Monday, April 6, 2020
Coronavirus patient arrested on bus to Jerusalem
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/278320
Police arrested a coronavirus patient on a public bus on his way to Jerusalem Sunday.
The
incident began when police received information from the patient's
family, and a check by the police about his whereabouts revealed that
the patient was most likely on a public bus making his way on Route 1,
toward Jerusalem.
'He's a total disgrace': Trump defends firing U.S. intel watchdog
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-inspectorgeneral/hes-a-total-disgrace-trump-defends-firing-us-intel-watchdog-idUSKBN21M0KK
Atkinson’s firing prompted concerns among some Congressional Republicans and criticism from Democrats.
U.S. Senator Richard Burr, who chairs the Senate Intelligence
Committee, praised Atkinson, while noting Trump has the authority to
fire him.
“Like any political appointee, the inspector general
serves at the behest of the Executive,” Burr, a Republican from North
Carolina, said in a statement on Saturday. “However, in order to be
effective, the IG must be allowed to conduct his or her work independent
of internal or external pressure.”
U.S. Senator Charles Grassley, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, demanded a better explanation for Atkinson’s firing.
“Congress
has been crystal clear that written reasons must be given when IGs are
removed for a lack of confidence,” he said. “More details are needed
from the administration.”
Trump's coronavirus mismanagement again undercuts his CEO image
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/04/05/politics/president-management-covid-2020/index.html
In
his closing argument before the 2016 election, Donald Trump pointed
voters toward his "under budget and ahead of schedule" new Washington
hotel: "A metaphor for what we can accomplish for this country."
Trump
pitched himself as a successful businessman and an executive, even
though his actual record included a string of spectacular bankruptcies
and lawsuits -- including an effort during the 2008 financial crisis to sidestep
a $40 million debt to Deutsche Bank by invoking a "force majeure"
clause likening the economic catastrophe to riots or floods. Rather
than pay what he owed, he sued the bank claiming harm to his finances
and reputation, eventually settling out of court.
He has insisted the virus "snuck up on
us," faulting China for failing to give "earlier notice." Earlier, when
minimizing the risks posed by the disease, he said China's "very hard" work would protect Americans.
He
has blamed the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for years in
which it "did nothing" to upgrade testing systems. Earlier, at CDC
headquarters, he called testing "perfect" and available to all.
As the damage has grown, so have Trump's attempts to absolve himself.
"I don't need to have the numbers double because of one ship that wasn't our fault," he said, explaining his desire to keep a cruise ship with infected Americans offshore.
"I don't take responsibility at all," he said of the administration's testing woes.
Ultra-Orthodox community feeling stigmatized over coronavirus allegations
https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Ultra-Orthodox-community-feeling-stigmatized-over-coronavirus-allegations-623673
“We have been turned into lepers and criminals.”
These were the words of David Rubinstein, a resident of the ultra-Orthodox city of Bnei Brak, one of the main epicenters of the coronavirus in Israel and currently on a full lockdown because of the severity of the outbreak there.
Sunday, April 5, 2020
חולה קורונה נתפס עם נוסעים באוטובוס לירושלים
https://www.kikar.co.il/354666.html
חוסר אחריות: כוח משטרה עצר היום חולה קורונה חרדי שברח מבידוד בחיפה ונסע באוטובוס 'אגד' לירושלים • עשרות הנוסעים נשלחו לבידוד • נהג האוטובוס קיבל קנס
Coronavirus Is Coming—And Trump Isn’t Ready
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/01/now-trump-needs-deep-state-fight-coronavirus/605752/
We all knew the moment would come. It could have been over Iran or
North Korea, a hurricane or an earthquake. But it may be the new
coronavirus out of China that tests whether President Donald Trump can
govern in a crisis—and there is ample reason to be uneasily skeptical.
The
U.S. government has the tools, talent, and team to help fight the
coronavirus abroad and minimize its impact at home. But the combination
of Trump’s paranoia toward experienced government officials (who lack
“loyalty” to him), inattention to detail, opinionated rejection of
science and evidence, and isolationist instincts may prove toxic when it
comes to managing a global-health security challenge. To succeed, Trump
will have to trust the kind of government experts he has disdained to
date, set aside his own terrible instincts, lead from the White House,
and work closely with foreign leaders and global institutions—all things
he has failed to do in his first 1,200 days in office.
Trump briefly withdrew from politics after his “birther” campaign
against President Barack Obama was discredited, but his next big public
splash was a virulent, xenophobic, fearmongering outburst over the West
African Ebola epidemic of 2014. Trump’s numerous tweets—calling Obama a
“dope” and “incompetent” for his handling of the epidemic—were both
wrongheaded and consequential: One study found that Trump’s tweets were the single largest factor in panicking the American people in the fall of 2014.
How paranoid and cruel was Trump? He blasted Obama for evacuating an
American missionary back to the United States when that doctor
contracted Ebola while fighting the disease in Africa. Fortunately,
Obama ignored Trump’s protests, and Kent Brantley was successfully
treated in the U.S.; he continues doing good works today.
Some of the world’s leading infectious-disease experts continue to
serve in the administration, led by the incomparable Tony Fauci at the
National Institutes of Health, and the level-headed Anne Schuchat at the
CDC. These two, along with other leaders at key science agencies (and
scores of men and women working for them), have decades of experience
serving under presidents of both parties, and are among the world’s best
at what they do.
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