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Are you sure? In any event the smart thing to fill out on the medical forms for C-19 treatment is to under-report your age, over report your education and check non-smoker for tobacco, pot. In case ventilator is needed.

But surely Stupid v2 is not at a college where everyone around them can be ignorant of the world.

There is no explanation: What’s It Like on One of the Only University Campuses Still Open in the U.S.? Liberty University Is Staying Open During The Coronavirus Pandemic And Students Are Confused And Concerned Trump gets first positive approval rating in Post-ABC poll Trump approval rating rises as he responds to the coronavirus outbreak Is social isolation, a side effect of C-19 like loss of smell, or outright madness, at work?

Don't be concerned. Its just trump trying to kill more Americans. Now Is the Time to Take Care of Your Lungs. Here’s How. "air pollution can cause or aggravate respiratory illnesses like asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. And those illnesses can make you more susceptible to the worst effects of lung infections. Second, exposure to air pollution is known to raise the chance of contracting viruses in the first place, regardless of underlying health conditions. “Increased pollution increases susceptibility to infection,” said Dr. Meredith McCormack, a spokeswoman for the American Lung Association and associate professor of pulmonary and critical care at Johns Hopkins University. “All things being equal, a person exposed to air pollution would likely have a worse outcome if they were exposed to coronavirus.” Even FOX news admits these facts." air pollution puts people at higher risk of dying. Researchers studying the SARS outbreak in China in 2003 discovered that infected people living in areas with more air pollution were twice as likely to die as those in less polluted locations. ... “Once this crisis is over, policymakers should speed up measures to get dirty vehicles off our roads. Science tells us that epidemics like Covid-19 will occur with increasing frequency. So cleaning up the streets is a basic investment for a healthier future.” Obviously FOX will be taking this story down in the next couple days. Can't have the base aware of trump's homicidal propensities.

I have and ended up calling him bad names!

trump has corrected himself on FOX Hannity: "During his 40-minute-long chat with Hannity, Trump said he is “getting along” with Cuomo, though he cast doubt on New York state’s scientific projections of the spread of the virus. Regarding ventilators, he said officials like Cuomo “say we want 30,000 of them. 30,000! Think of this. You go to hospitals, they’ll have one in a hospital, and now all of a sudden everybody’s asking for these vast numbers.... Countless political commentators have observed that Trump always needs an enemy. As the pandemic has overtaken national politics, his chosen enemies have included China, news media outlets and Biden. ”

As I think you predicted his departure before(but I couldn't find the post): Dr. Anthony Fauci, the administration’s most outspoken advocate of emergency virus measures, faces a torrent of false claims that he is mobilizing to undermine the president. Typical trump playbook; 1. Have the base make false claims. 2. Get FOX to execute the smear campaign. 3. Fire anybody with integrity and honesty. That keeps lies from being spread from the mouth of trump to his base. 4. New in his playbook. Even if it costs American lives. a. Keep the base ignorant b. Win reelection because there will be many American lives left for future adventures in stupidity. Iran, Covid-21, etc. Whats the actual date of his departure Obi-Wan Kenobi?

Yes a poorly worded statement as I knew he had it and turtle made sure my lack of sympathy for him was properly politically portrayed. I guess Boris can press the flesh and shake hands as much as he likes once fully recovered. My point was to illustrate how trump still has press conferences with all the speakers shoulder to shoulder behind him. Other world leaders have appeared at one side of the TV image. With the sign language translator several feet away at the opposite side of the TV image. With a huge space between them. For a supposed germaphobe trump doesn't seem too worried. IMO shaking hands with an infectious disease specialist seems counterintuitive..

The only leader to lead by example to take the seriousness of the virus properly. Putin wears hazmat suit during hospital visit; Moscow mayor warns of undercounted cases Of course he is covering up the number of cases in Russia. Russia has to fund its foreign adventurism. Boris and trump no changes in behavior at all. Its almost as if they want to get C-19 so they can personally show its all a liberal hoax.

Without derailing this thread completely. The Murdoch clan has a well established track record of blatant lies for the benefit of big business and their political allies. Here are some stories from Australia regarding the outright propaganda. That the Murdoch media empire uses to spread outright lies in the guise of "journalism". As Australia burns, it's Murdoch versus Murdoch on climate change A story on how Rupert's own son tried to expose the Murdoch media's own lies on climate change. To no avail. Its not like one of the trump sons would have a neuron of integrity. Rupert Murdoch says 'there are no climate change deniers around' News Corp News Corp is the name of the Murdoch Media empire(FOX included). "Bolt, a political commentator and blogger for News Corp Australia, is known for promoting the views of climate science deniers, and for his own attacks on “alarmists” and his derision of climate change science. Bolt also has a nightly show on Sky News where he often interviews guests who reject that humans cause climate change." Australia’s fires are a climate reckoning for the Murdoch press A story from the Columbia Journalism Review of the " That hasn’t stopped an onrush of disinformation attempting to deny the climate link. There’s the online bilge—photoshopped images, old footage masquerading as new, unverified rumors. Much of it is coordinated: research by Timothy Graham, an academic at Queensland University of Technology, found that a group of automated social-media accounts has spread misleading reports exaggerating the role of arson in the fires and downplaying that of climate change. And then there’s irresponsible journalism, for which nobody gets more credit than Rupert Murdoch." The bias and outright lies from the Murdoch Media empire are exposed as systematic in this story. Just too bad that FOX is omitted. I'm sure analysis of how it contributed to the coverup of the C-19, trump fiasco will be coming in the future.

Under Intense Criticism, Trump Says Government Will Buy More Ventilators 'In total, the conference tabulated that cities needed 28.5 million face masks, 24.4 million other items of personal protection equipment, 7.9 million test kits and 139,000 ventilators.... Roughly two-thirds of the cities said they had not received any emergency equipment or supplies from their state, the report said. And of those that did receive state aid, nearly 85 percent said it was not enough to meet their needs. He was essentially ordering the company to do something it had already arranged to do: G.M. announced earlier on Friday that it was moving forward with an emergency joint venture with a small manufacturer, Ventec Life Systems, even in the absence of a contract from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. ' If it wasn't for " a torrent of criticism from cities and states that have been pleading for help to deal with the most critically ill coronavirus victim " trump would have done nothing. Just like he told his paymasters at FOX the night before. Furthermore another lie was added for trump's FOX town hall. Trump’s Misleading Ventilator Counter-Punch at Cuomo "Cuomo said at a press conference on March 24 that the state had an urgent need for more ventilators to deal with an anticipated peak in demand in two weeks for patients needing help to breathe. The state will need at least 30,000 ventilators, he said, and it so far had obtained 7,000.... Trump added that in 2015 Cuomo “refused to order 15,000 ventilators” so “he shouldn’t be talking about us.” Reading from an article on a conservative website, Trump said Cuomo “rejected buying recommended 16,000 ventilators in 2015 for a pandemic” and that he “established death panels and lotteries instead.” Which was a lie of course. See the above "Factcheck" story.

Just as Don Jr and Eric are the f*#kups of trump. Lachlan, the son of Rupert Murdoch is a screw up as well. Rupert put his 48 year old son in charge of FOX.The reasons for Ruperts absence from FOX needs no elaboration. Like his father Lachlan has no standards. If the delinquents who star in his nightly propaganda shows have good ratings. They can continue with the usual pro-trump pandering that passes for news on FOX. If ratings slip they can be cut. The usual cast of FOX delinquents played down the seriousness of C-19. Regan just had the worst ratings. More blonds are waiting in the back rooms when they get off the Murdoch casting couch.FOX is run like the WH with no central control. At FOX you don't need central control or a news room. Where journalists discuss the news feeds to ask the typical questions that journalist ask. The ones they learnt in journalism 101. Who, what, when where and why because at FOX none of that matters. Each show host spins the dialog to appeal to his/her target audience. No analysis of the news is needed because facts don't mean squat. Shepard Smith left FOX in Oct. of 2019 "The battle over impeachment has divided the network, exacerbating a split between the daytime and primetime hosts. Smith argued at length with Tucker Carlson about a guest of Carlson’s who called a Fox News contributor a “fool” for saying that Trump asking Ukraine’s president to investigate Joe Biden was a crime. But on Twitter, Fox News personalities like Brit Hume pushed back against arguments, no matter how sarcastic, that the network might bend further to ensure the president’s happiness." He was probably the last journalist at FOX. Most properly described as a FOX apparatchik with journalistic dreams. Bubbly blonds with unending enthusiasm for the support of trump, republicans or whatever the party morphs into in 2021. More are in the wings.

Well would you expect trump to visit the front lines and know? This is President Putin. Or just shoot his orange_______ off?

"It was less than 24 hours ago that Trump was phoning in to Fox News to tell Sean Hannity that New York didn’t need the 30,000 ventilators they requested.".. “I don’t believe you need 40,000 or 30,000 ventilators,” Mr. Trump said, discussing an urgent request from Gov. Andrew Cuomo of New York. “You know, you’re going to major hospitals sometimes, they’ll have two ventilators. And now, all of a sudden, they’re saying, can we order 30,000 ventilators?” With 1600 American dead its comforting to know that trump has a good grasp of the issues. Good thing he didn't order General Dynamics to produce the 80,000 mentioned before. Could have cost the treasury $800 billion.

Wealthy real estate developers like Trump score a huge tax break in the stimulus bill "The $2 trillion coronavirus stimulus bill passed by the Senate provides aid for average consumers and small businesses -- but there's also a lucrative tax break for wealthy real estate developers. That's because the stimulus bill removes limits on the amount of losses that wealthy investors can use to offset taxes, by writing down the gradual depreciation of assets like real estate. Those limits were put into place as part of President Trump's 2017 tax reform bill. The New York Times was the first to report this nuance in the stimulus bill, which can be found in a brief section on page 203 of the 880-page document. The Times also cited a draft congressional analysis that said this part of the stimulus bill would lead to $170 billion in tax breaks over ten years." Just more of the same for the pigs in the trough.

On first flush I'd say you took the words right out of my mouth. But the reason why the rhetoric is getting worse. Is because most of this could have been prevented. This is like the windup to war in slow motion. In two to three weeks America is going to be Italy in several states. Governors and medical experts are all predicting exactly that. It all could have been prevented. As bad or worse. If leadership doesn't come to the fore. A second wave of infections will come again. Mardi gras, large church meetings, all putting nurses, doctors and everyone else at risk. The elderly, the infirm, the weak and the strong too. Everybody pays for the foolishness of a few.

Trump’s response to the pandemic has been haunted by the science denialism of his ultraconservative religious allies. "Donald trump rose to power with the determined assistance of a movement that denies science, bashes government and prioritized loyalty over professional expertise. In the current crisis, we are all reaping what that movement has sown." Tax deductible funds have sown the seeds in government of science denial. Allowed trump to ascend to a position where science, logic and good governance has been set aside. Replaced by the mob psychology of FOX sound bites, the blame game and decisive institutions of government.

Laying blame holds no boundaries for corporate ownership. Only that FOX and the weak minded repeat the mantra of blame. Blame HRC, blame the dems, blame GM, blame Ford, blame China. While the head nodding of the trump mob affirms the lies of blame.

Evidently trump has felt the shifting wind on the mop that passes for his hair. "President Trump lashed out at General Motors on Friday, blaming it for overpromising on its ability to make new ventilators for critically ill coronavirus patients and threatening to invoke the Defense Production Act to compel the company to do so. In a series of tweets, the president emphasized the urgent need for the ventilators, an abrupt change of tone from the night before, when he told Sean Hannity, the Fox News host, that states were inflating their needs."

I don't have issues with people that disagree with me. When people in power play politics with peoples lives. Using the states resources to reward friends, themselves and corporate supporters. At the expense of peoples lives. Then the states license of the ultimate sanction needs to be unleashed. trump supporters of course like to pander to the denial of responsibility for the lack of action.

America is nationally testing at 180 tests per 100,000 Arizona is testing at 13 per 100,000 Republican governor. Texas is testing at 73 per 100,000 Republican governor. Canada is testing at about 550 per 100,000 the Trump administration was considering deploying military personnel near the Canada-U.S. border to assist to border patrol officers during the COVID-19 crisis. A good analysis of the rally around the flag effect for trump.

How trump and his cronies enriched themselves and are doing it again. These Companies Enriched Themselves. Now They’re Getting a Bailout. "the airline industry, which is prone to booms and busts, collectively spent more than $45 billion on stock buybacks over the past eight years. ... As recently as March 3 of this year, with the crisis already beginning, the Hilton hotel chain put $2 billion into a stock buyback." Many of the firms now asking for bailouts took advantage of low interest rates to borrow heavily. To buyback stock. All while trump, his base and his corporate enablers, deny the medical equipment Americans need to live.

I'd expect nothing less from a turtle, FOX, or the hard core right. The Law and Order tribe. But when the subtleties of fraud, preying upon the weak and vulnerable for self enrichment. Has sanctions associated with it. Its all 'deplorable' for them. Instead of ordering medical supplies ventilators, etc. They are too busy lining their pockets, rewarding their friends and keeping the smoke screen going. The C-19 and pox on all of them. Throw in the clap as well. Then send them to hell. Currently the US is testing at 180 per 100,000 Italy at 600 per 100,000 S. Korea 700 per 100,000 Is that because trump wants to keep US number low? Or because he starved the US health care system and the CDC to pay for the tax cuts?

First the Royal family, then Boris. perhaps there is hope for all of the a$$holes in the How low can you go thread.

China’s National Health Commission confirmed that the virus, which causes a type of pneumonia, can pass from person-to-person, the official Xinhua News Agency said. Above from Jan. 20 A new coronavirus that has spread to more than 2,000 people is infectious in its incubation period - before symptoms show - making it harder to contain, Chinese officials say. Above from Jan 26 VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV What trump knew and when he knew it. STILL THINK trump ISN'T COMPLICIT? ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^