3/15/20: While you were snoozing safely in your bed, the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in this country spiked from 2,726 yesterday evening to 3,244 this afternoon. In other words, we’re tracking like Spain and France. Both countries have basically shut down, like Italy.
Or, to
put it another way, Dr. Zero’s prediction that we were headed for zero cases has
proven to be grossly misinformed.
It’s also interesting to look back at a time when Dr. Zero (a.k.a. Donald J. Trump) was just a TV-reality show schmuck running a scam university. In those days, if anything went wrong while Barack Obama was in charge, Trump was happy to attack. In 2014 he called Obama a “psycho” when he allowed seven Americans who contracted Ebola in West Africa to return to the United States for care. Four other Americans ended up infected. One of those four died. So did one of the original seven.
That was the extent of the “outbreak,” during which Trump predicted there would be “bedlam” in the streets.
As for Dr. Zero now, vs. Citizen Donald then, Dr. Zero takes no responsibility for the current spread of COVID-19. He says Obama is to blame, even though Mr. Obama left office 1,151 days ago.
In happier
times, when all Citizen Donald had to do was tweet-bitch about Obama and claim
he could prove his predecessor was born in Kenya, or on some other planet, Citizen
Don had this to say about leadership in any endeavor:
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“I would like to see a dramatic diminution of the personal interaction that we see in restaurants and in bars. Whatever it takes to do that, that’s what I’d like to see.”
Dr. Anthony Fauci,
Head of the National
Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
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AS FOR BEING FOCUSED, Dr. Zero still seems more interested in stock market reports than numbers of sick and dying. The damage to the U.S. and world economies is going to be acute. The $160 billion sports industry in this country is paralyzed. Even the Golden Raspberries awards show has been cancelled – which means Dame Judi Dench won’t get a chance to “celebrate” a possible win in the category of “Worst Supporting Actor” in the musical mega-flop, “Cats.” The governments of Great Britain and Hong Kong have warned against travel to the United States. Lithuania has closed its borders to all foreigners. Israel has shuttered cafes, malls, movie theaters, and restaurants. Morocco has canceled all flights to and from 21 countries. Sudan has closed all schools and universities for a month. The government of Austria has shifted to emergency operating procedures, warning that freedom of movement will be “massively restricted.” The governor of Ohio warns it’s “absolutely possible” that schools could remain closed the remainder of the year. Hoboken, New Jersey has responded to the crisis by instituting a 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. curfew, except for essential workers. We know the virus can spread quickly, with 27 residents and 25 healthcare workers at one nursing home in Kirkland, Washington infected. Italy is reporting more than 21,000 cases. But the more ominous news is this: among those cases there have been 1,441 deaths and 1,518 patients are currently being treated in intensive care units.
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the voice of the Trump administration on the topic of containment (until he tells too many truths), made it clear this morning. “I would like to see a dramatic diminution of the personal interaction that we see in restaurants and in bars. Whatever it takes to do that, that’s what I’d like to see.” Indeed, Dr. Fauci said on CNN’s morning program, State of the Union, that he could not rule out a temporary lock-down across the country.
So, what will Dr. Zero do or predict next? We do know, he decided to take a “Victory Lap” on Friday, after announcing a National Emergency.
What the perpetually-clueless Dr. Zero did was sign a chart showing how the stock market soared after his speech. Then he sent it out to all his loyal followers.
The
accompanying note read: “The President would like to share the attached
image with you, and passes along the following message: ‘From opening of press
conference, biggest day in stock market history!’”
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CLUELESS PEOPLE tend to bond together, which explains the link between Dr. Zero and Rep. Devin Nunes – who is definitely not a medical expert – or even a very smart member of Congress.
On Fox News today, Rep. Nunes told host Maria Bartiromo that this was, in fact, a perfect time to get out and mingle with humanity. “There’s a lot of concerns with the economy here [in California] because people are scared to go out. But I will just say, one of the things you can do if you’re healthy, you and your family, it’s a great time to just go out, go to a local restaurant.”
You
might not stay healthy, but, hey, you don’t want the economy to stall out with
Trump in the White House, right!
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