Coronavirus

GasLit Nation 3/11/2020

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It’s the end of the world as we know it, and we’re feeling…not particularly great about that! In this special pre-quarantine Gaslit Nation, we discuss the coronavirus and its potential to revolutionize the world. This is a terrifying time in human history, and every country’s flaws and vulnerabilities are being exposed. This is a time when we need to pull together, and help each other with the determination and compassion that so many doctors and medics and others have shown in the afflicted nations. – GASLIT NATION

Why it’s important Trump hasn’t been tested for coronavirus

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Analysis by Chris Cillizza, CNN Editor-at-large

On Tuesday, CNN’s Manu Raju asked President Donald Trump why he hadn’t taken a coronavirus test given his potential exposure both at the Conservative Political Action Conference last month and with two members of Congress who had direct contact with an individual who has tested positive for COVID-19.

Here’s the President’s response:“I don’t think it’s a big deal, I would do it, I don’t feel any reason — I feel extremely good.”Trump then added that he has “no symptoms, no anything.”

What the actual hell? As anyone who has watched even five minutes of cable TV over the last few weeks knows, feeling good or even “extremely good” and showing “no symptoms, no anything,” is not evidence that you don’t have coronavirus

“The Point: Trump has never understood the moral responsibilities and imperatives of being President. And he doesn’t appear to be starting now.”

To be clear: There is a very high likelihood Trump doesn’t have it. While he spoke at CPAC, he wasn’t in direct contact with the person who tested positive. And while Trump did shake hands and spend time with two members of Congress who were in direct contact with the individual — Reps. Matt Gaetz (Florida) and Doug Collins (Georgia) — Gaetz announced Tuesday afternoon that he has tested negative for coronavirus.
But that is sort of not the point. In moments of crisis like these, the country looks to its leaders — most specifically the President — to provide moral leadership.
Trump has never been strong on that front — his reaction to the white nationalist violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, in 2017 being a case in point.
If he understood his role as a moral leader, Trump would submit to the test — modeling appropriate behavior for the public.
Sure, it would be done out of an abundance of caution, given that he almost certainly hasn’t been infected. But it would also provide leadership, destigmatizing and demystifying the idea of being tested. It would show that Trump was willing to go above and beyond prescribed conduct for the good of the American people.

Source: CNN

Health minister Nadine Dorries diagnosed with coronavirus

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The health minister Nadine Dorries has become the first MP to be diagnosed with coronavirus, prompting concerns about the potential spread of the illness at Westminster and even at Downing Street, where she attended a reception last week.

The Department of Health and Social Care DHSC confirmed that Dorries, the Conservative MP for Mid Bedfordshire since 2005 and a bestselling author of fiction, had tested positive for the infection.

 

Continue at THE GUARDIAN: Health minister Nadine Dorries diagnosed with coronavirus

Trump’s Blame on Obama for Coronavirus Tests – just another Trump Lie

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Amid criticism over his administration’s response to the coronavirus outbreak, President Donald Trump falsely claimed that he had to overcome an Obama-era Food and Drug Administration “rule” to more quickly provide diagnostic tests to the American people. Experts, however, told us no such formal regulation was ever implemented under the previous administration.

Amid criticism over his administration’s response to the coronavirus outbreak, President Donald Trump falsely claimed that he had to overcome an Obama-era Food and Drug Administration “rule” to more quickly provide diagnostic tests to the American people. Experts, however, told us no such formal regulation was ever implemented under the previous administration.

The outbreak, which began in Wuhan, China, at the end of 2019, has now spread to more than 70 countries, including the U.S. According to a Johns Hopkins University case tracker and a New York Times database, as of March 6, more than 200 people in the U.S. have been infected with the new disease, known as COVID-19, and at least 14 have died.

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