White House Press Briefing, April 3, 2020:
Q: Have the models changed? Have the models changed?April 3: 32,284 new cases in the US, the most for any country in a single day during this pandemic. 1,321 deaths, the most of any day for the US.
Trump: I'd have to ask Dr. Fauci, and I'd have — have to ask Deborah. Have the models changed?
Dr. Brix: So a lot of the projections, you can see, are based on — there's many different ways to look at this. And as we discussed on Sunday, some of it is based on the current global experience. We are about, I think, 6.5 or 5.5 times the size of Italy, a different factor in Spain. And we look at all of those — what their projections are, where they are currently, and where that is going. And so a lot of the work is based on how this virus has moved through other populations. That's a very direct way to see how the virus is impacting a population. There's also terrific models. And so every day and every night, one of the models that actually looks at the model related to mortality is the HealthData.org data. And they update it every night and you can see where we are in that projection. I think, in the last run of that model, they were at 93,000 or something in the model. Now, all of that can be changed by our behaviors. And so — and all of it can be changed in a different way if we don't follow those behaviors. If another major metropolitan area ends up having an epidemic like the New York metro area, that could dramatically change not the model but the reality of the impact of this virus on Americans.
Q: And where are the models on —
Trump: And, by the way, the models show hundreds of thousands of people are going to die. You know what I want to do? I want to come away under the models. The professionals did the models. I was never involved in a model, but — at least, this kind of a model. But you know what? Hundreds of thousands of people, they say, are going to die. I want much less than that. I want none, but it’s too late for that. But I want very few people, relative to what the models are saying. Those are projections. I hope they’re wrong. I hope we’re going to be under those projections.
Totals, through April 3: 279,068 cases, 7,396 deaths.
And there is Trump, in front of the entire world, acting like Beavis: "Huh huh huh, models. I had sex with models. It was cool."
All things being equal, I'd rather *not* be ruled by sociopaths.— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) April 3, 2020
Another Day, Another New Low for the Dump Administration
ReplyDeleteWill we ever reach the nadir ?
Will we ever reach the nadir ?
ReplyDeleteYes, when we are all dead.
More like when HE is dead.
ReplyDeleteI have plenty of reasons to despise every president in my lifetime. They have only gotten progressively worse in the last 40 years, but this shitstain is on another level. He checks all the "evil, inhumane, callous" boxes all the other presidents did (because those are simply the job qualifications), but somehow he has found a whole other set of boxes.
And in today's version of "There Is No Bottom"...
ReplyDeleteAnywhere you look, you can find worse things ... it's fucking endless.
ReplyDelete"U.S. ‘wasted’ months before preparing for virus pandemic
A review of federal purchasing contracts by The Associated Press shows federal agencies WAITED UNTIL MID-MARCH to begin placing bulk orders of N95 respirator masks, mechanical ventilators and other equipment needed by front-line health care workers."
Last night, I was reading the "depraved indifference" definition of a murder charge - and it describes Trump's daily actions exactly. In a logical world, where actions have consequences, he would be facing multiple counts in every state in the country.
ReplyDeleteI see the Florida governor has deemed churches "essential businesses" and allowed them to remain open. Good, if they're businesses, fucking tax them!
ReplyDeleteFor fuck's sake:
ReplyDeleteReuters: Exclusive: Pressed by Trump, U.S. pushed unproven coronavirus treatment guidance
In mid-March, President Donald Trump personally pressed federal health officials to make malaria drugs available to treat the novel coronavirus, though they had been untested for COVID-19 ...
Shortly afterward, the federal government published highly unusual guidance informing doctors they had the option to prescribe the drugs, with key dosing information based on unattributed anecdotes rather than peer-reviewed science. ...
The episode reveals how the president’s efforts could change the nature of drug oversight, a field long governed by strict rules of science and testing. ...
Trump also it's isn't going to kill anyone AFTER someone had already died from taking one of the drugs he was pushing ... All this shit is coming too fast to keep track of.
Is someone going to tell him that killing the people who will vote for you is not a best way to win re-election? I guess looking like a hero on the 0.00000000000000001% chance this drug does something positive is something he must keep doing.
Correction above: "Trump also said it isn't going to kill ..."
ReplyDeleteAs someone who has taken, twice, the particular malaria medication in discussion . I can tell you, 3 decades after use, it is hands down the worst medication I ever took. If anyone is entertaining using it as a preventive measure, dont do it. You can die of it.
ReplyDeleteIt will affect your mind and body, and if you survive its use, you will not be the same person.