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Our doctors and nurses are in desperate need of masks, gloves and other personal protective equipment (PPE) to protect themselves from contracting the coronavirus while treating those who are ill. Some of them are trying to find it on eBay while others are pleading for help on social media.

The situation is so dire one New Jersey doctor described it as "sending medical professionals like lambs to the slaughterhouse." *

Concerns about a dwindling supply of PPE are not new. Back on February 7, the World Health Organization sounded alarm bells about "the limited stock of PPE," noting demand was 100 times higher than normal for this equipment.

Yet the same day as the WHO warning, the Trump administration announced that it was transporting to China nearly 17.8 tons (more than 35,000 pounds) of "masks, gowns, gauze, respirators, and other vital materials."

President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he knew from the start that thousands of Americans could die from the novel coronavirus but downplayed the threat because he wanted to stay positive and be a "cheerleader" for the country.
At Tuesday's White House press briefing, Trump was asked whether he lulled Americans into a false sense of security by telling the public that the virus would go away quickly, even as it was clear the number of cases and death toll were on the rise.
"I knew everything. I knew it could be horrible, I knew it could be maybe good," Trump said. "I don't want to be a negative person."

Gronk wrote: ↑April 1st, 2020, 8:38 pm All the best to you people in the US dealing with this terrible affliction, and dealing with the corona virus as well.

nobby wrote: ↑April 1st, 2020, 5:00 pm Marked unsafe here in the Death Zone.

76,030 cases and 1,552 dead in my state, most of them within about 70 miles of here as of 11:24 AM 1st April 2020.

And they say we're just getting warmed up with things peaking around the middle of the month. The state requested 85 refrigerated trailers from FEMA for mortuary services. Some are already full. Elmhurst Hospital has been described as "apocalyptic" days ago.

6,713 confirmed cases in my county and 53 dead so far.

9,967 cases and 25 dead in Weedy's county. William has it worse because his son is an MD and faces danger on a regular basis.

And this is just a taste of things to come, authorities say.

To make matters worse, profoundly ignorant, utterly incompetent, vindictive, lying sociopath Trump sabotaged the response. He deliberately neutering the response mechanisms put in place by President Obama, like he reflexively, brainlessly undoes everything that Obama does to the best of his ability out of jealous spite, ignorance and greed -- dismantle the state to give the rich a tax break they don't need.

Two years ago Trump ordered the shutdown of the White House National Security Council's entire global health security unit.

the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services is a former pharmaceutical lobbyist and executive, since the Trump administration is the most corrupt in US history. He turned down an offer of early congressional funding assistance on 5th February. Got to be stingy to satisfy his rich sugar daddies.

Our doctors and nurses are in desperate need of masks, gloves and other personal protective equipment (PPE) to protect themselves from contracting the coronavirus while treating those who are ill. Some of them are trying to find it on eBay while others are pleading for help on social media.

The situation is so dire one New Jersey doctor described it as "sending medical professionals like lambs to the slaughterhouse." *

Concerns about a dwindling supply of PPE are not new. Back on February 7, the World Health Organization sounded alarm bells about "the limited stock of PPE," noting demand was 100 times higher than normal for this equipment.

Yet the same day as the WHO warning, the Trump administration announced that it was transporting to China nearly 17.8 tons (more than 35,000 pounds) of "masks, gowns, gauze, respirators, and other vital materials."

You have to realize that China gave Trump the red carpet treatment and granted his daughter patents, so he likes China.

NY voted for Hillary and is investigating Trump's crimes, so he hates NY. He may be thinking that if enough New Yorkers and Californians die, he could win the popular vote this time, because he's a stone cold sociopath.

And the pentagon is sitting on thousands of medical respirators that it can't send without petulant president Caligula's approval. He's probably saving them for states that voted for him.

He and the right wing propagandists have called it a "Democrat hoax", then said it was only one case and they had it contained, etc. because they were much more worried about spooking the stock market which they see as key to Trump's re-election than saving lives.

Evangelicals think God will protect them and that the godless Democrats are exaggerating to drive their savior who is going to make all abortions a crime, Trump, from office.

I could go on and on. They say to avoid too much social media and news because dwelling on it is bad for the psyche.

But it's hard to look away from a train wreck when you're on the train.

Anyway, I have a song to produce and that's enough venting for now.




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https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/29/opinions ... index.html

John Eppstein wrote: ↑April 4th, 2020, 7:40 am

Actually, Nobby, you're wrong about one thing - the Evangelicals. It's actually worse than you think.

The Evangelicals don't believe that god will protect them - oh, no! The Evangelicals see this as the coming of the End Times, in which all the people will be judged and either elevated to Heaven or cast into the Pit. They welcome this, because they KNOW that they will all be elevated into eternal (after)life in Heaven.

Which is to say that they're stone cold suicidally CRAZY and they believe they're winning.

The rest of your rant is pretty spot on.

keks wrote: ↑April 4th, 2020, 12:01 pm Boy, from outside of the US this all looks pretty grim.
All the best for you guys!

Here in Krautistan we have a lockdown going for almost two weeks now, and spreading rates have been going down. We seem to have gone past the maximum of spreading for this wave, but we'll have to sit out the next two weeks and see how our ICUs fare. There are still beds available, but the thick end is coming in the next couple of days.
There's not much of a plan on how to proceed afterwards, up to now.

I'm pretty much self isolating here with my family and I hope that we'll stay healthy for long enough, to not need a ventilator when everyone else does, too.

Hang in there, guys and gals and stay safe!

Gronk wrote: ↑April 19th, 2020, 1:17 am I hope that you are all ok. We have it pretty much under control here at the moment. New York sounds pretty grim.

nobby wrote: ↑April 19th, 2020, 12:47 pm

Gronk wrote: ↑April 19th, 2020, 1:17 am I hope that you are all ok. We have it pretty much under control here at the moment. New York sounds pretty grim.

The pictures of mass graves they dug with bulldozers on Hart Island are about the most shocking thing I've seen so far. Stacking coffins 3 high.

Rolling_beat is in Italy.

I think Knastratt is in Sweden.

I was surprised to see that Sweden decided that Covid-19 wasn't a big deal and they'd see how many people die before they take it seriously. Their Scandanavian neighbors are alarmed.