The coronavirus spread updated in real time

[_Doctor CamNC4Me]

Huh.

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/Trump ... emic-team/

Did Trump Fire the US Pandemic Response Team?

...

True.

Tl;dr - Trump gutted the CDC because *reasons*.

What in the ever living “F” is wrong with the GOP and its base?

- Doc

[_DarkHelmet]

Huh.

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/Trump ... emic-team/

Did Trump Fire the US Pandemic Response Team?

...

True.

Tl;dr - Trump gutted the CDC because *reasons*.

What in the ever living ____ is wrong with the GOP and its base?

- Doc

Not to worry. He put Mike Pence in charge of the coronavirus issue. He will pray it away. And if his prayers don't work, well that's not Trump's fault.

[_MeDotOrg]

At tonight’s rally, Trump referred to the coronavirus as a hoax.

You have to admit, it's a helluva hoax. Getting all those people to die just to make the stock market go down...that takes some really dedicated pranksters.

Think of it as the world's biggest flash mob carrying off humanity's biggest prank with a virus, just to mess up the stock market.

Diabolical, I tell you.

[_EAllusion]

At tonight’s rally, Trump referred to the coronavirus as a hoax.

You have to admit, it's a helluva hoax. Getting all those people to die just to make the stock market go down...that takes some really dedicated pranksters.

Think of it as the world's biggest flash mob carrying off humanity's biggest prank with a virus, just to mess up the stock market.

Diabolical, I tell you.

I think he was trying to refer to the media alarm over coronavirus as a hoax, but flubbed it.

So, to modify this, Japan closed down its schools for a month to make Donald Trump look bad.

[_ajax18]

I call ____ on your claim about a "leftist chorus" claiming that Trump is a racist because of his original travel ban and quarantine. The ban is on all foreign nationals traveling from China -- it is not limited to a specific race. And the quarantine applies to all U.S. citizens entering from China, regardless of race. This sounds like something Trump or his sycophants made up.

Well of course it's not racist. But thankfully Donald Trump paid no heed to the race baiters and suspended travel from these countries almost two months ago while the Democrats were busy with their impeachment coup. We'd be in a much worse situation if we had a president who wasn't willing to have done this.

[_Maxine Waters]

This travel ban and quarantine is the result of right wing ignorance, fear, and racism. We need to fight to open up the borders to people fleeing the corona virus in Asia, Africa, and the middle east.

“I worry that what we’re seeing is more showboating and a quarantine to look tough,” said Wendy Parmet, a Northeastern University law professor and health policy expert. “Quarantines and travel bans have a really, really ugly history. Everyone always wants to do it when people are scared. But the downsides are high and the risks are high.”

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/202 ... n-response

[_EAllusion]

I call ____ on your claim about a "leftist chorus" claiming that Trump is a racist because of his original travel ban and quarantine. The ban is on all foreign nationals traveling from China -- it is not limited to a specific race. And the quarantine applies to all U.S. citizens entering from China, regardless of race. This sounds like something Trump or his sycophants made up.

Well of course it's not racist. But thankfully Donald Trump paid no heed to the race baiters and suspended travel from these countries almost two months ago while the Democrats were busy with their impeachment coup. We'd be in a much worse situation if we had a president who wasn't willing to have done this.

The coronavirus travel restrictions happened on Jan 31st. That's less than a month ago. Maybe you are confusing this with Trump's expanded travel ban on nations like Nigeria that happened a little before for no discernible reason besides racism.

[_EAllusion]

This travel ban and quarantine is the result of right wing ignorance, fear, and racism. We need to fight to open up the borders to people fleeing the corona virus in Asia, Africa, and the middle east.

“I worry that what we’re seeing is more showboating and a quarantine to look tough,” said Wendy Parmet, a Northeastern University law professor and health policy expert. “Quarantines and travel bans have a really, really ugly history. Everyone always wants to do it when people are scared. But the downsides are high and the risks are high.”

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/202 ... n-response

Good thing no one would try to exploit quarantines and travel bans in response to a pandemic for xenophobic purposes. I can't think of a single person who would do that. No siree.

[_canpakes]

The coronavirus travel restrictions happened on Jan 31st. Maybe you are confusing this with Trump's expanded travel ban on nations like Nigeria that happened a little before for no discernible reason besides racism.

What ajax is saying is that Nigeria could be a hotbed of coronavirus activity any day now, and that Trump used his superpowers to see into the future and impose the travel ban presciently.

[_EAllusion]

The coronavirus travel restrictions happened on Jan 31st. Maybe you are confusing this with Trump's expanded travel ban on nations like Nigeria that happened a little before for no discernible reason besides racism.

What ajax is saying is that Nigeria could be a hotbed of coronavirus activity any day now, and that Trump used his superpowers to see into the future and impose the travel ban presciently.

On an aside, I know two Nigerian immigrants. They're both medical doctors. They seem to be an increasingly handy people to have around at the moment.