Coronavirus in the United States - news and thoughts

There is a "new Zach Evans" thread on the Insider Recruiting Board. End of March new. Go over and laugh a little.

 

Important news from the President about the CV daily briefings.

 

They’re fake news b/c they don’t report the ratings of his press conferences? We need a vaccine for Covidiot-45

 

Read my wife the tweet....she pointed out that the WSJ ripped his briefings in a op-ed today.

Opinion | Trump’s Wasted Briefings

A friend of ours who voted for President Trump sent us a note recently saying that she had stopped watching the daily White House briefings of the coronavirus task force. Why? Because they have become less about defeating the virus and more about the many feuds of Donald J. Trump.

The briefings began as a good idea to educate the public about the dangers of the virus, how Americans should change their behavior, and what the government is doing to combat it. They showed seriousness of purpose, action to mobilize public and private resources, and a sense of optimism. Mr. Trump benefited in the polls not because he was the center of attention but because he showed he had put together a team of experts working to overcome a national health crisis.

But sometime in the last three weeks Mr. Trump seems to have concluded that the briefings could be a showcase for him. Perhaps they substitute in his mind for the campaign rallies he can no longer hold because of the risks. Perhaps he resented the media adulation that New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has been receiving for his daily show. Whatever the reason, the briefings are now all about the President.
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If Mr. Trump wants to make his briefings more helpful to the country, here’s our advice. Make them no more than 45 minutes, except on rare occasions. Let Mr. Pence lead them each day, focusing on one issue or problem. Mr. Pence can take the questions, and Mr. Trump can show up twice a week to reinforce the message. Maybe then our friend who was a Trump voter might start watching again.

 

I’m Zach Evans. Don’t tell anyone.

 

The thread has nothing to do with Zach Evans. Like its predecessors.

 

Posted this on the International thread.
Israeli COVID-19 treatment shows 100% survival rate - preliminary data

 

It’s all part of my plan

 

Meanwhile, out here on the left coast, Los Angeles County (>10 million)
has slightly more cases of COVID-19 than New York state has deaths.
7,067 New York deaths
7,971 LA County cases (224 deaths)

 

Seriously?
Again I ask, how can anyone think that is normal? It’s truly idiotic.

 

I remain baffled.

 

New York was unknowingly seeded in mid-February and shut down later.

 

Trump administration pulls funding for drive-through COVID-19 testing

 

Sounds really promising which is something we are sorely in need of.

 

Small study and anecdotal. The organ failure patients suggests promise.

 

They were announced as if they had been planned and were ready to rollout, but it was another one of his aspirational lies. He wanted it to be true, but three weeks later we only have 41 sites, and now they are getting shut down. But his ratings and the stock market both went up, so mission accomplished.

 

A ray of sunshine is always welcome when it's been raining for weeks. Whether it portends more of the same is something we can always hope for.

 

Not complaining.

 

Posted elsewhere.