https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/mar/28/trump-coronavirus-misleading-claims
As US deaths rise, the president seems unable to grasp the severity
of the problem – and he’s made multiple false claims along the way
Saturday, March 28, 2020
Pelosi not invited by Trump to White House coronavirus relief bill's signing
A White House official confirmed to The Hill that no
Democrats were invited to the bill-signing event. But in the Oval Office
ceremony, Trump — flanked by top Cabinet members, aides and GOP
lawmakers — heaped praise on bipartisan negotiators.
Haredi communities urged to ‘wake up’ as infections in Bnei Brak, Jerusalem soar
https://www.timesofisrael.com/ultra-orthodox-communities-urged-to-wake-up-as-virus-infections-soar/
Bnei Brak Mayor Avraham Rubinstein, himself
currently quarantined for fear of exposure, urged residents Friday to
“wake up!” He said the city was seeing the highest infection rate in the
country, with “the forecast far more frightening.” Rubinstein called on
the public to “stop with the wise-guy minyans [quorum of 10
Jewish adults required for prayer] of more than 10, keep your distances,
and stop the crowding and congestion at supermarkets. Just stay at home
and be careful, this is dangerous.”
The US hits a grim new record as Trump continues to preach optimism
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/03/28/politics/what-matters-march-27/index.html\\\
The US is now the world leader in coronavirus infections, with more than 100,000 as of Friday. That includes more than 25,000 in New York City, where hospitals are already overwhelmed.
Yet
it is impossible to reconcile the messages being blasted to the country
on competing platforms by President Donald Trump, on the one hand, and
by the nation's top infectious disease doctor, on the other.
Friday, March 27, 2020
AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s inaccurate boasts on China travel ban
https://apnews.com/0dc271ad7f7917374a5a0cfb49273783
TRUMP: “Everybody
was against it. Almost everybody, I would say, was just absolutely
against it. ... I made a decision to close off to China that was weeks
early. ... And I must say, doctors — nobody wanted to make that decision
at the time.” — Fox News virtual town hall Tuesday.
TRUMP: “I’ll tell you how prepared I was, I called for a ban.” — news briefing on March 19.
THE
FACTS: His decision was far from solo nor was it made over opposition
from health experts, as the White House coronavirus task force makes
clear. His decision followed a consensus by his public health advisers
that the restrictions should take place.
Health
and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, who was coordinator of the task
force at the time and announced the travel restrictions, said Trump
made the decision in late January after accepting the “uniform
recommendation of the career public health officials here at HHS.”
While
the World Health Organization did advise against the overuse of travel
restrictions, Azar told reporters in February that his department’s
career health officials had made a “considered recommendation, which I
and the president adopted” in a bid to slow spread of the virus.
Most major airlines had already suspended flights
to China prior to the announcement on Jan. 31, following the lead of
several major international carriers that had stopped due to the
coronavirus outbreak. Delta, American and United cited a sharp drop in
demand for the flights, and an earlier State Department advisory told
Americans not to travel to China because of the outbreak.
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TRUMP: “And if we didn’t do that, thousands and thousands of people would have died.” — news briefing Wednesday.
THE
FACTS: The impact hasn’t been quantified. While Dr. Anthony Fauci of
the National Institutes of Health has praised the travel restrictions on
China for slowing the virus, it’s not known how big an impact they had
or if “thousands and thousands” of lives were saved.
There were plenty of gaps in containment.
Trump’s
order did not fully “close” the U.S. off to China, as he asserts. It
temporarily barred entry by foreign nationals who had traveled in China
within the previous 14 days, with exceptions for the immediate family of
U.S. citizens and permanent residents. Americans returning from China
were allowed back after enhanced screening at select ports of entry and
for 14 days afterward. But U.S. scientists say screenings can miss
people who don’t yet show symptoms of COVID-19; while symptoms often
appear within five or six days of exposure, the incubation period is 14
days.
https://www.factcheck.org/2020/03/the-facts-on-trumps-travel-restrictions/
Although Democratic leaders and Democratic presidential candidates have been highly critical of Trump’s response to the coronavirus, we couldn’t find any examples of them directly and clearly criticizing the travel restrictions.
Although Democratic leaders and Democratic presidential candidates have been highly critical of Trump’s response to the coronavirus, we couldn’t find any examples of them directly and clearly criticizing the travel restrictions.
Fox News Poll March 21-24, 2020
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/fox-news-poll-march-21-24-2020
Fox News Poll: Complete Mar... by Fox News on Scribd
- More Democrats than Republicans are concerned about the virus spreading nationally and about personally catching it.
Approval of Trump’s overall job performance is up one point since
February to 48 percent, while 51 percent disapprove. That puts him
underwater by 3 points. Last month, his rating was 47 approve-52
disapprove (-5). His best marks were in February 2017, when he had a
net positive rating by one point (48-47).
Fox News Poll: Complete Mar... by Fox News on Scribd
Defying ruthless, deadlocked politics, Gantz sacrifices everything for stability
https://www.timesofisrael.com/defying-ruthless-deadlocked-politics-gantz-sacrifices-everything-for-stability/
The right is now celebrating Netanyahu’s
emergence from a year-long three-election marathon as the winner. But as
with the right’s premature celebrations on March 3, it may come to
regret the new alliance Gantz plans to impose on their leader. The
serially underestimated Gantz now seems to have made it his mission to
wipe those smiles away.
Trump questions if New York will actually need 30K ventilators
https://nypost.com/2020/03/26/trump-questions-if-new-york-will-actually-need-30k-ventilators/
“I have a feeling that a lot of the numbers that are being said in
some areas are just bigger than they’re going to be,” Trump said in a
call to Fox News’ “Hannity.”
“I don’t believe you need 40,000 or 30,000 ventilators,” Trump
continued. “You know you go into major hospitals sometimes they’ll have
two ventilators and now, all of a sudden, they’re saying, ‘Can we order
30,000 ventilators?'”
Influencer reportedly hospitalized with coronavirus after licking toilet
https://nypost.com/2020/03/25/influencer-reportedly-hospitalized-with-coronavirus-after-licking-toilet/
A California social media prankster claims he was hospitalized with
the coronavirus — just days after posting a video of himself licking a
toilet bowl for a nauseating online challenge.
As basic supplies run perilously short, hospitals need everyone’s help now
https://nypost.com/2020/03/25/as-basic-supplies-run-perilously-short-hospitals-need-everyones-help-now/
It’s even more alarming than charts of rising corona cases: three Mount Sinai West nurses standing in a hospital hallway,
wearing black Hefty trash bags over their scrubs. “NO MORE GOWNS IN THE
WHOLE HOSPITAL,” one healer captioned the Facebook photo. “NO MORE
MASKS AND REUSING THE DISPOSABLE ONES. NURSES FIGURING IT OUT DURING
COVID-19 CRISIS.”
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