What we suspected was true: Trump forced the CDC to paint a rosy picture of COVID-19
"I remember it clearly and also try to put it out of my mind: Former President Donald Trump’s nightly news briefs with heads of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) presenting a fake narrative about COVID-19 being handled while we all knew it was spreading like wildfire. Turns out our fears were valid. A new report shows that Trump was controlling the CDC’s response to the pandemic."
"After a February 25, 2020, CDC telebriefing ‘angered’ President Trump, the White House wrested control of coronavirus communications away from CDC and mandated on February 26 that all media requests related to the pandemic be approved by the Office of the Vice President prior to release," the newly released report reads.
Adding, "Trump Administration officials blocked CDC from conducting telebriefings on critical, emerging public health issues for three months and restricted scientists from participating in interviews--at a time that coincided with a rapid explosion in coronavirus cases."
Full Article: [dailykos.com]
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.It is abundantly clear that the worst enemy are our MAGA neighbors who approve of the destruction of the government and the country. (Anything to own the libs...)
racocn8
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Seems MAGA is out and Save America is the new ploy.
@JackPedigo ' Save America ' coming from those intent on corrupting it and turning it over to Putin and the Federalist Society fascist.
He was being advised by Fauci who told everyone that there was no need to wear a mask, the virus would not be a threat in the US, and there was no need to prohibit air travel from China to US cities.
BDair
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You are wrong.
CNN — "President Donald Trump’s election endgame argument, far from bristling with new solutions to a pandemic that has killed 220,000 Americans, on Monday devolved into a campaign of insults against Dr. Anthony Fauci – for telling the truth about the disease."
"Trump ridiculed Fauci as a “disaster” and an “idiot” who has been around for “500 years” – trashing one of the nation’s best hopes of easing the pandemic along with his recommendations to quell an alarming Covid-19 surge."
"His personal warfare against Fauci on a frenzied day on the campaign trail, while indecent and questionable from a strategic political perspective, revealed how the US government effort to beat the pandemic has been suppressed in the service of Trump’s reelection."
“Tony Fauci has been the most clear, consistent proponent of the measures the United States needs to protect itself from a deadly disease,” William Haseltine, a renowned public health expert and former professor at Harvard Medical School, told CNN’s Erin Burnett on Monday."
“What Donald Trump is doing is attacking the fire department when the house in burning down. This is a very serious time.”
On January 27, 2020, Fauci publicly opposed travel restrictions on China saying: “That would create a lot of disruption economically and otherwise and it wouldn’t necessarily have a positive effect.”
On February 17, 2020, Fauci opined that the danger of the coronavirus was “just minuscule” but that Americans should be worried about the “real and present danger” of seasonal flu.
On February 29, 2020, Fauci asserted, “Right now, at this moment, there is no need to change anything that you’re doing on a day-by-day basis. Right now, the risk is still low[.]”
On March 9, 2020, Fauci commented that: “If you are a healthy young person, there is no reason if you want to go on a cruise ship, go on a cruise ship.”
@BDair All at different times and circumstances.
We all lived it, we know what happened. Trump consistently defied Fauci's advice.
“Tony Fauci has been the most clear, consistent proponent of the measures the United States needs to protect itself from a deadly disease,” William Haseltine, a renowned public health expert and former professor at Harvard Medical School, told CNN’s Erin Burnett on Monday."
If you believe that Anthony Fauci was ever 'clear and consistent', then you do not know what happened.
Flip Flop Fauci
@BDair While Trump was convincing his cult followers to drink bleach and take hydroxychloroquine instead of talking the vaccine, he almost died from the virus because he rejected Fauci’s advice.
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He’s gently telling the truth about the former president’s COVID fiasco.
Last year, President Donald Trump slandered Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
Trump repeatedly lied about Fauci’s advice and called him an idiot, a “disaster,” a self-promoter, and a bad pitcher.
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Trump's rebuke of Fauci encapsulates rejection of science in virus fight
(CNN) President Donald Trump's repudiation of Dr. Anthony Fauci has long been probable.
Once the trusted doctor warned of the human cost of Trump's push to quickly reopen the country, it became inevitable.
Trump broke with Fauci, who has served under six presidents, on Wednesday over the infectious disease expert's warnings that getting businesses and schools back open too quickly would lead to unnecessary suffering and death.
"I was surprised by his answer, actually," Trump said. "It's just -- to me it's not an acceptable answer, especially when it comes to schools."
The delicate dynamic between Fauci and Trump has been watched for months. Its latest fraying marks the most pronounced clash yet in the tussle between science and politics that has long plagued the administration's fight against the coronavirus.
Fauci's transgression is to base his evaluations -- after decades of public service and expertise fighting HIV/AIDS, Ebola, Zika and anthrax -- on facts and logic that conflict with Trump's chosen version of reality. Fauci has long said that only the virus can decide when normal life -- things such as NFL games and schools reopening, for instance -- will be safe again.
Coronavirus government response updates: Trump rejects Fauci's caution on reopening schools
Fauci 'wants to play all sides of the equation': TrumpInfectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci wants to "play all sides of the equation" when it comes to reopening schools, President Trump said.Evan Vucci/AP
President Donald Trump on Wednesday rejected the advice of Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infectious disease expert, on how cautious governors and local officials need to be when reopening schools amid the coronavirus pandemic.
"They should open the schools, absolutely, I think they should. And it's had very little impact on young people," Trump said, although new reports have revealed more cases of children stricken with a potentially fatal syndrome possible linked to COVID-19.
"While Trump was convincing his cult followers to drink bleach and take hydroxychloroquine instead of talking the vaccine, he almost died from the virus because he rejected Fauci’s advice."
Trump never mentioned 'bleach', unless you can cite a verbatim quote. He mentioned 'disinfectants', of which hydrogen peroxide is one that is used to treat viral infections either nebulized or injected. HCQ has been used effectively all around the world in both prophylactic and early treatment protocols and is proven effective in numerous studies. Nothing in your post is accurate.
Hydrogen Peroxide as an Adjuvant Therapy for COVID-19: A Case Series of Patients and Caregivers in the Mexico City Metropolitan Area - [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov].
444 HCQ COVID-19 studies, 346 peer reviewed, 367 comparing treatment and control groups. Late treatment and high dosages may be harmful, while early treatment consistently shows positive results. Negative evaluations typically ignore treatment delay. Some In Vitro evidence suggested therapeutic levels would not be reached, however that was incorrect [Ruiz]. Recent:Gómez Obrișcă Go Núñez-Gil Babayigit Yuan Pablos. HCQ/CQ was adopted for early treatment in all or part of 35 countries (52 including non-government medical organizations). [c19hcq.com]
"They should open the schools, absolutely, I think they should. And it's had very little impact on young people," Trump said, although new reports have revealed more cases of children stricken with a potentially fatal syndrome possible linked to COVID-19.' Fauci himself is now claiming that he never advocated for school closures. Children are at almost zero risk from Covid. You have been brainwashed by propaganda.
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