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Trump on US death toll April 10 – ‘ ‘The minimum number was 100,000 lives, and I think we’ll be substantially under that number,’ he said April 10. ‘Hard to believe that if you had 60,000 – you could never be happy, but that’s a lot fewer than we were originally told and thinking.’ April 20 … Read more
President Trump spends around two hours attacking the media and Democrats during the coronavirus briefings, according to analysis in two reports. According to studies of the press conferences, Trump devotes 45 minutes on average to praising his own response to the crisis, while designating just four-and-a-half minutes to the victims of the pandemic. Both the … Read more
Dr. Deborah Birx calls out the press for ‘slicey and dicey’ headlines and says she’s bothered that Donald Trump’s disinfectant comments are ‘still in the news cycle’ Dr. Deborah Birx critiqued the media in recent interviews, saying Sunday she didn’t believe President Trump’s comments on disinfectant should still be news ‘I think it bothers me … Read more
SHUT THE F**K UP, PRESIDENT TRUMP. Seriously. Throughout this coronavirus crisis, the leader of the free world has turned the daily White House task force briefing into a rambling two-hour self-promoting rally. He’s devoted large chunks of them to trashing the media, attacking political opponents, telling us how great he is, and re-writing history as … Read more
‘I’ve heard some crazy things in my life but this is probably one of the craziest’: GMB’s Dr Hilary Jones mocks Donald Trump’s idea to inject people with disinfectant or blast them with light to beat coronavirus Donald Trump suggested injecting people with disinfectant to fight coronavirus Dr Hilary Jones called the president ‘completely and … Read more
December 31 – China first reports a cluster of unusual pneumonia cases in Wuhan to the WHO January 4 – WHO tweets about ‘a cluster of pneumonia cases’ in Wuhan with no deaths, saying investigations into the cause are underway January 5 – The WHO issues its first guidance on ‘pneumonia of unknown cause’, saying … Read more
The Democratic governors from Minnesota, Washington and New York are resisting Donald Trump’s calls to ‘liberate’ their states and slammed the president for his encouragement of protesters who have flouted social distancing rules and taken to the streets to demand lockdowns end. Minnesota’s Democratic Governor Walz clapped back at Trump’s call to ‘liberate’ the state … Read more
PROPOSED STATE OR REGIONAL ‘GATING’ CRITERIA These are the tests which have to be passed in a state or collection of states to allow them to move from lockdown to phase one SYMPTOMS Downward trajectory of influenza-like illnesses (ILI) reported within a 14-day period AND Downward trajectory of covid-like syndromic cases reported within a 14-day period … Read more
President Donald Trump’s chief of staff is said to be ‘overwhelmed’ by his new role in the White House, which has reportedly seen him cry in meetings on at least two occasions since he took up the job at the end of March. Meadows, 60, the conservative former congressman from North Carolina, is the fourth … Read more
Americans have taken part in mass protests after President Donald Trump urged supporters to ‘liberate’ states from governors’ stringent coronavirus lockdowns. Demonstrators rallied in the streets waving huge USA flags and called for the country to reopen despite the pandemic ripping through the country. Thousands raced to the Florida coastline after Governor Ron DeSantis gave the … Read more