SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19

[Adam]

44 minutes ago, Chuckster70 said:

 

He’s out socialisming the socialists! #maga

[Redondo]

• US was more prepared for pandemic than any other country, Johns Hopkins study found

The United States was ranked the best-prepared country in the world to handle a pandemic in late 2019 by the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) and the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security (JHCHS) -- an assessment seemingly at odds with claims by Democrats that the Trump administration left the country vulnerable to the ongoing coronavirus outbreak.

The Global Health Security Index was was "developed with guidance from an international panel of experts from 13 countries, with research by the Economist Intelligence Unit" from 2018 to 2019, The Washington Post reported last year. "More than 100 researchers spent a year collecting and validating publicly available data.”

At the same time, the paper noted that the U.S. score was still not perfect, and that "factors driving down the U.S. score include the risks of social unrest and terrorism, and low public confidence in government."

President Trump's campaign has argued in recent days that misinformation may be one of the leading causes of that lack of confidence. For example, Trump's team has pointed to claims by presidential contender Joe Biden that "no one on the National Security Council staff was put in charge" of pandemic preparedness, based on a report that in May 2018, then-National Security Adviser John Bolton eliminated the NSC’s Office of Global Health Security and Biodefense in a reorganization effort.

Rear Adm. R. Timothy Ziemer reportedly was ousted as senior director, and no replacement was named. But, FactCheck.org has determined that the matter amounted to a reorganization, and that “some team members [of the NSC pandemic office] were shifted to other groups, and others took over some of [the top official’s] duties.”

 

[Taylor]

2 hours ago, mtangelsfan said:

Oh ffs, stupid people being stupid has nothing to do with Trump.  
 

Yes, they would be stupid no matter who's president. But that doesn't mean Trump should just get away for saying idiotic things that cause stupid people to do even more stupid things.

[Taylor]

2 hours ago, Lou said:

Or perhaps they approve of the job he's doing

Perhaps. I wonder why.

[Chuck]

41 minutes ago, Redondo said:

• US was more prepared for pandemic than any other country, Johns Hopkins study found

The United States was ranked the best-prepared country in the world to handle a pandemic in late 2019 by the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) and the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security (JHCHS) -- an assessment seemingly at odds with claims by Democrats that the Trump administration left the country vulnerable to the ongoing coronavirus outbreak.

The Global Health Security Index was was "developed with guidance from an international panel of experts from 13 countries, with research by the Economist Intelligence Unit" from 2018 to 2019, The Washington Post reported last year. "More than 100 researchers spent a year collecting and validating publicly available data.”

At the same time, the paper noted that the U.S. score was still not perfect, and that "factors driving down the U.S. score include the risks of social unrest and terrorism, and low public confidence in government."

President Trump's campaign has argued in recent days that misinformation may be one of the leading causes of that lack of confidence. For example, Trump's team has pointed to claims by presidential contender Joe Biden that "no one on the National Security Council staff was put in charge" of pandemic preparedness, based on a report that in May 2018, then-National Security Adviser John Bolton eliminated the NSC’s Office of Global Health Security and Biodefense in a reorganization effort.

Rear Adm. R. Timothy Ziemer reportedly was ousted as senior director, and no replacement was named. But, FactCheck.org has determined that the matter amounted to a reorganization, and that “some team members [of the NSC pandemic office] were shifted to other groups, and others took over some of [the top official’s] duties.”

 

John Hopkins? They must be affiliated somehow with Ben Shapiro or Fox News? This can't be true. - Dems

[Taylor]

45 minutes ago, Redondo said:

• US was more prepared for pandemic than any other country, Johns Hopkins study found

The United States was ranked the best-prepared country in the world to handle a pandemic in late 2019 by the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) and the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security (JHCHS) -- an assessment seemingly at odds with claims by Democrats that the Trump administration left the country vulnerable to the ongoing coronavirus outbreak.

The Global Health Security Index was was "developed with guidance from an international panel of experts from 13 countries, with research by the Economist Intelligence Unit" from 2018 to 2019, The Washington Post reported last year. "More than 100 researchers spent a year collecting and validating publicly available data.”

At the same time, the paper noted that the U.S. score was still not perfect, and that "factors driving down the U.S. score include the risks of social unrest and terrorism, and low public confidence in government."

President Trump's campaign has argued in recent days that misinformation may be one of the leading causes of that lack of confidence. For example, Trump's team has pointed to claims by presidential contender Joe Biden that "no one on the National Security Council staff was put in charge" of pandemic preparedness, based on a report that in May 2018, then-National Security Adviser John Bolton eliminated the NSC’s Office of Global Health Security and Biodefense in a reorganization effort.

Rear Adm. R. Timothy Ziemer reportedly was ousted as senior director, and no replacement was named. But, FactCheck.org has determined that the matter amounted to a reorganization, and that “some team members [of the NSC pandemic office] were shifted to other groups, and others took over some of [the top official’s] duties.”

 

I wish this were reported elsewhere, because it does prove that the U.S. should be #1 when it comes to preparedness for health epidemics.

But what Fox News won't admit is that this has nothing to do with Trump, and that his priority of protecting the stock market over keeping Americans safe and healthy counteracted what's likely years and years of research and resource-building.

The sheer amount of misinformation that Trump has shared about the virus proves that he has no idea what he's doing. It's good that he's finally trusting and deferring to people with 10 times his intelligence.

[Lou]

3 minutes ago, Taylor said:

But what Fox News won't admit is that this has nothing to do with Trump,

1. Then why do you keep blaming him?

2. Fox News!

[Taylor]

1 minute ago, Lou said:

1. Then why do you keep blaming him?

2. Fox News!

The U.S.'s #1 rank on the Global Preparedness Scale has nothing to do with Trump.

Fox News, indeed!

[AngelsLakersFan]

1 hour ago, st1ckboy said:

George likes his chicken spicy!

I gotta have that kick Jerry!!

[fan_since79]

If enough people spread the word that the virus has something on Hillary, we'll never see that sucker again.

 

[RallyMo]

45 minutes ago, Lou said:

1. Then why do you keep blaming him?

2. Fox News!

Public school?

[St1ck]

2 minutes ago, fan_since79 said:

If enough people spread the word that the virus has something on Hillary, we'll never see that sucker again.

 

Word is, you say Hillary one time, Blarg appears.

[tdawg87]

I mean, Hillary is terrible.

[Amazing Larry]

1 hour ago, Taylor said:

I wish this were reported elsewhere, because it does prove that the U.S. should be #1 when it comes to preparedness for health epidemics.

But what Fox News won't admit is that this has nothing to do with Trump, and that his priority of protecting the stock market over keeping Americans safe and healthy counteracted what's likely years and years of research and resource-building.

The sheer amount of misinformation that Trump has shared about the virus proves that he has no idea what he's doing. It's good that he's finally trusting and deferring to people with 10 times his intelligence.

[Taylor]

[St1ck]

4 minutes ago, Lhalo said:

Looks like Lhalo forgot we have a 10,000 page Michael Keaton thread.

[mtangelsfan]

1 hour ago, Taylor said:

Yes, they would be stupid no matter who's president. But that doesn't mean Trump should just get away for saying idiotic things that cause stupid people to do even more stupid things.

He didn’t cause anyone to do anything 

[mtangelsfan]

1 hour ago, Taylor said:

The U.S.'s #1 rank on the Global Preparedness Scale has nothing to do with Trump.

Fox News, indeed!

Bad stuff = Trump

good stuff = not Trump

[Adam]

8 minutes ago, st1ckboy said:

Looks like Lhalo forgot we have a 10,000 page Michael Keaton thread.

We should

[St1ck]

4 minutes ago, Adam said:

We should

Agreed. He's a national treasure.

[Lou]

5 minutes ago, st1ckboy said:

Agreed. He's a national treasure.

His real name is Michael Douglas. 

[angelinkc]

1 hour ago, Taylor said:

I wish this were reported elsewhere, because it does prove that the U.S. should be #1 when it comes to preparedness for health epidemics.

But what Fox News won't admit is that this has nothing to do with Trump, and that his priority of protecting the stock market over keeping Americans safe and healthy counteracted what's likely years and years of research and resource-building.

The sheer amount of misinformation that Trump has shared about the virus proves that he has no idea what he's doing. It's good that he's finally trusting and deferring to people with 10 times his intelligence.

of course. trump only deserves credit when things suck

[St1ck]

1 minute ago, Lou said:

His real name is Michael Douglas. 

Like I don't know that.

[Lou]

8 minutes ago, st1ckboy said:

Like I don't know that.

Because I told you

[fan_since79]

Appears it was a good idea to move this thread to the political forum.

Garcetti to shut off water and power to "non-essential" businesses that remain open.

https://ktla.com/news/coronavirus/mayor-garcetti-expected-to-hold-daily-briefing-on-l-a-s-covid-19-response/amp/?__twitter_impression=true