Hello, yes, did you know that the Coronavirus is still happening? I am not as freaked out about it as I was last week. But it’s bad! People are already dying in America and there are reportedly Corona infections on both coasts. There… is not even a widely available test for Corona, right? Much less a proper vaccine for it. But don’t worry, the Coronavirus Czar is on the case! Mike Pence was on one of the Sunday morning news shows and he was asked about how Don Trump Jr. recently claimed that Democrats want people to die. Seriously. He called into Fox News and said: “Anything they can use to try to hurt Trump, they will. For them to try to take a pandemic and seemingly hope that it comes here and kills millions of people so that they can end Donald Trump’s streak of winning is a new level of sickness.”
I bring this up because Coronavirus Czar Mike Pence was shown all of the clips of various conservatives freaking out about the virus and how dangerous it is POLITICALLY for Trump if a lot of people die, and Pence… just completely glossed over the unhinged political attacks.
Jesus. Just when I stop panicking a little bit, I listen to Pence and I get scared all over again. Pence will be on the Hill today, putting together a congressional appropriation package to deal with the virus and more. Yesterday, Pence canceled (or the White House canceled) a CDC public briefing on the coronavirus and then Mike Pence did a briefing at the White House:
I swing back and forth between thinking that all of this panic and fuss is all for nothing anyway – we’ll likely all be exposed to it at some point, and that’s before they can come up with a vaccine. Oh well.
Photos courtesy of Avalon Red.
The Repubs are desperate to prevent this from tanking Trump’s reelection. The stock market drop and the potential economic collapse a pandemic could cause has them shook. Attacking Dems is all they have left.
I don’t get why everyone is so scared. It’s mostly impacting the elderly and people with respiratory issues. Granted, a 1.4% death rate is going to stack up to a lot of people if everyone in the world catches it, but it’s not like the Spanish Flu or Ebola or something. Like, I wouldn’t panic.
Maybe I don’t remember clearly enough what the eras of Ebola, H1N1, etc, were like but the politicization of this is unreal. Don Junior is such an incredibly disgusting punk, first of all. And the MAGAts on my parent page for one of my college sons are going overboard to say this is no big deal at all, posting links from Dr Drew and calling the hype “fake news.” I can’t.
I also can’t help but wonder if these same people, who seem all but ready to catch COVID-19 to own the libs, would be singing the same tune if their guy wasn’t POTUS in an election year. JFC.
Interesting fact I just read on Twitter, from the Sarasota Herald-Tribune: Coronavirus Florida: Mother and son at Sarasota Military Academy under quarantine
https://www.heraldtribune.com/news/20200302/coronavirus-florida-mother-and-son-at-sarasota-military-academy-under-quarantine?template=ampart&__twitter_impression=true
“A student whose classmates met with and touched VP Pence is now quarantined.
On Friday, cadets at Sarasota Military Academy shook hands with Pence, who was visiting Sarasota for fundraiser. One cadet’s mom had been in contact with a coronavirus patient.”
Pence, the same guy who wipes his nose with his hand on national TV. #TheStupidIsStrong
I was going to mention that too. Pence is directly helped the spread of the virus. Oh boy.
I don’t either. I remember SARS, Ebola, H1N1, and Avian Flu scares, but never this insane politicizing. I’m sure the GOP nuts attacked Obama for the ones that happened during his terms, but I don’t remember it being so crazy.
I also didn’t realize how widespread H1N1 was, over 1.6 million cases, and over 17% fatal.
OMG Dr Drew is succumbing a sleaze. He is the one who helped spread the rumors about Hillary questioning if her thyroid medicine kept her from being fit for President. Of course he is helping spread MAGA Coronavirus lies of course.
I remember when SARS, or which ever virus form the early 2000s, hit Toronto. It was very quiet for a bit. Bare Naked Ladies and other Canadian bands did a concert to try and bring people out. I didn’t worry about getting sick and took advantage of the absent traffic and cheap hotel deals on offer.
SARS stock! It was organized by the Rolling Stones because our poor city was losing billions from the SARS outbreak. That virus was terrifying because it was killing young people – doctors, nurses – and we were not ready.
COVID will be hard on older populations and vulnerable people but for most of us, it will not be a horrific illness. Wash your hands peeps!
Why don’t they stop talking about what they think democrats are hoping for and just do their jobs? For Christ’s sake, can they just stfu about politics for one minute and focus on doing what they’re supposed to do?
They don’t know what they’re supposed to do, and won’t listen to anyone who does. It’s been that way since day 1.
There is a test for it, I had it done last week. Got my results back yesterday afternoon – negative but I have to stay indoors until the 14 day quarantine period is up (which for me is another week)
Glad you’re okay
I’m glad you got the test & sorry about the quarantine. I heard that they were quickly running out of the tests & would not be able to test most people who are suspected as having it soon. Is this not correct or was it easy to get tested (and is it still)?
My coworker was quarantined and given the test. Somehow Uncle Sam was watching her vacay because she flew back from Italy and our supervisor said she was fine to come back, but she was barred from returning. She was tested and is now quarantined for 14 days and has to monitor her temperature twice a day and retest. Thank goodness they stopped her returning. We’re at a Cancer hospital that sees international patients and we have direct patient care. Had she brought it back here it would have been devastating.
This is no time to play politics. This virus is real and it’s hurting people and they need to stop.
There’s a reason trumpviruscoverup is trending on twitter.
Trump was demanding to pharma CEO’s and the head of the NIH that a vaccine be out in months-even after legit every one of them said that maybe MAYBE they could be at the human testing phase by then. And the head of the NIH kept saying a year. Year and half during the entire meeting. Trump-who legit said we have a robust flu vaccine that can help can’t it?
When you have idiots that don’t understand or respect science-of COURSE they are going to try and politicize it because they don’t get it. But this virus does not care what color hat you wear or how you feel about the border wall. Another reason to go out and vote! today
Well doncha know those pharma CEO’s and the head of the NIH are all probs democrats and are just saying it’ll take 1-1.5 years because they want to sabotage his reelection. The earth revolves around him you know. The sun too. Don’t believe the scientists they are lying.
I find it frightening and sickening how anti-science this administration is. As if we needed more to be horrified by.
Democrats aren’t the ones who flew a boatload of sick people into the country.
Democrats aren’t the ones who sent unqualified, untrained people without protective gear into see those sick people and then allowed those unqualified, untrained people who had been exposed out into the general population to spread the disease.
Democrats aren’t the ones who shut down 36 CDC pandemic units.
Democrats aren’t the ones who caused there to be more than 700 vacant positions at the CDC.
Democrats aren’t the ones who diverted CDC funding to a fence.
Democrats aren’t the ones who silenced CDC doctors.
Democrats aren’t the ones who appointed & confirmed a big pharmaceutical lobbyist with no actual healthcare experience to run Health & Human Services.
Amen!!!!!
Democrats are also not the ones who appointed a religious zealot to tackle this virus. I think what scares me the most is they are trying to pray this virus away and hoping that the big sky guy will kill it with a thunderbolt or whatever the hell they think he will do with it. Sure, people tried to pray the Black Plague away, but surprise…they still died.
And last but certainly not least, as Colbert pointed out, Drumpf pointed out to his MAGAt’s that this virus was a hoax by the Democratic Party at one of his rallies in February!! The only thing that Drumpf should be running is a toy train set! And now we are desperately behind any medical/experimental actions that should have taken place months ago. Not only that, I read that I think it was Cedars in NY that was sent 30+ testing kits which were proven to be faulty and NY created their own which were accurate and they manufactured enough for all of the NY hospitals.
Always projecting.
I am beyond outraged at how the administration is handling this! I want to be able to go to the CDC website for information, but honestly, I’ve lost all confidence in what it will say after hearing about how Pence and Trump are forcing the scientists to clear statements with them first. The stories about the lack to reliable tests – or any tests at all – are unbelievable. Not to mention that this administration doesn’t think government is useful for anything and thus fired our rapid response team. And, by further eroding confidence in government agencies, they are going to be able to turn around and say, see, we don’t need these anyway. I despise them.
Try your state or county health department website (or the best local hospital) instead. The local authorities are on the frontline, they should have all the information you need.
I agree with you wholeheartedly! It has come to the point that I can’t watch/read the news without absolute disgust as to how the country has transpired since 2015. I become inflamed at the absolute delusional spew that MAGAt’s have become accustomed to use as a deflection. I have realized though that his strongest supporters have one or two common priorities in regards to his presidency 1) the economy/unemployment, 2) illegal immigrants/border wall. Now my biggest response to the all is that before Drump came into the picture, there seemed to be little to no outrage over immigrants. But once he started spewing hatred and lies about immigrants, I lost it! I am also disgusted how hate crimes have increased 76% since 2015, when he started campaigning.
Great, now all the Trump lovers will be repeating that on Facebook for a week. “Dumocrats and libtards want us all dead”. The worst part is they actually believe it.
Plus, we have the head of Heath and Human Services, who is the former CEO of Eli Lily Pharmaceutical, saying even when they have the vaccine — HE CANNOT SAY THAT IT WILL BE AFFORDABLE FOR EVERYONE. Great.
Despicable…as usual.
Karma is a steamroller.
Vote blue, people.
Keep the House, take the Senate, and boot Drumpf out. But also vote blue in all of the lower ticket races.
I agree with you.
I feel like this is a bad movie. Raging Willy Wonka is running the country and Guy Smiley is terrorizing the CDC. These people are revolting. Every time I see the shots of the Nursing home where so many people are sick I want to cry . Screw Mike Pence Democrats are NOT the ones completely unconcerned about people dying unless it affects the stock market.
Liz, you are absolutely right! As soon as Drumpf realized the seriousness of this virus, which was only obvious due to the stock market, he finally dropped the hoax bit and mandated Pence as the czar. He ace for him though is that when this virus situation implodes, Drumpf will blame Pence all the way to the southern border wall!
Oh yep you are absolutely right about that! Pence is only there as a scapegoat!
No they are afraid it will effect Trump’s re-election bid. It will, that’s a given.
I’ve actually had people tell me it’s a biological weapon that the Chinese created. But why? It’s tanking their economy so that theory makes no sense. It’s of no benefit to them.
Can’t think of anything that would make the virus spread more rapidly than a crowd of anti-science magats crowded together at one of his rallies. They don’t even look like they take care of their teeth much less look like the types to wash their hands.
@Leah Oh Yeah, I’ve heard the ‘it was engineered by humans in a lab!’ BS too. Their claimed reason for the creation of the virus? Population control. Remove all the elderly and vulnerable who are too expensive for social systems to look after, following the UN’s agenda. Because reasons and There Has To Be Something They’re Not Telling Us and Our Governments Hate Us and…
Stupid is so exhausting.
He’s probably so happy he has something to do.
I don’t think that democrats want people to die, maybe just be informed. CNN has tons of news and headlines on it while fox news had around 3 stories yesterday and it was buried on the news feed.
Trump tried to lie, said the US would have a vaccine in as little as 3-4 months. A doctor corrected him that vaccines need to be tested, and the earliest one could be rolled out is a year to year-and-a-half. Trump responded, “𝗪𝗲𝗹𝗹, 𝗜 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝘆 𝗯𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝗰𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴” (direct quote from CNN story). The man is a sociopath. His failure as our leader caused the virus to spread in the USA, and it will only get worse. Pence thinks democrats want people to die? Well republicans ACTUALLY CAUSED PEOPLE TO DIE. Including you, Pence. Answer for that at the pearly gates.
I think the chances of Pence and Cheeto-head making it to the pearly gates are in the cards for them in the future, less so for Pence though since he didn’t cheat on his wives and the last one was with playboy models, or whatever they are.
OK, everyone will have to indulge me, because this is hitting especially close to home. I live in the epicenter of the virus in Washington state. I am very familiar with not only the nursing home that has so many cases, but the hospital where all the deaths have occurred (our family has used both facilities – but thankfully not recently). The medics at my local fire station are under quarantine because they were the ones who responded to the nursing home. Nursing students at our local college visited the nursing home as part of their coursework, I think they were told to self-quarantine, but not until days afterward. In my unscientific opinion, it is only a matter of time before coronavirus spreads everywhere.
People need to wake up and start listening to what the experts are saying. There are small, commonsense things people can do, but even here, where six people have died and countless others are probably already sick and don’t know it, you see people being stupid. You can’t find anti-bacterial soap in any store within 50 miles of here, but since the word VIRUS is in the actual name of this disease, I’m wondering why people think anti-bacterial soap would be any more effective than regular soap. As I walked in the store, every person (but me) walked right by the wipe kiosk, even though the store had moved it into everyone’s sightline. I headed straight for the bleach at the store (using chlorine bleach in the right concentration, and in the right way, will actually kill viruses on hard surfaces) and not only was there plenty, but it was on sale. In the canned soup aisle, I saw a man cough into his hand and then use that hand to sort through cans on the shelf. It’s not hard to think there is no stopping this thing.
I also live right near the epicenter, and am feeling pretty freaked out at the moment. A lot of people are not taking this seriously, not washing their hands or using precautions. I have a relative who works construction at a site with no handwashing stations, not even hand sanitizer in the Porta potties. I’m not worried so much for myself but for my parents who are older and might be more susceptible to a bad case. I’m pretty much expecting to have to shelter in place for a while if I can.
It is really freaky to see empty shelves at the grocery store.
Dara and Faye G, please accept my deepest apologies as to your situation and I hope that you and your loved ones remain safe and healthy during this ordeal. I suffer from chronic pain and I have a compromised immune system. Every year I get the flu shot, no matter what. Though i hate it when I become sick as it may take 3 weeks to recover when it took family members 4-7 days. It fucking sucks. Oh, for your relative at the construction site, mix your bleach potion and put it into a spray bottle with some cotton rags, better absorption, to use throughout the day!!
I’m interested to watch how this impacts the presidential campaign, and not from the standpoint of the economy.
Biden, Sanders and Trump are all in the prime risk category for this virus. Sanders and Trump are clearly in poor or very poor physical health. Biden appears to be in better physical health, but dude is still almost 80. Campaign rallies/town halls/meet and greets are going to be the absolute worst place to be. The death rate for this virus in those 80 or older is almost 15%!!
Trump is clearly very concerned about how the economic downturn caused by the virus will impact his re-election efforts, but perhaps he should be more concerned about contracting the disease himself!! (But, of course, its all a hoax right?!).
Excellent point!! Yet knowing Drumpf, he will claim that the democrats poisoned him! Such a vile creature he is.
You are absolutely right. He will say that the democrats will have created a worldwide pandemic just to thwart his campaign and attempt to assassinate him. I am picturing this happening from a hospital bed. His followers will eat it up and probably go on a rampage. What has the world come to?!
This is slightly off topic, but I’m watching the Dow Jones average on CNBC and CNN and it says the DOW is down approx. 600 pts. and I flip back and forth to Fox News and their graphic shows the ticker being down 300 pts. The more the Dow was losing, Fox had it showing a 300 pt. + difference. Finally they took the ticker off. It is so rigged on Fox. All of my friends and relatives that are Fox fanatics do not believe the coronavirus will harm us. They are not stocking up at all.
I live in southern California but in a very magot city.
I can’t even look at the city community FB page or the crime watch group I’m in, the stupid in it is overwhelming.
They are literally saying the virus is a hoax and fake news.
That no one has died in Washington it’s all lies.
That people who are taking this serious and taking precautions and stocking up are stupid.
Ahhhhhhhhhhhh
I went out and bought toilet paper, nitrile gloves, canned food, 80 pounds of rice, froze meat and veggies. Cold medication, prescription medication.
I figure if we have to shelter in place we can live out of the crockpot.
My big fear is being able to feed my kids if they lock us down for weeks
The absolute desperation of this administration is pathetic. If their idiot supporters believe Democrats, who have been trying to save HEALTHCARE for half a century, want people to die, they are too stupid to live, let alone vote.
The blue states are healthier, wealthier, and better educated than the red states. All of which (health, wealth, education) correlate to longer lives. But somehow the Trump supporters think DEMOCRATS want people to die? I think red states are experiencing some form of Darwinism.
This is a good article in “The Week” on why America is so Vulnerable to the Coronavirus.
https://theweek.com/articles/899359/why-america-vulnerable-coronavirus?utm_campaign=newsletter&utm_source=afternoon&utm_medium=03_03_20-article_4-899359
BTW, the only reason I posted such a long comment is because what’s happening in the US is scaring me.
Trumps obsession with the stock market crashing, politicizing it because he’s scared it will affect his re-election bid, calling it a hoax, Mike “I don’t believe in science” Pence being in charge, the WH stopping the CDC updates, the lack of transparency and then the vast number of conspiracy theorists and fake news, enemy of the people Maga-cultists who will ignore the CDC health updates and instructions or miss them if it’s not on Fox News. It’s terrifying and all of that means it a pandemic waiting to happen.
God help us all. Trump appointed a man who doesn’t even believe in science to run the corona virus show. Pence doesn’t believe in evolution and thinks that you can pray away the gay.
there is no vaccine yet but containment can help. Do a lot of tests, quarantine the one who is +ve and be vigilant. If not, you’ll be looking a lot like SK where it spread so fast because the initial patient hides the fact and the cult help spreading it. The only thing if that happens in the US, it will be worse than SK is due to the fact that the administration doesn’t believe in science. SK despite having a high number of +ve cases, they also do a high volume of tests which is a good thing imo. I read some rumors that you need to pay for the test also? I’m not sure whether it is true or not tho. If it is true…wow US.
WOW – read this article from MSN about coronavirus. It could take 1-1/2 years to cross the U.S. and the heaviest hit age group is 50-59. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/how-bad-will-the-coronavirus-outbreak-get-in-the-us/ar-BB10HcuL?ocid=spartanntp