In 2017, the White House’s National Security Council Directorate for Global Health Security and Biodefense survived the transition intact. Its mission was the same as when the Obama administration established it after the Ebola epidemic of 2014: to do everything possible within the vast powers and resources of the U.S. government to prepare for the next disease outbreak and prevent it from becoming an epidemic or pandemic.One year later, the White House dissolved the office, leaving the country less prepared for pandemics like covid-19.The U.S. government’s slow and inadequate response to the new coronavirus underscores the need for organized, accountable leadership to prepare for and respond to pandemic threats.In a health security crisis, speed is essential. When this new coronavirus emerged, there was no clear White House-led structure to oversee our response, and we lost valuable time. Health systems are struggling to test patients and keep pace with growing caseloads. The specter of rapid community transmission and exponential growth is real and daunting. The job of a White House pandemics office would have been to get ahead: to accelerate the response, empower experts, anticipate failures, and act quickly and transparently to solve problems. It’s impossible to assess the full impact of the 2018 decision to disband the White House office responsible for this work, but it is clear that eliminating the office has contributed to the federal government’s sluggish domestic response. What’s especially concerning about the absence of this office today is that it was originally set up because a previous epidemic made the need for it quite clear.When asked about the slow roll-out of coronavirus tests in the U.S. on March 13, President Trump responded, “I don’t take responsibility at all.” Trump is not just responsible for it. He owns it The Trump Plague is not just his responsibility. It’s his fault.
Altogether, a strange (though accurate) depiction. Historically, there’s a lot to unpack, here.
During the days of colonization, the Europeans showed so little respect for the dead of other cultures that occasionally they would burn their dead (in the form of mummies, which were super plentiful, at one time) in the boilers of their trains in Egypt.) That appears to be what Trump is shown doing here.
If you can’t or won’t vote for or at least praise Trump to the rafters, then he has no use for you, at all and he will not pay any attention to you or your needs – of course, as a pathological narcissist, YOUR NEEDS as well as your family’s needs never enter into the equation he’s busily ‘factoring’ in his mind.
Last Friday, I looked up a map of my state to find a county that had no reported cases of the Trump Plague. I had been self isolated for three weeks, so I felt like it was safe that I wouldn’t infect anyone, then drove 40 miles to the grocery store in that county. I’m 75 and have type A blood, so if you think that’s overreacting, I hope you’re right, but I doubt it. I got $200 worth of groceries, should last at least until the end of July.
Then, I noticed a pharmacy tech and asked her " Are there any cases reported here yet?" Her answer: “We wouldn’t know, we have some people we’d like to test, but we have to get the tests from either St Louis or Chicago, and they don’t have enough to test their own people.” So, if you think you are in a Trump Plague free zone, that may be just another one of his lies.
I love how they can say, “It’s a hoax” in the same breath they say, “He knew it was a pandemic all along, and it was that quack Fauci who said we didn’t need to take it seriously!”
mr_sherman Premium Member about 4 years ago
Is that the same flag he was humping a few months ago?
gammaguy about 4 years ago
Delivering his troops: The Suicide Boomers.
FrannieL Premium Member about 4 years ago
‘Die for the Dow’, I’m sure someone will have a T-shirt with that or a bumper sticker. No?
Diane Lee Premium Member about 4 years ago
In 2017, the White House’s National Security Council Directorate for Global Health Security and Biodefense survived the transition intact. Its mission was the same as when the Obama administration established it after the Ebola epidemic of 2014: to do everything possible within the vast powers and resources of the U.S. government to prepare for the next disease outbreak and prevent it from becoming an epidemic or pandemic.One year later, the White House dissolved the office, leaving the country less prepared for pandemics like covid-19.The U.S. government’s slow and inadequate response to the new coronavirus underscores the need for organized, accountable leadership to prepare for and respond to pandemic threats.In a health security crisis, speed is essential. When this new coronavirus emerged, there was no clear White House-led structure to oversee our response, and we lost valuable time. Health systems are struggling to test patients and keep pace with growing caseloads. The specter of rapid community transmission and exponential growth is real and daunting. The job of a White House pandemics office would have been to get ahead: to accelerate the response, empower experts, anticipate failures, and act quickly and transparently to solve problems. It’s impossible to assess the full impact of the 2018 decision to disband the White House office responsible for this work, but it is clear that eliminating the office has contributed to the federal government’s sluggish domestic response. What’s especially concerning about the absence of this office today is that it was originally set up because a previous epidemic made the need for it quite clear.When asked about the slow roll-out of coronavirus tests in the U.S. on March 13, President Trump responded, “I don’t take responsibility at all.” Trump is not just responsible for it. He owns it The Trump Plague is not just his responsibility. It’s his fault.
wellis1947 Premium Member about 4 years ago
Altogether, a strange (though accurate) depiction. Historically, there’s a lot to unpack, here.
During the days of colonization, the Europeans showed so little respect for the dead of other cultures that occasionally they would burn their dead (in the form of mummies, which were super plentiful, at one time) in the boilers of their trains in Egypt.) That appears to be what Trump is shown doing here.
If you can’t or won’t vote for or at least praise Trump to the rafters, then he has no use for you, at all and he will not pay any attention to you or your needs – of course, as a pathological narcissist, YOUR NEEDS as well as your family’s needs never enter into the equation he’s busily ‘factoring’ in his mind.
Diane Lee Premium Member about 4 years ago
Last Friday, I looked up a map of my state to find a county that had no reported cases of the Trump Plague. I had been self isolated for three weeks, so I felt like it was safe that I wouldn’t infect anyone, then drove 40 miles to the grocery store in that county. I’m 75 and have type A blood, so if you think that’s overreacting, I hope you’re right, but I doubt it. I got $200 worth of groceries, should last at least until the end of July.
Then, I noticed a pharmacy tech and asked her " Are there any cases reported here yet?" Her answer: “We wouldn’t know, we have some people we’d like to test, but we have to get the tests from either St Louis or Chicago, and they don’t have enough to test their own people.” So, if you think you are in a Trump Plague free zone, that may be just another one of his lies.
cdward about 4 years ago
I love how they can say, “It’s a hoax” in the same breath they say, “He knew it was a pandemic all along, and it was that quack Fauci who said we didn’t need to take it seriously!”