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Thursday, March 12, 2020

Top health official Fauci: People in US not easily getting coronavirus testing 'is a failing'

Top health official Fauci: People in US not easily getting coronavirus testing 'is a failing'
One of the nation’s top health officials leading the coronavirus response on Wednesday admitted it is a “failing” that individuals cannot “easily” get tested for the disease in the U.S.
“The system is not really geared to what we need right now — what you are asking for,” Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, told a member of Congress during a House Oversight and Reform hearing Wednesday.

Dr. Anthony Fauci Carefully Keeping Six Feet Away From Trump At Coronavirus Briefing. - Andy Borowitz

The World Is A Safer Place Without ~~Saddam~~ Trump

The Tom Hanks statement will do more to calm people about coronavirus than any part of Trump's medicated and self-congratulatory reading of a teleprompter. - John Fugelsang

If coronavirus was a person

China Bouncing Back From Coronavirus
Businesses and factories are starting to reopen in Wuhan and restrictions are loosened across China as the nation works to bounce back from the coronavirus quarantine. Chinese President Xi Jinping visited Wuhan for the first time since the virus outbreak.

Here's the bottom line: paid sick leave will save lives. Congress must make it a reality immediately. - Kamala Harris

Just went to Seattle’s UW Medical Center to ask how much patients are being charged for a coronavirus test.

$100-$500 if they have insurance.$1,600 if they don’t. - Michael Hobbes

Republican Shenanigans

When we have people like Donald Trump, Steven Miller & Jared Kushner running our country, it's no wonder why everything is so f**ked up. - Woman in the Moon

Trump's European Ban Excludes Trump Hotel Nations
President Donald Trump’s new European travel restrictions have a convenient side effect: They exempt nations where three Trump-owned golf resorts are located.
Trump is already under fire for visiting his properties in both countries as president, leading to U.S. taxpayer money being spent at his own firms. The president has been saddled with lawsuits and investigations throughout his term alleging that he’s violating the Constitution’s emoluments clause by accepting taxpayer money other than his salary.

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GOP Unveils Immigration Plan: "We Must Make America Somewhere No One Wants To Live." - Andy Borowitz

Biden Should Have Gotten Secret Service Protection After His Wife Had To Protect Him
Congressional leaders have been notified that Joe Biden's presidential campaign has requested protection from the Secret Service, according to a congressional official familiar with the discussions.

I honestly think if Trump resigned there would be a rebound in the markets. A big one. - Jennifer Rubin

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Business/Tech News

It’s like the Influenza of 1918 married the Stock Market Crash of 1929. - David Tanenhaus

Trump Ruins Everything He Touches
Stocks cratered Thursday as the escalating coronavirus pandemic and lingering questions about President Trump’s response drove the worst day of losses for Wall Street since the 1987 crash.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed with a loss of 2,352 points, dropping 10 percent for its steepest loss by percentage since falling 22.6 percent on Oct. 19, 1987.

NPR RADIO: South Korea is now testing 20,000 people every day including with mobile units and quarantining those infected. Life is essentially normal with no travel restrictions or closures. New cases are now declining daily.

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The village medic came by today to check on our health, gave us coronavirus info sheets. He said he'd return in June to give us our yearly flu shots, unless we needed a coronavirus test before then. This is all free in Costa Rica. The USA needs to do better.

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Wednesday, March 11, 2020

Guess what, folks? Trump is classifying coronavirus meetings. We are so f--ked.

White House told federal health agency to classify coronavirus deliberations
The White House has ordered federal health officials to treat top-level coronavirus meetings as classified, an unusual step that has restricted information and hampered the U.S. government’s response to the contagion, according to four Trump administration officials.

Don't be surprised if Dr. Fauci is transferred, muted, fired or mysteriously disappears.He is speaking truth & Trump has to be pissed. - Woman in the Moon tweet

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Maybe Trump will take the Coronavirus more seriously if we change its name to Hillary’s Ebolamails. - OhNoSheTwint

The White House Is Hiding Something
Top Trump administration officials on Wednesday cut short their testimony at a House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing on the response to the coronavirus, with the White House saying they were needed at a meeting focused on the spreading virus.

Republican Shenanigans

BERNIE RALLIES: cancelled

BIDEN RALLIES: cancelled

TRUMP RALLIES: “We love shaking hands then touching our faces don’t we folks? The media hates it but we love it.” - Chris Jackson

Coronavirus is 10x More Lethal Than The Common Flu.
A top U.S. health official said the worst is yet to come with the coronavirus outbreak that has already infected more than 1,000 people across the nation and resulted in at least 31 deaths....Fauci said COVID-19 is at least 10 times “more lethal” than the seasonal flu, even if the mortality rate drops far below the World Health Organization’s current estimate of 3.4%.

Who knew we'd see the stock market and the Sanders campaigns crash out in the same week? - Rick Wilson

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I would rather vote for a Democrat who will disappoint me than a Republican who will meet my expectations. - Middle Age Riot

No, No, No, Norway. NO!
Due to the ongoing threat posed by the COVID-19 coronavirus, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has warned Americans to avoid cruise ships, as the extended time in close quarters leaves passengers particularly vulnerable to contagions.
Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) customers who called the company over concerns about the now-global pandemic, however, were given false information about the virus in an effort to convince them that it was safe to travel on their ships, the Miami New Times reported Wednesday.

There's no doubt...the Christian right has gone to bed with the more conservative elements of the Republican Party. And there's been a melding in their goals when it comes to the separation of church & state. I've always believed in the separation of church & state. ~Jimmy Carter

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Keep calm by remembering that the U.S. pharmaceutical industry is working around the clock to find the most profitable vaccine. - The Onion

Business/Tech News

Trump says he’s going to propose a payroll tax cut to help hourly workers deal with coronavirus. So, they’ll pay a smaller % of taxes on the $0 they’ll earn when they’re out sick? Trump has zero idea how real jobs work because he’s never done one. - Bette Midler

The Yo-Yo Stock Market Enters Bear Territory
The S&P 500, Dow and Nasdaq tumbled Wednesday as the volatility of the past couple weeks extended further.
The Dow shed 1,464.94 points during the session, or 5.9%, sending it more than 20% below its recent high from February and into a bear market.

I just cancelled the St. Patrick’s Day Parade and he is PISSED. - TweetOfGod

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Tuesday, March 10, 2020

Trump greets crowd in Fla. despite CDC warning

Trump greets crowd in Fla. despite CDC warning
The message was simple, even if it might prove difficult to follow: “Avoid crowds,” Nancy Messonnier, MD, of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention told reporters on Monday morning.

Italy has banned weddings and funerals for 16 million people. Japan has closed schools for a month. France and Iraq have banned public gatherings. The U.N. has canceled all physical meetings to address climate change. Americans are uncertain what to do about Coachella. - James Hamblin

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You’re not just protecting yourself by working from home, minimizing travel, and washing your hands.

You’re protecting people in your community who may have a greater risk of complications from COVID-19 than you do.

We’re all in this together. Let’s act like it. - Hillary Clinton

The Willful Neglect of Protecting The American People
On Saturday Jan. 11 — a month and a half before the first Covid-19 case not linked to travel was diagnosed in the United States — Chinese scientists posted the genome of the mysterious new virus, and within a week virologists in Berlin had produced the first diagnostic test for the disease.
Soon after, researchers in other nations rolled out their own tests, too, sometimes with different genetic targets. By the end of February, the World Health Organization had shipped tests to nearly 60 countries.
The United States was not among them.

I’m for paid sick leave for every American for every sickness.
Not sure why some folks would come to the conclusion that’s it’s a good idea for Coronavirus but not for cancer. - Sen. Chris Murphy

Republican Shenanigans

Quit dying, people! You’re embarrassing the President! - TheTweetOfGod

House Democrats Granted Access To Unredacted Mueller Report
House Democrats scored a major legal victory Tuesday as a federal appeals court panel granted them permission to access grand jury secrets from Robert Mueller’s Russia probe.
The 2-1 ruling from the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower court decision in favor of the House’s ability to see the deleted passages in the public version of the Mueller report, the 448-page tome that describes the two-year investigation into potential links between Trump’s campaign and Russia.

ATTENTION CORONAVIRUS VICTIMS: You can rest easier knowin’ your illness didn’t keep Donald Trump from playin’ golf.. - Tea Pain

If men could get pregnant, the Second Amendment would be expanded to protect abortion and birth control. - MIddle Age Riot

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Joe Biden just told a pro-gun propagandist that he’s “full of sh-t.”
I love Joe Biden. - Palmer Report

Gov. Cuomo Sends National Guard To New Rochelle
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said Tuesday the state will send the National Guard to New Rochelle as part of a "containment" plan to slow the spread of coronavirus in that Westchester city, which has become the center of the state's outbreak.
The number of confirmed cases of coronavirus in New York has increased to 173, Cuomo said. More than 100 people have tested positive for COVID-19 in Westchester County.

Remember when the Dow crashed and Obama said “I got this,” then H1N1 hit and ppl panicked but Obama said “didn’t I just say it got this?” then Ebola hit & O said “I told y’all motherf--kers I got this,” then stocks soared & everyone got free health care?

Anyway (sigh)Good times- Michael Harriot

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Republican are talking about bailing out the airlines and oil companies. How about a bail-out for middle-class and poor folks who can’t pay their medical bills? - Stephen King

Business/Tech News

Rep. Louis Gohmert has chosen not to self-quarantine because he's already used to infecting everyone around him with his stupidity. - Nick Jack Pappas

This Man Deserves The What-Would-Jesus-Do Award
Just like any other used-car dealership, during the day, Kiplin Automotive Group sells cars. But as night falls and others return home, Kiplin Auto's manager James Charles turns on the lights and transforms the dealership into a haven for those who are homeless and living in their cars.

The real winner of this pandemic are the nation's dogs, who are experiencing unprecedented levels of People Being Home. - Hanna Brooks Olsen

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