This time it has hit me hard due to the amounts of information and also because of all the postponements and cancellations in sports. Another thing I can't remember: did we cancel events back then?

 

[ladyhawke]

Call me crazy but I don't think governments will be placing the homeless at the top of the priority tree. May even be glad to trim what they deem a nuisance

..., so there will be some sort of rationing to help those with the best chance of survival. [if the number of sufferers as predicted is large]

"... In Lombardy, for example, some beleaguered hospitals have been forced to impose bans on ventilators for coronavirus sufferers aged over 60 – this despite knowing that it is predominantly the elderly who will die. " guardian yesterday

Edit: even the testing is going to be rationed to exclude those with mild symptoms.

It simply beggars belief what is going on in Italy. Is this what society is heading towards - a cleansing of those who Society considers "not worthy"? And as @goatwack touches on, less scrupulous governments could use COVID-19 as an excuse to "thin" the population, particularly the elderly, as how they are regarded by the younger population is truly eye-opening.

"Ageism..a byproduct of a culture in which getting older has little or no positive value ... a phenomenon that has largely disenfranchised and marginalised older people from the rest of the population. Our ageist society has deep roots, going back decades to produce what is perhaps the most youth-oriented culture in history. " Lawrence R. Samuel PH.D.

 

[Steviedoo]

The coronavirus outbreak is more severe than the 2009 outbreak of H1N1, or swine flu. That illness infected between 700 million and 1.4 billion people worldwide but only had a mortality rate of 0.02%.

Mortality rate for Coronavirus is 3-4%.

The coronavirus is spread through respiratory fluids such as saliva or mucus. It is an airborne disease making it highly contagious. Unlike h1n1 or the flu there is NO treatment or vaccine for the Coronavirus.

 

[Steviedoo]

There you go....not a fan of Tucker...the only time the trumpsters will believe it is more serious than it is will be when someone they know gets sick and dies. And even then....

And Tucker should be more specific and say GOP and Trump government is responsible.

 

[Steviedoo]

Why is this acceptable from our president. Cuz that’s who he is...we knew his personality...oh but so what he lies....but he’s bombastic...he likes to boast...all unacceptable. Everything he has done so far with this coronavirus pandemic is nothing short of incompetent.

His quickly put together plan for testing. Not even remotely well planned. Google website? What website google responded?

Chaos at the airports cuz he said people will be tested at the airports and not putting enough man power to do that testing. he is an agent of chaos and the epitome of incompetence. And the Russians like him this way.


This was how he dealt with this. his responses. Why is this acceptable?! I wanna hear why this is acceptable from a man in charge of the country. All of you on here who still believe in him. Would you accept this from anyone else?

Jan. 22, the day before China imposed a draconian quarantine on the province where the virus originated, Donald Trump claimed the disease was “totally under control,” that it was just in a single patient who had come from China. “It’s going to be just fine.”

Feb. 10, as the virus was starting to spread in Italy and Iran, Trump told a meeting of the nation’s governors at the White House: “A lot of people think that goes away in April with the heat.”

Feb. 26, the day after a top official at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned that life in the United States was likely to change very quickly, Trump claimed that there were only 15 cases here, and that number would soon fall to zero.

Feb 28: he called the virus the latest “hoax” that Democrats and the media were using to hurt the economy and, in turn, his chances for reelection. Indeed, over the course of February, he spoke and posted on Twitter repeatedly that the coronavirus and COVID-19, the disease it causes, had not killed as many as the seasonal flu and suggested that Americans should buy stocks.

March 13: Trump declared a national emergency, sending the official signal that local governments and hospitals around the country should take the problem seriously and ensuring that federal money would help reimburse their costs. In the meantime, only a tiny fraction of Americans have been tested for the disease, meaning officials do not have enough data to allocate resources most efficiently.

 

[Harry_BKK]

Why is this acceptable from our president. Cuz that’s who he is...we knew his personality...oh but so what he lies....but he’s bombastic...he likes to boast...all unacceptable. Everything he has done so far with this coronavirus pandemic is nothing short of incompetent.

His quickly put together plan for testing. Not even remotely well planned. Google website? What website google responded?

Chaos at the airports cuz he said people will be tested at the airports and not putting enough man power to do that testing. he is an agent of chaos and the epitome of incompetence. And the Russians like him this way.


This was how he dealt with this. his responses. Why is this acceptable?! I wanna hear why this is acceptable from a man in charge of the country. All of you on here who still believe in him. Would you accept this from anyone else?

Jan. 22, the day before China imposed a draconian quarantine on the province where the virus originated, Donald Trump claimed the disease was “totally under control,” that it was just in a single patient who had come from China. “It’s going to be just fine.”

Feb. 10, as the virus was starting to spread in Italy and Iran, Trump told a meeting of the nation’s governors at the White House: “A lot of people think that goes away in April with the heat.”

Feb. 26, the day after a top official at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned that life in the United States was likely to change very quickly, Trump claimed that there were only 15 cases here, and that number would soon fall to zero.

Feb 28: he called the virus the latest “hoax” that Democrats and the media were using to hurt the economy and, in turn, his chances for reelection. Indeed, over the course of February, he spoke and posted on Twitter repeatedly that the coronavirus and COVID-19, the disease it causes, had not killed as many as the seasonal flu and suggested that Americans should buy stocks.

March 13: Trump declared a national emergency, sending the official signal that local governments and hospitals around the country should take the problem seriously and ensuring that federal money would help reimburse their costs. In the meantime, only a tiny fraction of Americans have been tested for the disease, meaning officials do not have enough data to allocate resources most efficiently.

Especially his European travel ban has worked just "perfectly". Chaos as usual and doing more harm than good. But yeah, Mr T saying "I take no responsibility at all".

People asked to fill out two forms on arrival but not enough pens, so they told them to share pens....right! Any infected person would then infect dozens of others.

And this pic is just hilarious. People waited for up to 5 hours!!! No toilets or hand sanitizer in sight. One sneezer and you have 100s of people getting the virus.

 

[Steviedoo]

Especially his European travel ban has worked just "perfectly". Chaos as usual and doing more harm than good. But yeah, Mr T saying "I take no responsibility at all".

People asked to fill out two forms on arrival but not enough pens, so they told them to share pens....right! Any infected person would then infect dozens of others.

And this pic is just hilarious. People waited for up to 5 hours!!! No toilets or hand sanitizer in sight. One sneezer and you have 100s of people getting the virus.

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As all things trump...Sign of hastily made, poorly planned, terribly executed policy..

 

[Kroffe]

As all things trump...Sign of hastily made, poorly planned, terribly executed policy..

 

[vorcirion]

Trump please! Norwegians are trying to say something!

 

[slotplayer]

The h1n1 killed around 13,000 here. Took 6 months before they declared it a national emergency.

The media was sane back then.

 

[slotplayer]

They're going to push Biden and complain about the Elephant in the Room when it comes to "T", how ironic. Cracks me up.

 

[Steviedoo]

The h1n1 killed around 13,000 here. Took 6 months before they declared it a national emergency.

The media was sane back then.

huh huh blame everyone else.

 

[Steviedoo]

They're going to push Biden and complain about the Elephant in the Room when it comes to "T", how ironic. Cracks me up.

can you honestly say trump is dealing with this.

why is it acceptable to you that he lies...it’s all there outlined in my post above. His responses, unprepared and literally stupid. Regardless if the media is a circus.

 

[mack341]

How much are they predicting now?

I still hope this is gonna be much milder than what experts, and social media "experts", are saying. Scientists also seem to contradict eachother, you get hit with so many opinions and stories it's hard to keep track.

I was thinking the other day: how did I react to the whole Mexican Flu thing? I can't remember that I was overly worried about it and I'm pretty sure the initial death toll was also impressive.

This time it has hit me hard due to the amounts of information and also because of all the postponements and cancellations in sports. Another thing I can't remember: did we cancel events back then?

I don't think they've given a prediction this time, probably as a result of getting it so wrong with swine flu.

No, I can't recall them cancelling events for swine flu, certainly not the football.

I don't remember the mexican flu, must've passed me by

 

[slotplayer]

can you honestly say trump is dealing with this.

why is it acceptable to you that he lies...it’s all there outlined in my post above. His responses, unprepared and literally stupid. Regardless if the media is a circus.

Just go look at the videos, even the one I posted.

What does it say in the beginning? "Today's numbers are 4 times higher than the CDC first reported just 6 days ago." Then look at 44 seconds in. What do they say, cases missed.

 

[slotplayer]

I don't think they've given a prediction this time, probably as a result of getting it so wrong with swine flu.

No, I can't recall them cancelling events for swine flu, certainly not the football.

I don't remember the mexican flu, must've passed me by

It passed you by because less media hype and little or no social media.

 

[ladyhawke]

The h1n1 killed around 13,000 here. Took 6 months before they declared it a national emergency.

The media was sane back then.

I don't think they've given a prediction this time, probably as a result of getting it so wrong with swine flu.

No, I can't recall them cancelling events for swine flu, certainly not the football.

I don't remember the mexican flu, must've passed me by

It passed you by because less media hype and little or no social media.

I completely agree that this time around, Social Media and the MSM should accept most of the responsibility for the current widespread panic/hysteria, due almost entirely to the way they are reporting this crisis.

But....back in 2009 when Swine Flu hit, it is possible that governments simply were not aware of how serious it would prove to be, and therefore did not initially feel the necessity to share a lot of information to the media, which is why it never became a circus. And of course, social media in all forms was still in its infancy.

This time around, there was no hiding what was happening in Wuhan, and the media was involved virtually from first light. By the time Governments recognised the potential impact of the impending pandemic, the media were already way ahead of the curve, so to speak.

And once the tiger is out of its cage, it is impossible to put it back in.

I do wonder what the world would be like today regarding COVID-19, if the reporting had been more responsible? AND if the governments had been more responsible as well.

AS for cancellation of events, self-isolation etc - this did not happen back in 2009. People just went on with their lives without this mass panic.

 

[sufferinsilence]

After I asked the question last night I ventured onto the big bad Wikipedia just now to read abit about the Mexican Flu and from what I gathered only in Mexico they cancelled events, closed schools etc. but not even for that long: April 24th until May 5th 2009.

The biggest difference, except for the predicted mortality rate which which will be between the outliers of 0.5 and 2% according to some oped's I read, is that the contagious period was only 5 to 7 days and not present when there were no symptoms.

I'm trying to keep my corona-virus-news-and-other-nonsense-reports-intake much lower right now. My anxiety has been through the roof.

 

[Steviedoo]

its all in how the MSM presents things now.

This was Nov 12, 2009. I don't know the final numbers.


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The media is a circus. We get that.

Does he have to lie about a website and mislead people?

The answer is still no.

No matter how the media presents the info.

Not ok.

 

[Steviedoo]

Just go look at the videos, even the one I posted.

What does it say in the beginning? "Today's numbers are 4 times higher than the CDC first reported just 6 days ago." Then look at 44 seconds in. What do they say, cases missed.

Here I will repeat the question.

Was it ok for trump to have lied so many times in what he was doing in response to the coronavirus?

And lied he did. It’s not fake news. There is video.

 

[slotplayer]

The media is a circus. We get that.

Does he have to lie about a website and mislead people?

The answer is still no.

No matter how the media presents the info.

Not ok.

I don't know if he's lying or just lost at times but he's not 43 he's 73.

 

[Steviedoo]

I don't know if he's lying or just lost at times but he's not 43 he's 73.

Still an excuse.

Dems have choice between a 77 and 78 year old.

Good times ahead like you said.

 

[Steviedoo]

@slotplayer

It’s not just the media hype. It’s the death rate. This is what’s worrisome.

Mortality rates

Seasonal flu: 0.1%
H1N1: 0.02%
Coronavirus: 3.4%

 

[sufferinsilence]

@slotplayer

It’s not just the media hype. It’s the death rate. This is what’s worrisome.

Mortality rates

Seasonal flu: 0.1%
H1N1: 0.02%
Coronavirus: 3.4%

The mortality rate is inflated tho. No country is checking everyone who has symptoms anymore so there are many flying under the radar. Only South Korea is doing as many tests as possible but other countries don't have the resources to. The current 3.8% case fatality rate is from the known cases which were all severe enough to be tested.

We'll only know an estimation of the real rate when all's said and done, like I posted in my previous post some experts are saying it'll be between 0.5 and 2% which is still very high!

 

[slotplayer]

@slotplayer

It’s not just the media hype. It’s the death rate. This is what’s worrisome.

Mortality rates

Seasonal flu: 0.1%
H1N1: 0.02%
Coronavirus: 3.4%

yes, I heard the numbers. I also hear the death rate is high because the number of people that have been tested are low so far.

Also the flu and H1N1 have vaccinations.

 

[Harry_BKK]

The h1n1 killed around 13,000 here. Took 6 months before they declared it a national emergency.

The media was sane back then.

When will you learn to post the entire truth?

The main reason why they didn't go for the full national emergency was because it was basically the flu, and not a viral infection as the coronavirus causes.

 

[Harry_BKK]

The h1n1 killed around 13,000 here. Took 6 months before they declared it a national emergency.

The media was sane back then.

The media sane????

Surely not those on the right! You might want to read up the nonsense your friends at Faux, Breitbart et al were talking at the time.

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[slotplayer]

I think in April the congress freed up 1.5b in emergency funding.

A public health emergency is a lesser event than a national emergency, which triggers a rapid outlay of federal money to address the emergency. National emergencies also give great power to the president, allowing the president to do things such as activate the National Guard.

Not what I see. its block so you have to click thru to You Tube.

ABC NEWS Oct 26, 2009

 

[ladyhawke]

ABC NEWS Oct 26, 2009

A very interesting video from the ABC, which is a respected News outlet.

Summary of H1N1 impact on USA:
1: H1N1 was identified at the end of April.
2: Obama declared the epidemic a National Emergency at the end of October.
3: A vaccine that worked was available at the end of October.
4: Four of the 5 manufacturers of the vaccine were overseas.
5: "Vaccine Panic" ensued as there was not enough to go around.

H1N1 vs COVID-19:
1: Obama administration declared H1N1 a "public health emergency" in April 2009.
2: Obama administration declared H1N1 a 'National emergency" in October 2009.
3: Initially, Trump declared COVID-19 a "hoax" perpetrated by the Democrats and MSM.
4: Trump

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the coronavirus a "public health emergency" on Jan. 31, 2020.
5: Trump declared COVID-19 a "National emergency" on March 14th.
6: No vaccine currently available. Estimates by the CDC is that a vaccine won't be available for 12-18 months.
Note: Information regarding the development of a vaccine now indicates an earlier release may be possible.
7: Limited testing kits available.
8: No panic buying of food staples/toilet roll with H1N1. The only panic appears to have been over the shortfall of available vaccines.


And if you want to know anything about how to create a vaccine, and why existing vaccines won't work against COVID-19, the following article is very useful.

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[slotplayer]

3: Initially, Trump declared COVID-19 a "hoax" perpetrated by the Democrats and MSM.

He didn't declare the COVID19 a Hoax, he declared their politicization of it a hoax. The media spun it.

Right at 1:02 with Bloomberg

 

[mack341]

3: Initially, Trump declared COVID-19 a "hoax" perpetrated by the Democrats and MSM.

Steviedoo has mentioned this too, I thought he said the democrat and media attacks on his handling of the virus outbreak were the new hoax, not the actual virus ?

Edit: I'm too late again Slotplayer has covered this above

 

[Harry_BKK]

3: Initially, Trump declared COVID-19 a "hoax" perpetrated by the Democrats and MSM.

He didn't declare the COVID19 a Hoax, he declared their politicization of it a hoax. The media spun it.

Right at 1:02 with Bloomberg

Funny how you cheerleaders rally every time to find an explanation for his nonsense ...... e.g. fine people on both sides, he was only joking etc.

This is a transcript of what he said exactly. Most sites state that it can be understood both ways because after the sentence with "hoax" he does not say anything on how the Democrats spin it or politicize it. Instead, he describes the current status of the Coronavirus situation and what brags about what he did.

 

[mack341]

On the one hand Trump put in place flight restrictions with china [possibly elsewhere too] quite early, but on the other hand he tried to downplay the seriousness of the virus, probably in a vain attempt to keep the stock market (bubble) prices intact.

I do not believe he is micro managing the CDC strategy, he doesn't do detail, is not a scientist or medically qualified in anyway.

These are the current figures from the CDC

• Total cases: 1,629
• Total deaths: 41

compared to the uk with about 1/5 of the population of the US, 1,372 confirmed cases and 35 deaths. So on that basis the US is not faring too bad overall.

The more Trump is criticised the more he will do to prioritise it and improve the response, more resources etc...as he wants to be popular.

 

[mack341]

Funny how you cheerleaders rally every time to find an explanation for his nonsense ...... e.g. fine people on both sides, he was only joking etc.

This is a transcript of what he said exactly. Most sites state that it can be understood both ways because after the sentence with "hoax" he does not say anything on how the Democrats spin it or politicize it. Instead, he describes the current status of the Coronavirus situation and what brags about what he did.

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according to the snopes website:

" Despite creating some confusion with his remarks, Trump did not call the coronavirus itself a hoax. "

 

[ShadyFei]

These are the current figures from the CDC

• Total cases: 1,629
• Total deaths: 41

compared to the uk with about 1/5 of the population of the US, 1,372 confirmed cases and 35 deaths. So on that basis the US is not faring too bad overall.

The US confirmed cases are grossly underreported. The numbers are so low because all of their medical professionals do not have CV tests or not enough of them. Epidemiologists estimate there are 100,000 or more cases right now. Becase the virus has a long incubation period, most don’t know they are infected. Their health care system will be at the brink in about 10-14 days.

 

[Harry_BKK]

On the one hand Trump put in place flight restrictions with china [possibly elsewhere too] quite early, but on the other hand he tried to downplay the seriousness of the virus, probably in a vain attempt to keep the stock market (bubble) prices intact.

I do not believe he is micro managing the CDC strategy, he doesn't do detail, is not a scientist or medically qualified in anyway.

These are the current figures from the CDC

• Total cases: 1,629
• Total deaths: 41

compared to the uk with about 1/5 of the population of the US, 1,372 confirmed cases and 35 deaths. So on that basis the US is not faring too bad overall.

The more Trump is criticised the more he will do to prioritise it and improve the response, more resources etc...as he wants to be popular.

Don't test, not many cases - simple Mr T strategy.

Despite the ban, there were flights landing in the US from China every week, much less than usual but not completely stopped

 

[mack341]

The US confirmed cases are grossly underreported. The numbers are so low because all of their medical professionals do not have CV tests or not enough of them. Epidemiologist estimate there are 100,000 or more cases right now. Becase the virus has a long incubation period, most don’t know they are infected. Their health care system will be at the brink in about 10-14 days.

You're probably right but it's the same in the uk, a shortage or rationing of tests, I doubt we are doing more than the US and we have a national health service, under the govt's direct control, as our main health provider not private hospitals like the US.

I don't think he is doing too bad now, except trying to buy this german vaccine company sounds very trumpian and silly/crass though.

 

[Harry_BKK]

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[ladyhawke]

3: Initially, Trump declared COVID-19 a "hoax" perpetrated by the Democrats and MSM.

He didn't declare the COVID19 a Hoax, he declared their politicization of it a hoax. The media spun it.

Right at 1:02 with Bloomberg

You are correct. Unfortunately, the general perception is that Trump called COVID-19 a hoax, and in this case, I admit he has been unfairly pilloried.

However, many of his other comments on COVID-19 are indefensible, e.g.
- "I don't take responsibility at all" regarding the diagnostic testing shortage

- claiming that health insurance providers had agreed to waive their customers payments for coronavirus-related treatment.

- falsely declaring that any American who needs a coronavirus test can get one.

The list goes on and on and on. If only he would lead the nation - after all, it is supposed to be the UNITED States - instead of bullying and insulting and ducking issues he can't avoid or control.

And then there is his classic tweet from Nov 9th 2013, which he obviously doesn't believe applies to him, even though he is the President:

Leadership: Whatever happens, you're responsible. If it doesn't happen, you're responsible.

 

[ladyhawke]

Funny how you cheerleaders rally every time to find an explanation for his nonsense ...... e.g. fine people on both sides, he was only joking etc.

This is a transcript of what he said exactly. Most sites state that it can be understood both ways because after the sentence with "hoax" he does not say anything on how the Democrats spin it or politicize it. Instead, he describes the current status of the Coronavirus situation and what brags about what he did.

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In this instance, Harry, I don't believe Trump was calling COVID-19 a hoax. One of the rare instances where I believe he is being unfairly maligned.

 

[Harry_BKK]

In this instance, Harry, I don't believe Trump was calling COVID-19 a hoax. One of the rare instances where I believe he is being unfairly maligned.

Then he should finally learn to avoid a word salad when he speaks.