snowychap Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 (edited) 29 minutes ago, sne said: Trump not allowing his medical expert Dr. Anthony Fauci to answer questions from the press about Hydroxychloroquine and then snapping at a journalist and walking off the stage. Guy is losing it, won't be long before Fauci is out and he'll have some Dr Nick Riviera yes man blowing smoke up his ass about whatever cure the president has found while reading on Breitbart. Just been reading about this and apparently there were 'heated exchanges' between Fauci and Peter Navarro (who is the guy I mentioned the other night who couldn't stop fawning over the 'war-time President') in situation room discussions about the drug (Fauci saying that more data and testing is needed and Navarro dumping files on the desk with the limited data that is currently available saying that this was 'science' - all leaked stuff so to be taken as such, obviously). Edit: Link to Axios story (have no idea whether they're reliable). Quote The White House coronavirus task force had its biggest fight yet on Saturday, pitting economic adviser Peter Navarro against infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci. At issue: How enthusiastically should the White House tout the prospects of an antimalarial drug to fight COVID-19? ...rest on link Edited April 6, 2020 by snowychap 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post Straggler Posted April 6, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted April 6, 2020 2 minutes ago, snowychap said: Sad thing is that this is literally true. They are bidding directly against each other, driving the price up and it all comes out of the tax payers pocket. I understand recently a bunch of states have got together to do bulk purchasing together to try and prevent this price inflation. If only there was some central body that could be responsible for purchasing on behalf of all the states, or even some powers that could be used to have that central body compel businesses to make the required stuff and fix a fair price. Sadly the USA has the worst President in it's history, sat there talking about facebook and banging models rather than getting up off his fat ass and doing something. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 So what's the odds that Dr Mike Pellini will take Fauchis place on the podium if the latter speaks out of turn? Quote Here’s why Trump and Elon Musk see potential in a drug called chloroquine to treat coronavirus When Dr. Mike Pellini, a physician and biotech investor, read the news about the spread of a virus that caused pneumonia-like symptoms, he decided to keep on hand a supply of an anti-malarial drug called chloroquine. Pellini, who tweeted about the decision to his followers in the beginning of February, was early to this thinking. A month later, Tesla CEO Elon Musk sparked massive interest in the drug after tweeting that chloroquine was “maybe worth considering” as a potential treatment for the COVID-19 coronavirus. https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/19/what-is-chloroquine-trump-and-elon-musk-have-touted-for-coronavirus.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Straggler Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 What are the odds that Trump has shares in Chloroquine? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted April 6, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted April 6, 2020 2 minutes ago, Straggler said: What are the odds that Trump has shares in Chloroquine? Short. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post chrisp65 Posted April 6, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted April 6, 2020 Tommy Lee’s letter (whether he wrote it or not) will be taught in Universities as a masterclass in political discourse. 4 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
il_serpente Posted April 7, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted April 7, 2020 "oleaginous house ferret" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choffer Posted April 7, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted April 7, 2020 On 06/04/2020 at 11:35, chrisp65 said: Tommy Lee’s letter (whether he wrote it or not) will be taught in Universities as a masterclass in political discourse. No way a drummer knows all those long words. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meregreen Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 21 minutes ago, choffer said: No way a drummer knows all those long words. He didn’t write it , a guy called Craig Allan Wilkins did. He reposted it because he agreed with it. So do I 100% 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 Article in the guardian says that some nurses were told to hold their breath when treating COVID-19 patients because of lack of equipment. I really hope there is some sort of public enquiry after we get all through this. People have to be held accountable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted April 7, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted April 7, 2020 23 minutes ago, DCJonah said: Article in the guardian says that some nurses were told to hold their breath when treating COVID-19 patients because of lack of equipment. I really hope there is some sort of public enquiry after we get all through this. People have to be held accountable. Clap for Boris. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted April 7, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted April 7, 2020 Just now, mjmooney said: Clap for Boris. ...are they sorting that out for him too? ...they write themselves, they really do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonLax Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 Trump is using his evening address to the nation as a replacement for his campaign rallies, spending hours at the lectern during prime time each evening with nothing of use to actually say. Quote Health experts like Birx and Dr Anthony Fauci now resemble film extras, standing silently for hours at a time as Trump commands the podium. Presumably, they have other important things to do. The main purpose of the briefings, it appears, is to keep Trump on prime-time TV for as long as possible and to deny media oxygen to anyone else, including his likely presidential rival Joe Biden. Around midday on Sunday, the White House press office called a "lid" - meaning Trump did not have any public events on his schedule for the rest of the day. Five hours later, reporters were told to assemble at the White House. Trump and the members of the coronavirus taskforce would give a daily briefing after all. At 7pm, when TV ratings are at their highest, Trump appeared and spoke for two hours - even though he didn't have anything new to say. His briefing coincided precisely with a livestreamed Biden coronavirus event that had been announced the day before https://www.smh.com.au/world/north-america/trump-s-off-the-rails-briefings-test-america-s-patience-20200407-p54hst.html#comments Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 Several media outlets have called on networks to stop showing these events live (and to instead air highlights if he actually says anything newsworthy), but so far they are refusing to do so. In the wake of the 2016 election, the guy in charge at CNN confessed that his network had helped Trump enormusly through the free media coverage it gave to his rallies; now he's determind to repeat the same mistake again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villakram Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 I received a Trump (36pt font) coronavirus guidelines card (20 - 12pt font) from the CDC in the mail as I assume most households in America did last week. Incumbency is a powerful thing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonLax Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 The guy is a salesman alright. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 Everything is coming up roses for Republicans in Wisconsin, where the Republican legislature and Republican-controlled state supreme court are insisting on going ahead with in-person voting in the elections today (it's the Democratic party primary and also for some elected judges); the virus has hit Milwaukee extremely hard (180 polling stations open normally, there are 5 open today), but has not hit rural areas anywhere near as hard, and Republicans are in seventh heaven as they rack up the votes in the countryside, while Dem-leaning Milwaukee has hardly any polling places and massive queues. This is now shaping up as a way Trump could win in November, when the threat from the virus is likely to be just as severe. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonLax Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 48 minutes ago, HanoiVillan said: Everything is coming up roses for Republicans in Wisconsin, where the Republican legislature and Republican-controlled state supreme court are insisting on going ahead with in-person voting in the elections today (it's the Democratic party primary and also for some elected judges); the virus has hit Milwaukee extremely hard (180 polling stations open normally, there are 5 open today), but has not hit rural areas anywhere near as hard, and Republicans are in seventh heaven as they rack up the votes in the countryside, while Dem-leaning Milwaukee has hardly any polling places and massive queues. This is now shaping up as a way Trump could win in November, when the threat from the virus is likely to be just as severe. It could turn around by November with cities over the worst of it and rural areas under the pump. It’s pretty difficult to predict what next week will look like, let alone 8 months from now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted April 7, 2020 Moderator Share Posted April 7, 2020 The virus is more dangerous for those with pre-existing health conditions, like asthma or diabetes or living in the USA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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