President Trump's Speech 02-26-20 - Squirrel Bait's Reaction
Here is his speech......
The official narrative here in the United States is that the flu is the big threat. How do I know that? Because now the President is saying this. Now, we know that these two viruses are nothing alike. We also know that when this is all said and done the death toll will be much higher than anything the seasonal flu can produce. He knows that too or at least he should. No one in the world quarantines entire cities, builds makeshift hospitals, restricts travel, damages their own economy over an illness less dangerous than the flu. Sorry but again, watch what the governments of the world do and not what they say.
He assured us that our country took immediate action with travel restrictions which we did indeed do. He assured us that we are screening people coming into the country which we know is ineffective due to the fact that one is infectious before having symptoms. We are very ready he said. In fact, we are rated #1 by John Hopkins University and held up a map.
Here is the map he was holding up.....
Notice at the bottom it is clear it was NOT generated by John Hopkins University. More on that here
https://www.forbes.com/sites/niallmccarthy/2020/01/27/the-countries-best-and-worst-prepared-for-an-epidemic-infographic/#248a9edf5799and here
https://www.statista.com/chartoftheday/
Is this factual?
Then Pence took the mic and I think he did a fantastic job. He was much more specific as to how we are preparing and did a better job assuring the American people of Trump's leadership regarding this issue than The President himself. I think he was much more informative and reassuring in general.
Then after all the "risk is low" and "flu is a big deal" and so on the next few speakers tell us it's time to get ready as that "may" change. It's clear they are telling us this very likely will change. Well, we know this too from watching how it starts up and spreads in other countries and how fast it gets out of control to where contact tracing is no longer an option. More on that here....
Untraceable coronavirus clusters emerge outside Asia, worrying health officials - FOX business
https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/untraceable-coronavirus-clusters-health-officials
The Secretary of Health and Human Services stated that the immediate risk is low but clearly they expect a broader spread at some point. This is clear pretty quick in his speech. He does however do a wonderful job assuring the public that we are preparing for this. He does not touch on whether or not we can expect to see mass quarantining like in China and Italy.
Dr. Schuchat with the CDC lets us know it's time everyone to prepare. (https://www.cdc.gov/about/leadership/leaders/pdd.html) She confirmed that it spreads the same way as colds and the flu. She recommended taking the same steps we do to prevent the spread of flu to help protect ourselves from COVID19. COVID19 operates a little bit differently in that it is literally covertly infectious but ya know, what else can she say. It's good advice regardless.
Dr. Fauci with the National Institute Of Health (https://www.niaid.nih.gov/about/director) thinks we will have a prototype vaccine ready for trials in about three months or less. Of course each level of trials takes months. All in all we are still talking the 12-18 months expected. They think this may cycle back around next year so the vaccine is still valuable. So, without a vaccine "the answer to containing is public health measures" though he did not elaborate on that. He also talked about antiviral medication including the new one being tested on patients now called remdesivir. More on that can be found here.....
https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/nih-clinical-trial-remdesivir-treat-covid-19-begins
Trump took questions and assured us once again that "whatever happens, we are totally prepared". He came across confident and convicted at this point. I think he does a better job here now that he's not focused on giving a speech word for word. He does not, at this time, feel more travel restrictions are required regarding S. Korea, Italy, and others. We are "checking people as they come in". Perhaps he realizes there is no point in doing that at this stage in the game. He knows the "checking as people come in" is window dressings. It makes us feel safer and that's it. he knows that. He does mention that China's numbers are leveling off which we know, as does he, is not true. They are building 19 more makeshift hospitals and it's spreading throughout their prisons.
China's Wuhan to build 19 more makeshift hospitals
https://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1180377.shtml
https://www.foxnews.com/health/coronavirus-spreads-chinese-prisons-over-500-infected
But, well, ya know, what else can we expect him to say when he's trying to calm the people and the stock market. He needs to help maintain law and order, reduce panic, increase public compliance with authority figures, and so on. That's the real goal here.
He was clearly trying to create a sense of calm given the stock market activity of late. Do you think he did a good job of that?
Someone actually asked my question which is are we planning any mass quarantines like cities or towns as a response to this? (min. = 30:48) He says we do if we need it!!!!! I am back to asking the same question I have been asking. Global power grabs? These quarantines have created more suffering than they are sparing. They don't work. Is this a humanity get in line and bow to our authority moment? Never let a good crisis go to waste. Honestly folks, I worry more about this than the shortages of supplies we can expect and the virus itself. This is why I have get out of the area plans. If my hubby was willing to give up his job, we would already be in isolation in a remote area.
I just want to remind everyone that the number one job of government is to maintain law and order and to continue. Keep that in mind. Be prepared to deal with this on your own.
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