CoronaVirus in US - Updates & Discussion

[gambit]

Hey old man, long time no see how're you? its so nice to see you still alive, i thought you're one of those unfortunately "COVID-19" victims

The virus came into contact with me and now IT is under quarantine.

 

[riscol]

He did not succumb to the virus? A miracle is it not? How long the luck will last?

Will we see a confirmation of a million infected Americans by the end of today? With so many people untested it has already surpassed that number already. There is no doubt about that.

 

[ghazi52]

In the midst of shifting explanations from the White House about the context of Trump's remarks in Thursday evening's briefing, the President hinted Saturday that his days at the briefing room podium might be coming to an end.

In one tweet, Trump questioned the value of holding White House press briefings, saying they are "not worth the time & effort" if the media is going to just ask "nothing but hostile questions." Trump also noted the "record ratings" for his appearances.

In a subsequent tweet, he tried to rewrite the narrative about his own early skepticism about the origins and potential spread of Covid-19.
"I never said the pandemic was a Hoax! Who would say such a thing?" Trump tweeted Saturday. "I said that the Do Nothing Democrats, together with their Mainstream Media partners, are the Hoax. They have been called out & embarrassed on this, even admitting they were wrong, but continue to spread the lie!"
As CNN has reported, Trump used the term hoax when he compared Democratic criticism of the administration's response to the virus to their efforts to impeach him: "This is their new hoax," he said at a February 28 rally in South Carolina.

Trump continued to try to shift blame to reporters for misunderstanding him throughout the weekend.
During a Friday bill signing ceremony in the Oval Office, Trump insisted he had made the comments sarcastically to reporters, even though there was no hint of sarcasm in his Thursday delivery.
"I was asking a very sarcastic question to the reporters in the room about disinfectant on the inside. But it does kill it, and it would kill it on the hands, and that would make things much better. That was done in the form of a sarcastic question to the reporters," Trump said Friday.

White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany told reporters the President's remarks were simply taken out of context.
On Saturday, Trump continued the debate, curiously quibbling with the fact that reporters had recounted his back-and-forth with Birx about the effect of heat, sun and light on the coronavirus, asserting that he was speaking to "our Laboratory expert, not Deborah, about sunlight etc. & Coronavirus."
Shortly before Trump's Thursday remarks, he had been briefed by Bryan, who had presented findings from a study about whether the spread of coronavirus could be slowed by warmer weather.



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Bryan summarized the study in the briefing room, also discussing how ultraviolet rays and disinfectants, including bleach and alcohol, may shorten the life of the virus. (Bryan does not have a medical background and is not a scientist.)

That seemed to carry Trump's train of thought toward the notion that disinfectant might be used inside the body: "I see the disinfectant, where it knocks it out in a minute. One minute. Is there a way we can do something like that, by injection inside or almost a cleaning?" Trump said Thursday during the briefing. "Because you see it gets on the lungs and does a tremendous number on the lungs."

On "State of the Union" Sunday, Birx said the President "understood" after he turned to her during Thursday's briefing, asked about the impact of the light and heat on coronavirus, "that it was not [used] as a treatment."
She said what got lost in the debate was that the "study was critically important for the American people."
"We had an MIT study just from a few weeks ago that suggests when people are talking and singing, aerosolized virus could be moving forward. What this study showed for the first time is that sunlight can impact that aerosolization outside," Birx told Tapper.

"This is why we asked them to do it. We're trying to understand why people should be wearing masks," Birx added. "You're wearing masks because you could have asymptomatic infection and you will decrease your transmission to others. I think the half-life in the sunlight is very important as we move forward to really understand how we can effectively create decontaminations in different environments."


McEnany pushed back on reporters' questions Saturday over whether the White House was sending mixed messages about the context of the President's suggestion.
"Taking a sarcastic comment and running with negative headlines is the definition of taking something out of context, so I believe those answers are very much in sync," she told reporters at the White House.
McEnany would not say whether the President plans to dial back his participation in the coronavirus task force briefings after his abrupt departure from the briefing room Friday.

"I leave that to the President," she said. "That's entirely his decision, but I believe the President is at his best when he's speaking directly to the American people."

When asked why he did not take questions Friday, she noted that "the President has taken questions for 49 briefings since the end of February."


CNN's Aaron Pellish, Alison Main and Chuck Johnston contributed to this report.


https://edition.cnn.com/2020/04/26/...-media-blame-disinfectant-comments/index.html

 

[riscol]

over 970.000 and almost 55.000 deaths. It is as if there is no end to it.

 

[grey boy 2]

Its safe to expect the "ONE million" grim landmark will be reach by tomorrow
Updates: "984,183" total cases along with "55,347" death toll

 

[ghazi52]

How are states reopening?

At one point, over 90% of the US population was under mandatory lockdown orders, but some states began lifting orders over the weekend allowing some Americans to return to hair salons and tattoo parlours.

Georgia, Oklahoma, Alaska and South Carolina have already allowed some businesses to reopen. They and other states have issued plans that call for more rules to be relaxed in the coming week.

Colorado's Democratic Governor Jared Polis has said kerb-side retail pickup can begin on Monday, with hair salons, barbershop and tattoo parlours allowed to reopen on Friday.

Tennessee will allow restaurants to reopen on Monday, the same day that Mississippi's mandatory lockdown order expires.

Montana's governor has allowed churches to reopen starting on Sunday, with social distancing measures still required. Restaurants and schools will be allowed to reopen on 7 May.

Eight states led by Republican governors - Arkansas, Iowa, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Utah and Wyoming - never issued mandatory orders to stay at home.

What have officials said?

On Sunday, White House coronavirus taskforce co-ordinator Dr Deborah Birx said social distancing will remain the norm "through the summer to really ensure that we protect one another as we move through these phases".

Her comments come after Vice-President Mike Pence said the virus would be largely "behind us" by the 25 May Memorial Day holiday, which signals the unofficial start of summertime in the US.

Dr Birx told Fox News this weekend that new cases and deaths "will be dramatically decreased by the end of May".

On Sunday, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said it would be impractical to force people to remain in their homes all throughout the summer with nothing to do.

"There's a sanity equation here," he says, pointing to reports that domestic violence, drug and alcohol abuse, and mental health problems have already increased.

The death rate has dropped in New York, with 367 deaths on Saturday compared with 437 on Friday. It represents the lowest increase since 30 March.

Governor Cuomo said that transmission rates, as well as death rates, would dictate how and when the state reopens.

He added that some business sectors may be able to consider reopening after his lockdown order expires on 15 May - but only if the region has seen a two-week decline in infections as outlined by recommendations from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

 

[riscol]

986.000 and almost 56.000 died, when will God cut some slack the Americans must be wondering. People want those freedom back.

 

[ghazi52]

New York may partially reopen after May 15, says governor


New York, which has ground to a halt to stop the coronavirus pandemic, may start reopening manufacturing and construction after May 15, Governor Andrew Cuomo said, according to AFP.

“The regions that would be more likely able to open sooner would be the upstate regions,” Cuomo told reporters.

“Downstate New York is going to be more complicated.”


Andrew Cuomo

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[grey boy 2]

Updates: "987,322" total cases along with "55,415" death toll

 

[ghazi52]

USA

991,071....... Cases
55,879 .........Death

 

[riscol]

America just broke the million milestone

 

[grey boy 2]

"ONE Million" plus total cases achieved as predicted and they're planning to reopen....
Updates: "1000,441" total cases along with "56,286" death toll

 

[ghazi52]

Decision on New York schools to come by the end of the week, governor says

From CNN's Kristina Sgueglia

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said he wants to make a decision about schools by end of week.

He said he wants the decision to be in coordination with New Jersey and Connecticut. Cuomo said he spoke with state representatives this morning on the issue.

Speaking on WAMC radio, Cuomo said there are two decisions hanging in the balance: whether schools will reopen before the end of the academic year and how to address summer school.

New York reported 3,951 additional coronavirus cases Monday, bringing the state total to at least 291,995, Cuomo said.

There were new cases in 43 counties, he added.

 

[riscol]

I predict a second wave incoming swooping America like a huge tsunami if the lockdowns are lifted prematurely.

Surpassed 1005.700 already at this moment. It proved i was right from the beginning as i said do no be surprised if a million to 2 million Americans would be infected by US created bio weapon. Within two weeks from 530.000 to 1.000.000 that's like 470.000 increase in 14 days. That is on average 33571 per day new cases and this is called flattening and dropping by F-22Raptor. Low intelligent people cannot comprehend the difference between dropping and skyrocketing.

 

[Han Patriot]

I predict a second wave incoming swooping America like a huge tsunami if the lockdowns are lifted prematurely.

Surpassed 1005.700 already at this moment. It proved i was right from the beginning as i said do no be surprised if a million to 2 million Americans would be infected by US created bio weapon. Within two weeks from 530.000 to 1.000.000 that's like 470.000 increase in 14 days. That is on average 33571 per day new cases and this is called flattening and dropping by F-22Raptor. Low intelligent people cannot comprehend the difference between dropping and skyrocketing.

Pretty obvious they had the virus first, look at the number of infected, doesn't make sense at all