2018: "In 2018, the Trump administration fired the government’s entire pandemic response chain of command, including the White House management infrastructure. In numerous phone calls and emails with key agencies across the U.S. government, the only consistent response I encountered was distressed confusion. If the United States still has a clear chain of command for pandemic response, the White House urgently needs to clarify what it isIf the United States still has a clear chain of command for pandemic response, the White House urgently needs to clarify what it is—not just for the public but for the government itself, which largely finds itself in the dark" -
https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/01/31/co ... -response/https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/09/politics ... index.htmlJan 21 - first US case of coronavirus. Tump says: “We have it totally under control.”
Jan 22 - “We’re in great shape … and I think China’s in good shape too, by the way.”
Jan. 24: “It will all work out well.”
Jan 29: Trump announced a coronavirus task force headed by Alex Azar.
Jan 30: “We think we have it very well under control. We have very little problem in this country at this moment — five. And those people are all recuperating successfully."
Feb 2: "we did shut it down, yes.”
Feb 7: "as the weather starts to warm & the virus hopefully becomes weaker, and then gone.”
Feb 10: “We only have 11 cases, and they’re all getting better"
Feb. 14: “We have a very small number of people in the country, right now, with it. It’s like around 12. Many of them are getting better. Some are fully recovered already. So we’re in very good shape.”
Feb 24 - “Coronavirus is very much under control in the USA ”
Feb 24 - "Stock Market starting to look very good to me!" - just before the DOW took a 7,000 point nosedive.
Feb. 25: “You may ask about the coronavirus, which is very well under control in our country. We have very few people with it, and the people that have it are … getting better. They’re all getting better. … As far as what we’re doing with the new virus, I think that we’re doing a great job.”
Feb 25 - "we’re very close to a vaccine” - Dr. Fauci estimates 12-18 months before the general public would have access to a vaccine.
Feb 26 - Trump’s top economic adviser Larry Ludlow said the virus was "contained" and urged Americans to buy stocks.
Feb. 26: “Because of all we’ve done, the risk to the American people remains very low. … When you have 15 people, and the 15 within a couple of days is going to be down to close to zero. That’s a pretty good job we’ve done."
Feb. 27: “Only a very small number in U.S., & China numbers look to be going down."
Feb 27: Trump puts Mike Pence in charge of coronavirus response team.
Feb 28: "we only have 15 people and they are getting better, and hopefully they’re all better. There’s one who is quite sick, but maybe he’s gonna be fine."
Feb 28: Trump calls the virus the new hoax.
Feb 29: FIRST DEATH - Trump silent
March 1: SECOND DEATH - Trump silent
Mar 3: SIX DEATHS - Trump silent
Mar 4: ELEVEN DEATHS - Trump silent
Mar 4 - In a phone interview with Sean Hannity, Trump equates coronavirus with the flu and says people infected with the disease should still go to work, contrary to what we're now told to do. He was effectively helping the spread by encouraging Americans to work even if sick.
March 5: “With approximately 100,000 CoronaVirus cases worldwide, and 3,280 deaths, the United States, because of quick action on closing our borders, has, as of now, only 129 cases (40 Americans brought in) and 11 deaths.”
Mar 7 - “Anyone who wants a test can get one” - This is a lie.
Mar 7: "It came out of China...we closed it down; we stopped it." - obviously not
Mar 8: 22 DEATHS over 500 cases
Mar 9: "So last year 37,000 Americans died from the common Flu. It averages between 27,000 and 70,000 per year. Nothing is shut down, life & the economy go on. At this moment there are 546 confirmed cases of CoronaVirus, with 22 deaths. Think about that!"
Mar 11- Health insurers "have agreed to waive all copayments for coronavirus treatments" - This is a lie.
Mar 11 - Trump bans all travel from Europe excepting UK.
Mar 13- declares National Emergency
Mar 13- "Google has 1,700 engineers working on this right now." - Wrong again.
Mar 15: 63 Dead over 3000 cases
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/15/opin ... Hr6Pc1NzqY"One of the hardest things for me to accept is the fact that Kevin Graham has blonde hair, blue eyes and an English last name. This ugly truth blows any arguments one might have for actual white supremacism out of the water. He's truly a disgrace." - Ajax
