Surprise, surprise!
A set of detailed documents created by the nation’s top disease investigators meant to give step-by-step advice to local leaders deciding when and how to reopen public places such as mass transit, day care centers and restaurants during the still-raging pandemic has been shelved by the Trump administration.
The 17-page report by a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention team, titled “Guidance for Implementing the Opening Up America Again Framework,” was researched and written to help faith leaders, business owners, educators and state and local officials as they begin to reopen.
We already are learning from whistleblowers how the 4th- rate team of schmendricks that constitutes the Trump regime botched procuring PPE and wasted time and resources on the Trump- favored hydroxychloroquine "silver bullet," so continued bungling is par for the course. And it will only get worse:It was supposed to be published last Friday, but agency scientists were told the guidance “would never see the light of day,” according to a CDC official. The official was not authorized to talk to reporters and spoke to The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity.
Traditionally, it’s been the CDC’s role to give the public and local officials guidance and science-based information during public health crises. During this one, however, the CDC has not had a regular, pandemic-related news briefing in nearly two months. CDC Director Dr. Robert Redfield has been a member of the White House coronavirus task force, but largely absent from public appearances.
The dearth of real-time, public information from the nation’s experts has struck many current and former government health officials as dangerous. [snip]
The Trump administration has instead sought to put the onus on states to handle COVID-19 response. This approach to managing the pandemic has been reflected in President Donald Trump’s public statements, from the assertion that he isn’t responsible for the country’s lackluster early testing efforts, to his description last week of the federal government’s role as a “supplier of last resort” for states in need of testing aid.While the incompetent Trump regime continues to shirk its responsibilities and downplay the dangers of "re- opening," various Republican governors are following the regime's model of denial, coverup, and reckless disregard. Florida's Department of Health, under repugnant Trump ass- kisser Gov. Ron "One Glove" DeSantis, has been caught trying to control the release of death counts reported by county coroners, to minimize the count. In Arizona, Republican Gov. Doug "Deuce" Ducey disbanded his advisory panel of health experts just as Arizona is set to "re- open"; the experts had inconveniently forecasted a peak not occurring for another two weeks.
This should all work out well.
UPDATE: A military valet who is one of Trump's personal valets has tested positive for coronavirus. Chickens, welcome home:
The valet showed “symptoms” Wednesday morning, a source told CNN, which also reported that “the news that someone close to Trump had tested positive for coronavirus was ‘hitting the fan’ in the West Wing.”
A White House official told NBC that the valet serves meals to Trump, and that valets have not been wearing masks.
Schadenfreude, Lysol and hydroxychloroquine stat!The man’s diagnosis raises the possibility that Trump has been exposed to the coronavirus at the same time he and his administration have downplayed the pandemic’s magnitude. (our emphasis)
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