Trump Says U.S. Has Plan to Contain Coronavirus

By | January 22, 2020

  • January 22, 2020 at 10:28 am
    Rosenblatt says:
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    I hope President Trump is right

    • January 22, 2020 at 11:58 am
      Rosenblatt says:
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      While I get your sarcasm, that doesn’t change the fact that I sincerely hope he’s right about this.

  • January 22, 2020 at 1:02 pm
    Captain Planet says:
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    I hear you, Rosenblatt. But this time, his typical plan of “We’ll see what happens” isn’t going to cut it. Specific action is necessary, no generalities about a big, beautiful strategy to contain. And, no throwing kids in cages in order to contain, either.

    • January 22, 2020 at 1:36 pm
      Craig Cornell says:
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      Laughably Partisan Babble, revealing a non-thinker at work. As usual. “kids in cages”. (Remember when Captain Planet was so upset at Obama for doing that? Me neither.)

      • January 22, 2020 at 3:29 pm
        Jon says:
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        hey Craig! You realize your president has put over 5000 kids in cages, right? How many did Obama put in cages again? Yeah that’s what I thought. You right-wing nuts try to brag about the economy while average wages have only risen 2.5% for most americans, meanwhile it’s at what 300% for the top 1%? It’s totally fine for the rich to get richer as long as the poor stay down and brown children are in cages. You right-wing nutjobs truly are the new nazis, defending your hitler until the last. History will remember you just as fondly as 1940s Germany, Craig.

        • January 22, 2020 at 5:35 pm
          Craig Cornell says:
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          How many kids DID Obama put in cages? For once, show you aren’t just a partisan parrot and answer the question honestly. (And then tell me why no one complained when he did it?)

          And actually, wages and net worth for the bottom 20% in America are rising faster than the top 20% now. When was the last time that happened, Mr. History?

          • January 22, 2020 at 6:12 pm
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            pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2018/08/07/for-most-us-workers-real-wages-have-barely-budged-for-decades/

            My research says you’re full of it, Craig. How about that? And
            https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/pew-research/

            Have you ever posted a website that wasn’t biased? Didn’t think so.

          • January 22, 2020 at 7:13 pm
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            Your research is over two years old. Try being honest. It might feel okay after all.

          • January 23, 2020 at 10:47 am
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            OVer two years old? From July 2018? Boy so we already know politics and facts aren’t your strong suit, turns out you suck at math too? SHOCK.

          • January 23, 2020 at 11:45 am
            PolarBeaRepeal says:
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            It’s old, and uses data from a few months prior to the publishing date. It doesn’t provide CURRENT wage levels due to the full, lagged effects of the Trump 2017 Tax Law reform cuts… i.e. those ‘tax cuts for the rich’.

            Workers often receive ANNUAL wage increases in January, or on their anniversary date of employment with their company.

          • January 23, 2020 at 1:11 pm
            Jon says:
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            finance.yahoo.com/news/nobel-prize-economist-joseph-stiglitz-trump-throwing-hand-grenades-into-global-economy-080249918.html

            theguardian.com/business/2020/jan/20/donald-trump-is-a-good-president-but-only-for-the-top-1

            marketwatch.com/story/trumps-mismanagement-of-the-economy-is-monumental-2019-08-09

            Those recent enough for you? Again, you have no data to back up your arguments. Your statements are false, particularly Craig’s about the lowest 20% gaining faster than the top 20%. That is verifiably FALSE. But neither of you will admit to being wrong, you’re just going to try and argue about the date of the data?

            Hey Polar, remember when you lied and said a poll “from january” said 91% of americans were more afraid of terrorism than climate change? And that poll was actually from January 2016, and said no such thing? Sure seems hypocritical of you to now try and make a big deal about an article being two years old, when the data still stands. I even provided more recent data, but you never provided data to back up your statement, or acknowledged that you provided false information. Ready to ghost this article now too just like you ghosted that one when confronted by your own nonsense?

          • January 27, 2020 at 2:15 pm
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            You know you linked an opinion piece and not an actual factual reporting. You do know there is a difference between the two right?

          • January 27, 2020 at 3:42 pm
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            You clowns didn’t even read the relevant material? Or you are pretending what you read that confirms what I said is no longer in the article? Either way, not a good look.

            No wonder Trump is going to get reelected. Russia Collusion!

          • January 28, 2020 at 11:35 am
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            LOL Polar just because mediabiasfactcheck calls all the websites you frequent conspiracy theory or biased garbage, doesn’t mean it’s not a legitimate website. It just means all your websites are trash and you have no sense of what’s real or not :) LOL You still believe BOTs are downvoting you, trying to talk logic or fact with you is pointless. Also, linking to a barebones government agency website doesn’t prove anything. Your points are still invalid, you’re both still liars and hypocrites, what’s the point?

          • January 28, 2020 at 3:29 pm
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            Your replies have nothing to do with the coronavirus. That’s why they have been deleted.

    • January 23, 2020 at 8:47 am
      PolarBeaRepeal says:
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      The CDC and DHHS have pre-emptive plans in place in anticipation of influenza and other medical maladies that arise each year. Why would you assume there are only ‘generalities’? Are you so biased and ignorant that you believe Trump controls the specific actions of the CDC (but Obama didn’t)?

  • January 22, 2020 at 1:34 pm
    Caldude says:
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    We have the best plan, the biggest plan. Lots of people have told me it is the best plan they have ever seen.

    • January 22, 2020 at 1:42 pm
      D Webster says:
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      Where is it?

    • January 22, 2020 at 1:46 pm
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      JANUARY 22, 2020 AT 1:36 PM
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      Laughably Partisan Babble, revealing a non-thinker at work.

      This article isn’t about any of those people, or the media, you just named. Nor even the election at all. Try to stay on topic.

    • January 22, 2020 at 1:46 pm
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      Stir the pot CC. Go ahead, stir it…

  • January 22, 2020 at 1:36 pm
    D Webster says:
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    Its the same old thing. All talk and no action.

    • January 22, 2020 at 2:23 pm
      Craig Cornell says:
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      We should put California Governor Gavin Newsom in charge. Look at Typhus and plague and other diseases he allows in all the homeless camps in the State. Not to mention San Francisco making public defecation no longer a misdemeanor. That sounds healthy.

      Maybe the SF City Council can handle the coronavirus.

      • January 22, 2020 at 3:30 pm
        Jon says:
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        Pointless right-wing blaming because you have no actual argument. Your president is a joke, just like you buddy. Keep yelling about San Francisco while the country falls apart though, greatest economy ever, right? Except nobel winning economist Joseph Stiglitz disagrees.

        project-syndicate.org/commentary/grim-truth-about-trump-economy-by-joseph-e-stiglitz-2020-01

        Do you have a nobel winning economist to justify your argument? Didn’t think so.

        • January 22, 2020 at 6:14 pm
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          LOL so no response to the nobel winning economist who says you’re wrong? That’s what I thought. Cowardice from boomers unwilling to admit when they’re wrong is par for the course these days sadly. Such a sad little snowflake generation of children who can’t grow up and be adults about things. Everybody’s wrong sometimes, you guys are just too scared to admit it even when it’s right there for everyone to see.

        • January 23, 2020 at 2:29 pm
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          Liberals: Under Obama, the CDC is a good government institution. But under Trump, the CDC is a bad government institution.

          • January 23, 2020 at 2:52 pm
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            The world: there are serious issues we should face
            Conservatives: hey look over there!

            You fool no one.

  • January 22, 2020 at 2:02 pm
    Andrew says:
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    “We do have a plan and we think it is going to be handled very well. We’ve already handled it very well. The CDC (Center for Disease Control) is terrific. Very professional…”

    Comedic gold.

    Yet, it’s still up to the Chinese to do better than they did with SARS and thus far it looks like they are (trying).

    • January 22, 2020 at 5:59 pm
      PolarBeaRepeal says:
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      How can you opine on the future result if you don’t know the details of the plan?

    • January 23, 2020 at 8:50 am
      PolarBeaRepeal says:
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      Did you pursue this before making your comments?

      https://www.cdc.gov/flu/pandemic-resources/index.htm

      • January 23, 2020 at 11:47 am
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        Obviously, the multiple (5 now) down votes with NO REPLIES indicate your ire in being called out and cornered on the matter. Lying doesn’t work when facts and truths are readily available.

        • January 23, 2020 at 1:53 pm
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          Lying doesn’t work when facts and truths are readily available.

          This is true of 95% of the things you post. You like posting hot garbage from conspiracy theory websites as fact, or making bogus claims like 91% of americans are more afraid of terrorism than climate change (LOL did you even really believe that?) after all.

    • January 28, 2020 at 8:33 am
      Andrew says:
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      China is beginning to shows signs of system failure (lack of kits to test the disease, no Primary Health care to not overburden hospitals, etc.). There may be nothing worse for an average citizen than Communist bureaucracy.

      • January 28, 2020 at 12:30 pm
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        Dont’ tell Bernie . . .

  • January 22, 2020 at 2:02 pm
    rob says:
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    As someone who’s struggled with germaphobia for years, I’ve thought a lot about this new virus more than I should. Yes, it’s scary on the surface, but think about it for a minute: China has over a billion people, many living in very densely populated areas where viruses can spread quickly. So far, 500 or so people have been infected and 17 or so have died from it. We don’t know if any of those people had compromised immune systems or some other underlying health issue. Realistically, your odds of getting such a virus are minuscule, and honestly there are lots of other terrible viruses out there that you’re more likely to catch. I don’t think it’s anything to fear nearly on the scale that ANY (yes, both left- AND right- leaning) media outlets would have you believe. Keep calm and eat a taco, because tacos make people happy.

    • January 22, 2020 at 4:23 pm
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      Rob have you seen letterkenny? They go on about how people from California are always talking about tacos. But to be fair, tacos are amazing.

      Additionally, did no one have the virus that just tore through my office? It’s been over two weeks and I still have the cough. 90% of our agency’s employees were out at one time. A really bad virus without proper treatment can turn into pneumonia pretty quickly, I think any fear of this Chinese virus is a little blown out of proportion right now.

  • January 22, 2020 at 6:36 pm
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    I have a plan for the Coronavirus…

    A lime.

    • January 22, 2020 at 7:13 pm
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      And lots of Coronas

      • January 22, 2020 at 7:14 pm
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        May as well go out trying to relax if we are all going down anyway.

        These sicknesses tend to rile people up.

  • January 23, 2020 at 10:04 am
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    He probably has the best, biggest, greatest, grandest idea of all time, ESPECIALLY SINCE IT IS HIS IDEA!!!!

  • January 23, 2020 at 12:36 pm
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    “What we’re going to do is build a wall. And, Jhina will pay for it. We build the wall and the virus can’t get through. A big, beautiful wall, okay? Who’s going to pay for the wall? (pause) That’s right, Jhina.”

    • January 23, 2020 at 2:26 pm
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      Good point. You are paying for the wall. . .

      • January 23, 2020 at 4:53 pm
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        MARCH 28, 2018 AT 11:17 AM
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        Sounds cool. Really condecending and lame.

        APRIL 6, 2018 AT 11:19 AM
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        Your comment above is the equivalent of calling me a Poopy Head.
        Have some pride, man. Try actual insight instead of insults.

        • January 23, 2020 at 5:44 pm
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          Says the guy who writes “jhina” and thinks he’s funny. Actually, what I said is true. You ARE paying for the wall. Thanks!

          • January 23, 2020 at 11:06 pm
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            LOL I like this tactic of you just swerving into it Craig “Yeah I’m a hypocrite, big deal!” at least you’re finally being honest about SOMETHING (cuz you sure weren’t about your claim that the 20% lowest earning americans were earning faster than the top 20% LOL how many lies do I have to catch you in bro?)

          • January 24, 2020 at 9:09 am
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            Oh, and I’m not the one who pronounces China with a ‘j’. That’s your boy, I’m just writing him out phonetically. It’s not a uuuuge deal, man.

  • January 27, 2020 at 11:22 am
    Agency says:
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    I have trust in the President along with the CDC taking appropriate action on this. This is a huge contrast to former President Obama who did nothing about Ebola, as it was a civil right for those with Ebola to come here.

    • January 27, 2020 at 1:46 pm
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      Agency – first of all, these are two VERY different diseases. Ebloa isn’t transmitted through the air, can only be contracted by coming into direct contact with body fluids of someone who is already showing symptoms, and if the person does not have symptoms, they are not contagious. Compare that to the Coronavirus which can be transmitted when someone doesn’t have symptoms and is easily transferable aside from bodily fluids. You can’t compare the response to Ebola w/ this virus because they are significantly different.

      As for Obama “who did nothing” …

      **Trained health care workers and conducted community outreach

      **Worked with international partners to identify travelers who may have Ebola before they leave the region

      **Conducted entry screening to detect signs of Ebola or potential exposure among all passengers arriving in the U.S.

      **Increased facilities that were officially able to contain and treat Ebola from 3 to 51

      **Committed more than $921 million toward fighting Ebola in West Africa and convened a special U.N. Security Council on the epidemic.

      **Constructed 15 Ebola treatment units in the region

      **Provided more than 400 metric tons of personal protective equipment and other medical and relief supplies

      **Operated more than 190 burial teams in the region

      **Conducted aggressive contact tracing to identify chains of transmission

      Does that sound like nothing to you???

      • January 27, 2020 at 7:14 pm
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        Having the Ebola virus even come to our shores would be a mistake, he could have taken greater measures, but didn’t. Anybody could have come here with it and they did, we ended up paying their medical bills and putting our own medical personnel at risk. Obama didn’t care, his allegiance was to foreign interests.

        • January 28, 2020 at 8:11 am
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          First you said “Obama…did nothing”, but now you’re saying “he could have taken greater measures.” So I guess you agree Obama did NOT do nothing, which was the rebuttal I was arguing.

          Also, “Having the Corona virus even come to our shores would be a mistake, he could have taken greater measures, but didn’t. Anybody could have come here with it and they did….” See, it works both ways.

          But regardless, I see your goalpoast shifting loud and clear. Get called out for making a false statement? Why admit it when you can just change the argument!



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