Here's where Trump said he doesn't know if he agrees with proactive efforts to identify coronavirus trouble spots, since "you'll find out those areas just by sitting back and waiting." pic.twitter.com/OdxfLRrwvf— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) March 7, 2020
Asked if he has considered canceling campaign rallies because of the coronavirus, Trump boasted about how big the crowds are. pic.twitter.com/KvPrjdg89W— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) March 7, 2020
“Just by people dying from the pandemic you’ll know the hotspots” says the dangerously unhinged president of the most powerful country in the world— ππΎπππΎππΎπππ (@lacunalingua) March 7, 2020
The administration *still* won’t explain why it insisted on creating an American coronavirus test — that was flawed — instead of using the WHO one that’s long been available. https://t.co/5zq8vF1O8v pic.twitter.com/7xFFi15XIV— Eric Umansky (@ericuman) March 7, 2020
Tough to decide what the worst part of Trumps CDC visit was— Sam Stein (@samstein) March 7, 2020
- Saying he wanted to keep sick people on a ship to fudge the numbers
- lashing out at the gov of the worst hit state
- being preoccupied w/ the ratings he got on Fox
- or saying anyone can get tested when they can't
It's truly awful news that at exactly the moment when we need people telling Trump uncomfortable truths more than ever, he's bringing in a new chief of staff who is both a peerless sycophant and one of the very worst purveyors of disinformation in US politics today.— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) March 7, 2020
Other countries are trying to stop the spread of the virus because they want to protect their people, Trump is trying to keep everyone from finding out how many are infected because he wants to protect Donald Trump.— Bob Sampson (@bobsalpha1) March 7, 2020
If Trump had to choose between, say, 10,000 people dying and admitting he doesn't know what he's doing, which do you think he'd choose?— Schooley (@Rschooley) March 7, 2020
BONUS: Here's a somber reality check from the American Hospital Association--
American Hospital Association "Best Guess Epidemiology" for #codiv19 over next 2 months:— Seth Bannon π¨π¬ (@sethbannon) March 7, 2020
96,000,000 infections
4,800,000 hospitalizations
1,900,000 ICU admissions
480,000 deaths
vs flu in 2019:
35,500,000 infections
490,600 hospitalizations
49,000 ICU admissions
34,200 deaths pic.twitter.com/GDAADwmg4n
