Anybody around the country seeing sports shows being cancelled because of Corona

[earlywynnfan]

I'm dumb enough to bite: how about defunding the White House Nat Security Council Directorate for Global Health Security and Biodefense team, who monitored potential outbreaks worldwide? Slightly scary reading an article from 2018 stating the threat of a pandemic flu as their number 1 concern

Originally Posted by Phil68

I must ask...
what, exactly, was "dismantled" by the "current regime" that led to a global coronavirus outbreak? THIS has gotta be good...

Further, what was ever DONE by a previous administration to "safeguard" against such things?

Cite sources, please. Facts are always nice amidst the spew...

[tschock]

Originally Posted by earlywynnfan

I'm dumb enough to bite: how about defunding the White House Nat Security Council Directorate for Global Health Security and Biodefense team, who monitored potential outbreaks worldwide? Slightly scary reading an article from 2018 stating the threat of a pandemic flu as their number 1 concern

Thank you, Mayor Bloomberg. I'll provide the citation for you, in case you missed it. https://www.factcheck.org/2020/03/de...avirus-claims/

[earlywynnfan]

Originally Posted by tschock

Thank you, Mayor Bloomberg. I'll provide the citation for you, in case you missed it. https://www.factcheck.org/2020/03/de...avirus-claims/

Thanks for linking it for me:
"Multiple Democrats, including Bloomberg and Biden, have criticized Trump for getting rid of a pandemic response position on the National Security Council. The position was eliminated, although John Bolton, then-national security adviser, was the person directly responsible."

[Frank A]

Nobody could have stopped this and to say they could have is assanine. No country in the world has stopped it and will not This thing has to run it's coarse and then it will subside. All you geniuses who think any person could have stopped this is a nut case. Blaming the President is just plain Stupid.

[seanofjapan]

Originally Posted by Frank A

Nobody could have stopped this and to say they could have is assanine. No country in the world has stopped it and will not This thing has to run it's coarse and then it will subside. All you geniuses who think any person could have stopped this is a nut case. Blaming the President is just plain Stupid.

South Korea and China actually have stopped it by taking aggressive measures to do so. Just taking a “let it run its course” approach is a recipe for disaster.

[irv]

https://www.factcheck.org/2020/03/fa...pandemic-work/

CNN accusing "someone" of being racist and a xenophobe for calling the Coronovirus the Wuhan virus or the China Virus. Is CNN really this dumb where they, themselves, forgot what they also called it?

https://twitter.com/peterjhasson/sta...93473%3Fs%3D21

[Frank A]

Originally Posted by seanofjapan

South Korea and China actually have stopped it by taking aggressive measures to do so. Just taking a “let it run its course” approach is a recipe for disaster.

China is full of shit. Trusting China is a disaster waiting to happen.

[samosa4u]

Originally Posted by Frank A

China is full of shit. Trusting China is a disaster waiting to happen.

+1

[seanofjapan]

Originally Posted by Frank A

China is full of shit. Trusting China is a disaster waiting to happen.

Agreed. But we don’t need to trust the Chinese government. A few weeks ago their caseload was growing at an exponential rate. They would be dealing with millions of cases by now if they didn’t get it under control, way too many for them to cover up.

So while I don’t trust the Chinese government, I do believe that the situation is under control there just based on the evidence we can see.

Also South Korea, a democratic country I have been to many times, has also brought it under control and I generally to have a lot of confidence in what its government is saying.

[chalupacollects]

Originally Posted by Frank A

China is full of shit. Trusting China is a disaster waiting to happen.

Quote=Kyle M

I wouldn't be so quick to applaud China & Italy.

First of all, China began the cover-up of this virus in December. Numbers didn't start coming out until January, and even then & now, there is plenty of skepticism when it comes to the numbers released vs. reality. I have plenty of doubts on how much that situation is actually "clearing up" and even more doubts about the origins of the virus and China's intentions.

Second of all, Italy didn't close down Chinese travel until it was too late. They have 16 million people under quarantine, and are leaving infected, dead corpses in the homes because they aren't collecting them fast enough or at all for a certain period of time. They are even considering not caring for the elderly.[/QUOTE]


Yes, think about this for all the conspiracy folks or those who think China is our friend:

Where exactly did the virus come from? A Chinese Bio-weapons facility? Maybe someone goofed up and dropped a vial or two and it proliferated from there? Or people were purposely infected?

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news...gram-possible/

Or was this a clever bio-weapon test run by the Chinese to test the effectiveness of the virus (it does mutate) and also gauge the world's response to its spread?

Also to guage the resulting economic impact on the world?
China does own a huge amount of US Treasury debt.... and exports plenty of pharmaceuticals and medical components to the USA...

World War 3 without the destruction???

Food for thought...

[Exhibitman]

Originally Posted by Frank A

Nobody could have stopped this and to say they could have is assanine. No country in the world has stopped it and will not This thing has to run it's coarse and then it will subside. All you geniuses who think any person could have stopped this is a nut case. Blaming the President is just plain Stupid.

Now who can argue with genuine American gibberish like that? Just a thought, but perhaps the next time you decide to attack people for being stupid or sarcastically call them geniuses for not agreeing with you or your beloved fearless leader, maybe get someone who can read and write at better than a 9th grade remedial level to proof the post for you. The words you are searching for are "asinine", "its", and "course". The next to last sentence should read: "All you geniuses who think any person could have stopped this are nut cases."

Just to be sure you don't think I am criticizing the way you expressed yourself rather than the content of your statement, I have carefully considered your brilliant defense of the regime's incompetent, late and grudging response to the pandemic and can think of only one response that seems appropriate: nuts!

[Frank A]

[QUOTE=Exhibitman;1961926]Now who can argue with genuine American gibberish like that? Just a thought, but perhaps the next time you decide to attack people for being stupid or sarcastically call them geniuses for not agreeing with you or your beloved fearless leader, maybe get someone who can read and write at better than a 9th grade remedial level to proof the post for you. The words you are searching for are "asinine", "its", and "course". The next to last sentence should read: "All you geniuses who think any person could have stopped this are nut cases."

Just to be sure you don't think I am criticizing the way you expressed yourself rather than the content of your statement, I have carefully considered your brilliant defense of the regime's incompetent, late and grudging response to the pandemic and can think of only one response that seems appropriate: nuts![/QU I really hate the spelling police, I guess your one of them. I guess your one of the people who judge everybody. Petty life you have.OTE]

[buymycards]

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[tschock]

Originally Posted by earlywynnfan

Thanks for linking it for me:
"Democrats have criticized President Donald Trump for his administration’s response to the new coronavirus, making claims about cuts to public health programs and the silencing of government experts. But they haven’t always gotten their facts right:
Multiple Democrats, including Bloomberg and Biden, have criticized Trump for getting rid of a pandemic response position on the National Security Council. The position was eliminated, although John Bolton, then-national security adviser, was the person directly responsible."

You're welcome. To provide context to your quote, I added the preceding sentences to those bullet points (including your quoted one), just in case you missed that.

[earlywynnfan]

Originally Posted by tschock

You're welcome. To provide context to your quote, I added the preceding sentences to those bullet points (including your quoted one), just in case you missed that.

I didn't miss it, it did not relate to my point. You appear very interested in making this a Trump/NonTrump thing, I have no interest in that. Feel free to argue with others, I would rather care about my students, my family, and my friends, no matter if they wear a D or an R on their hats.