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OT: All Things Coronavirus Covid-19 - Part VII - MOD ADVISORY POST 1
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On Thursday, he explained that President Trump and Vice President Mike Pence came to him looking for new ideas and "outside of the box" thinking.
But his lack of experience has drawn scrutiny, especially when he referred to the national stockpile of medical supplies as "our stockpile."
"The notion of the federal stockpile was it's supposed to be our stockpile," he said. "It's not supposed to be states' stockpiles that they then use."
The backlash was quick and harsh.
"I would dismiss what Mr. Kushner said," Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly, a Democrat, told NPR's Here & Now. "That is absolutely not the way it is supposed to work."
Kelly said the national stockpile was supposed to be a backup for states – and added the Trump administration should have done more to fill it.
Jared Kushner's Role In Coronavirus Response Draws Scrutiny, Criticism
But his lack of experience has drawn scrutiny, especially when he referred to the national stockpile of medical supplies as "our stockpile."
"The notion of the federal stockpile was it's supposed to be our stockpile," he said. "It's not supposed to be states' stockpiles that they then use."
The backlash was quick and harsh.
"I would dismiss what Mr. Kushner said," Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly, a Democrat, told NPR's Here & Now. "That is absolutely not the way it is supposed to work."
Kelly said the national stockpile was supposed to be a backup for states – and added the Trump administration should have done more to fill it.
Jared Kushner's Role In Coronavirus Response Draws Scrutiny, Criticism
Jared Kushner and his wife are not at all qualified to be doing ANYTHING for this country.
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apparently donnie trump is scheduled to have a conference call at noon with all of the major
sports commissioners. holy hell would that be interesting to listen to.
sports commissioners. holy hell would that be interesting to listen to.
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I was curious on how it is that Russia is so low on the mortality charts at 43. I suspected they are not forth coming, so I googled it and this popped up from April 1st - Russia introduces fines for ‘fake news’ on COVID-19 as government’s method questioned
Nothing new here, they have been eliminating reporters for years that speak out with the truth.
Two weeks ago, an opposition-leaning radio station in Russia interviewed political analyst Valery Solovei, who alleged the government was lying when it said no one had died in the country from the coronavirus.
Solovei told radio station Echo Moskvy at least 1,600 people might have died since mid-January. Russia’s media and internet watchdog, Roscomnadzor, quickly pressured the station to delete the interview from its website.
The demand was part of a widespread government campaign against what authorities called “fake news” about the pandemic.
On Tuesday, Russian lawmakers began putting some teeth behind the campaign, approving fines of up to $25,000 and prison terms of up to five years for anyone who spreads what is deemed to be false information. Media outlets will be fined up to $127,000 if they disseminate disinformation about the outbreak.
Lawmakers rushed the bill through all three readings in just one day after President Vladimir Putin spoke about the need to counter “provocations, stupid gossip and malicious lies” about the outbreak.
The crusade began about a month ago, when Russia’s caseload was still in the single digits. The Kremlin’s stance of “everything is under control” prompted speculation that authorities might be hiding or underreporting the scale of the outbreak in line with Soviet-era traditions of covering up embarrassing truths.
A 32-year-old woman was fined $380 — a significant sum in a country with an average monthly salary of about $550 — for posting on social media something she heard on a bus about the virus in her region. A 26-year-old man was fined a similar amount for a comment he made under a news report claiming a woman died of the virus in a hospital. Another woman faces a fine of about $380-$1,200 for posting about virus cases in her region where no infections were officially reported.
Asked whether the punishments fit these crimes, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said they were “absolutely justified.”
“It stirs up unwarranted tensions, and in this situation it needs to be punished in accordance with the law,” he said.
The crackdown on free speech fits a recent pattern. In the past five years, hundreds of people have been prosecuted on charges of extremism for posting, liking or sharing information on social media on sensitive topics like corruption, the conflict with Ukraine, the 2014 annexation of Crimea and the role of the Russian Orthodox Church. Dozens received prison sentences.
Nothing new here, they have been eliminating reporters for years that speak out with the truth.
Two weeks ago, an opposition-leaning radio station in Russia interviewed political analyst Valery Solovei, who alleged the government was lying when it said no one had died in the country from the coronavirus.
Solovei told radio station Echo Moskvy at least 1,600 people might have died since mid-January. Russia’s media and internet watchdog, Roscomnadzor, quickly pressured the station to delete the interview from its website.
The demand was part of a widespread government campaign against what authorities called “fake news” about the pandemic.
On Tuesday, Russian lawmakers began putting some teeth behind the campaign, approving fines of up to $25,000 and prison terms of up to five years for anyone who spreads what is deemed to be false information. Media outlets will be fined up to $127,000 if they disseminate disinformation about the outbreak.
Lawmakers rushed the bill through all three readings in just one day after President Vladimir Putin spoke about the need to counter “provocations, stupid gossip and malicious lies” about the outbreak.
The crusade began about a month ago, when Russia’s caseload was still in the single digits. The Kremlin’s stance of “everything is under control” prompted speculation that authorities might be hiding or underreporting the scale of the outbreak in line with Soviet-era traditions of covering up embarrassing truths.
A 32-year-old woman was fined $380 — a significant sum in a country with an average monthly salary of about $550 — for posting on social media something she heard on a bus about the virus in her region. A 26-year-old man was fined a similar amount for a comment he made under a news report claiming a woman died of the virus in a hospital. Another woman faces a fine of about $380-$1,200 for posting about virus cases in her region where no infections were officially reported.
Asked whether the punishments fit these crimes, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said they were “absolutely justified.”
“It stirs up unwarranted tensions, and in this situation it needs to be punished in accordance with the law,” he said.
The crackdown on free speech fits a recent pattern. In the past five years, hundreds of people have been prosecuted on charges of extremism for posting, liking or sharing information on social media on sensitive topics like corruption, the conflict with Ukraine, the 2014 annexation of Crimea and the role of the Russian Orthodox Church. Dozens received prison sentences.
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So far he's kept up the bread but he's lacking in the circuses department.
Lacking in the classical sense I should say.
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My gag reflex has had all it can take with the jackass having his daily rally for re-election. I can no longer listen to him.
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How Trump’s attempts to win the daily news cycle feed a chaotic coronavirus response
I’m not a religious person but for 5hose that are I ask you say a prayer for Ray. He’s my nephew’s best friend.
Her husband is hospitalized in a coma with coronavirus. She’s 7 1/2 months pregnant and infected, too - The Boston Globe
I’m not a religious person but for 5hose that are I ask you say a prayer for Ray. He’s my nephew’s best friend.
Her husband is hospitalized in a coma with coronavirus. She’s 7 1/2 months pregnant and infected, too - The Boston Globe
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This article in today's Washington Post is a brutal read
The U.S. was beset by denial and dysfunction as the coronavirus raged | Boston.com
Other officials have emerged during the crisis to help right the United States’ course, and at times the statements of the president. But even as Fauci, Azar and others sought to assert themselves, Trump was behind the scenes turning to others with no credentials, experience or discernible insight in navigating a pandemic.
Foremost among them was his adviser and son-in-law, Jared Kushner. A team reporting to Kushner commandeered space on the seventh floor of the HHS building to pursue a series of inchoate initiatives.
One plan involved having Google create a website to direct those with symptoms to testing facilities that were supposed to spring up in Walmart parking lots across the country, but which never materialized. Another centered an idea advanced by Oracle Chairman Larry Ellison to use software to monitor the unproven use of anti-malaria drugs against the coronavirus pathogen.
So far, the plans have failed to come close to delivering on the promises made when they were touted in White House news conferences. The Kushner initiatives have, however, often interrupted the work of those under immense pressure to manage the U.S. response.
Current and former officials said that Kadlec, Fauci, Redfield and others have repeatedly had to divert their attentions from core operations to contend with ill-conceived requests from the White House they don’t believe they can ignore. And Azar, who once ran the response, has since been sidelined, with his agency disempowered in decision-making and his performance pilloried by a range of White House officials, including Kushner.
“Right now Fauci is trying to roll out the most ambitious clinical trial ever implemented” to hasten the development of a vaccine, said a former senior administration official in frequent touch with former colleagues. And yet, the nation’s top health officials “are getting calls from the White House or Jared’s team asking, ‘Wouldn’t it be nice to do this with Oracle?’ ”
The U.S. was beset by denial and dysfunction as the coronavirus raged | Boston.com
Other officials have emerged during the crisis to help right the United States’ course, and at times the statements of the president. But even as Fauci, Azar and others sought to assert themselves, Trump was behind the scenes turning to others with no credentials, experience or discernible insight in navigating a pandemic.
Foremost among them was his adviser and son-in-law, Jared Kushner. A team reporting to Kushner commandeered space on the seventh floor of the HHS building to pursue a series of inchoate initiatives.
One plan involved having Google create a website to direct those with symptoms to testing facilities that were supposed to spring up in Walmart parking lots across the country, but which never materialized. Another centered an idea advanced by Oracle Chairman Larry Ellison to use software to monitor the unproven use of anti-malaria drugs against the coronavirus pathogen.
So far, the plans have failed to come close to delivering on the promises made when they were touted in White House news conferences. The Kushner initiatives have, however, often interrupted the work of those under immense pressure to manage the U.S. response.
Current and former officials said that Kadlec, Fauci, Redfield and others have repeatedly had to divert their attentions from core operations to contend with ill-conceived requests from the White House they don’t believe they can ignore. And Azar, who once ran the response, has since been sidelined, with his agency disempowered in decision-making and his performance pilloried by a range of White House officials, including Kushner.
“Right now Fauci is trying to roll out the most ambitious clinical trial ever implemented” to hasten the development of a vaccine, said a former senior administration official in frequent touch with former colleagues. And yet, the nation’s top health officials “are getting calls from the White House or Jared’s team asking, ‘Wouldn’t it be nice to do this with Oracle?’ ”
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Emergency Alert for Ontario.
Everyone but essential workers need to stay home.
Go out only if absolutely necessary to pick up groceries, prescriptions or to go to medical appointment.
Everyone but essential workers need to stay home.
Go out only if absolutely necessary to pick up groceries, prescriptions or to go to medical appointment.
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How to fix this? Who can fix this? Who has the power to stop it before it's too late.
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Growing Concern for Virus Hot Spots Near New York: Live Updates
Governor Cuomo compared a jump in cases on Long Island to “a fire spreading” and said that New Jersey had “a serious problem” as the coronavirus spread.
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The Chinese government is facilitating a donation of 1,000 ventilators to New York State, Governor Cuomo said.
‘A fire spreading’: Hot spots are emerging near New York City.
Gov. Philip D. Murphy of New Jersey started a news conference on Saturday with a moment of silence for the lives lost, more than 800 people, in the state’s coronavirus outbreak.
Hours earlier, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo of New York compared a jump in cases on Long Island to “a fire spreading.” And added that “New Jersey has a serious problem.”
Though New York City remains the nation’s epicenter for the coronavirus outbreak with thousands of new cases every day, officials are increasingly concerned about emerging hot spots near the city.
Citing coastal communities increasingly crowded by those fleeing other hot spots, Mr. Murphy announced that New Jersey would move to make it easier for municipalities or counties to block “rentals to transient guests or seasonal tenants” for the duration of the crisis, including at hotels and motels.
Growing Concern for Virus Hot Spots Near New York: Live Updates
Governor Cuomo compared a jump in cases on Long Island to “a fire spreading” and said that New Jersey had “a serious problem” as the coronavirus spread.
RIGHT NOW
The Chinese government is facilitating a donation of 1,000 ventilators to New York State, Governor Cuomo said.
‘A fire spreading’: Hot spots are emerging near New York City.
Gov. Philip D. Murphy of New Jersey started a news conference on Saturday with a moment of silence for the lives lost, more than 800 people, in the state’s coronavirus outbreak.
Hours earlier, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo of New York compared a jump in cases on Long Island to “a fire spreading.” And added that “New Jersey has a serious problem.”
Though New York City remains the nation’s epicenter for the coronavirus outbreak with thousands of new cases every day, officials are increasingly concerned about emerging hot spots near the city.
Citing coastal communities increasingly crowded by those fleeing other hot spots, Mr. Murphy announced that New Jersey would move to make it easier for municipalities or counties to block “rentals to transient guests or seasonal tenants” for the duration of the crisis, including at hotels and motels.
Growing Concern for Virus Hot Spots Near New York: Live Updates
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Pretty sure at the end... they'll all shake hands and say, good game.
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I agree completely. I always thought ours meant just mine or specific in general but the President and Jared said it means everyone. Total Fail.
I hope to god that theUS never elects another incompetent boob like Trump again. He is evil
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