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Just wow, not only the "900,000" grim milestone has reached as predicted plus "16,000" new cases added to it as well
However, im looking foward for those "Wannabe White American" will still be downplaying it with fabricated statistics
Newest updates: "916,348" total cases along with "51,742" death toll
However, im looking foward for those "Wannabe White American" will still be downplaying it with fabricated statistics
Newest updates: "916,348" total cases along with "51,742" death toll
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Aides and allies making concerted effort to get Trump to stop doing daily briefings
By Jim Acosta, Kristen Holmes, Dana Bash and Gloria Borger, CNN
April 25, 2020
Trump unexpectedly leaves task force briefing
(CNN)There has been a concerted effort among aides and allies to get President Donald Trump to stop conducting the daily coronavirus briefings, multiple sources tell CNN.
After weeks of briefings that sometimes last more than two hours, there is some agreement in the West Wing that some of the news conferences have gone on too long, resulting in a situation where Trump and administration officials simply run out of coronavirus-related questions. The result, aides have noticed, is that the briefings stray into politics instead of the matter at hand.
Axios was first to report potential changes to the coronavirus task force news briefings.
Friday's coronavirus task force news briefing was the shortest since the pandemic began, clocking in at 22 minutes. Trump had also taken questions from the press while signing a coronavirus relief spending bill earlier in the day. The previous shortest briefing was 32 minutes.
The briefing came a day after Trump had given a lengthy briefing to the media, at one point suggesting it might be possible to treat coronavirus by injecting people with sunlight or disinfectants. The President was heavily criticized for the dangerous suggestion that disinfectants be put into the human body, with the maker of Lysol -- a leading cleaning disinfectant -- asking the public to not put its product into their bodies.
"I see the disinfectant -- where it knocks it out in a minute, one minute. And is there a way we can do something like that, by injection inside or almost a cleaning?" Trump asked White House coronavirus task force coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx during Thursday's briefing.
Many close to him believe the daily briefings hurt him more than they help him, with Thursday's episode being the prime example. The White House spent the last 24 hours attempting to clean up remarks from the President that researchers should look into injecting people with disinfectant or ultraviolet rays to cure coronavirus.
A source close to the coronavirus task force said Trump was upset about the "flack" he was taking after those comments and that appears to be part of the reason why the President cut Friday's briefing short. During the earlier questioning from reporters on Friday, Trump said he was being "sarcastic" with his suggestion that people inject themselves with disinfectant, even though he was clearly being serious during Thursday's briefing.
One White House official said they asked the President to stop conducting the daily briefings last week but he resisted. Another ally told CNN that this concern is not new among those close to him.
And a separate Trump ally told CNN that Thursday's briefing is exactly what they were worried about when they begged him not to have such long and freewheeling press conferences -- that one day he would just say something completely off the wall and off the rails.
Some White House aides also view an eventual phasing-out of the briefings as a sign from Washington to the country that life is slowing returning to normal. They see the briefings as a set-piece of the crisis era, which Trump is desperate to see end.
Trump has tacitly acknowledged his briefings have become substitutes for the political rallies he's forgone because of the outbreak. In private, Trump has itched for a return of rallies or at least some type of event out in the country to break up the monotony of the daily briefings. Pence has visited manufacturing plants, something Trump has told aides he'd also like to do soon.
He said last week that walking into the briefing room -- where reporters are spread apart and only a few technicians are allowed to operate cameras -- isn't the same.
"I'm looking at this room and I see all this -- it loses a lot of flavor," he said. "It loses, to me, a lot of flavor."
Just before Friday's briefing, the White House attempted to remove CNN's reporter covering the briefing from her assigned seat. The White House Correspondents' Association makes seat assignments for the briefings, as it has for decades, and the White House does not have input into the seating arrangement.
The source close to the task force said questions have been raised internally about who gets to sit where in the briefing room. There are also questions about who gets to decide the social distancing seating arrangement, and whether the White House or the White House Correspondents' Association should decide seating arrangements.
By Jim Acosta, Kristen Holmes, Dana Bash and Gloria Borger, CNN
April 25, 2020
Trump unexpectedly leaves task force briefing
(CNN)There has been a concerted effort among aides and allies to get President Donald Trump to stop conducting the daily coronavirus briefings, multiple sources tell CNN.
After weeks of briefings that sometimes last more than two hours, there is some agreement in the West Wing that some of the news conferences have gone on too long, resulting in a situation where Trump and administration officials simply run out of coronavirus-related questions. The result, aides have noticed, is that the briefings stray into politics instead of the matter at hand.
Axios was first to report potential changes to the coronavirus task force news briefings.
Friday's coronavirus task force news briefing was the shortest since the pandemic began, clocking in at 22 minutes. Trump had also taken questions from the press while signing a coronavirus relief spending bill earlier in the day. The previous shortest briefing was 32 minutes.
The briefing came a day after Trump had given a lengthy briefing to the media, at one point suggesting it might be possible to treat coronavirus by injecting people with sunlight or disinfectants. The President was heavily criticized for the dangerous suggestion that disinfectants be put into the human body, with the maker of Lysol -- a leading cleaning disinfectant -- asking the public to not put its product into their bodies.
"I see the disinfectant -- where it knocks it out in a minute, one minute. And is there a way we can do something like that, by injection inside or almost a cleaning?" Trump asked White House coronavirus task force coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx during Thursday's briefing.
Many close to him believe the daily briefings hurt him more than they help him, with Thursday's episode being the prime example. The White House spent the last 24 hours attempting to clean up remarks from the President that researchers should look into injecting people with disinfectant or ultraviolet rays to cure coronavirus.
A source close to the coronavirus task force said Trump was upset about the "flack" he was taking after those comments and that appears to be part of the reason why the President cut Friday's briefing short. During the earlier questioning from reporters on Friday, Trump said he was being "sarcastic" with his suggestion that people inject themselves with disinfectant, even though he was clearly being serious during Thursday's briefing.
One White House official said they asked the President to stop conducting the daily briefings last week but he resisted. Another ally told CNN that this concern is not new among those close to him.
And a separate Trump ally told CNN that Thursday's briefing is exactly what they were worried about when they begged him not to have such long and freewheeling press conferences -- that one day he would just say something completely off the wall and off the rails.
Some White House aides also view an eventual phasing-out of the briefings as a sign from Washington to the country that life is slowing returning to normal. They see the briefings as a set-piece of the crisis era, which Trump is desperate to see end.
Trump has tacitly acknowledged his briefings have become substitutes for the political rallies he's forgone because of the outbreak. In private, Trump has itched for a return of rallies or at least some type of event out in the country to break up the monotony of the daily briefings. Pence has visited manufacturing plants, something Trump has told aides he'd also like to do soon.
He said last week that walking into the briefing room -- where reporters are spread apart and only a few technicians are allowed to operate cameras -- isn't the same.
"I'm looking at this room and I see all this -- it loses a lot of flavor," he said. "It loses, to me, a lot of flavor."
Just before Friday's briefing, the White House attempted to remove CNN's reporter covering the briefing from her assigned seat. The White House Correspondents' Association makes seat assignments for the briefings, as it has for decades, and the White House does not have input into the seating arrangement.
The source close to the task force said questions have been raised internally about who gets to sit where in the briefing room. There are also questions about who gets to decide the social distancing seating arrangement, and whether the White House or the White House Correspondents' Association should decide seating arrangements.
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Maryland and Virginia governors unveil road maps to recovery but say states aren't ready to open yet
CNN)....Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan and Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam on Friday both delivered the details of their state's plans to reopen, but at the same time warned the states aren't ready to reopen yet.
Hogan, a Republican, said that the state plans to follow the federal guidelines issued by President Donald Trump last week, which call for states to meet specific metrics before considering lifting restrictions, including a 14-day downward trend in key numbers. He warned that the state has not yet hit its peak for coronavirus cases and deaths,.
"Here in Maryland we took some of the earliest and most aggressive actions in the nation to slow the spread of Covid-19. Because of those efforts ... we have far fewer cases, hospitalizations and deaths than all of the models were calling for," he said.
"We have been successful in flattening and lengthening the curve in our state, and we have not had the very high spikes that you have seen in other states," he added. "But that is also why we are several weeks behind those other states who spiked earlier, and the number of new cases of Covid-19 is still rising here in Maryland and throughout the Maryland, DC and Virginia region. And by the federal standards instituted last week, and under the guidance given in the studies and reopening plans that we cited, Maryland is not yet able to lift our restrictions."
The announcement of Hogan and Northam's plans to reopen their states and economies are an important marker both the states and Washington, DC. Those three entities have promised to work together closely on reopening their economies from stay-at-home orders meant to limit the spread of coronavirus.
In Virginia, Northam announced a "Forward Virginia Blueprint" on Friday and said the state could start reopening as soon as May 8 if coronavirus cases decline.
The Democrat explained that phase one of reopening will require downward trends in new cases and hospitalizations for 14 days, increased testing and contact tracing and a sustainable supply of hospital beds and personal protective equipment. The specifics for the second and third phases have not yet been unveiled.
The first phase would involve some businesses reopening with social distancing measures still in place, teleworking continuing if possible and the recommendation of wearing face masks in public.
Northam compared the recovery to the aftermath of September 11 and said Virginia's goal is to eventually process 10,000 tests per day. The state processed 4,000 tests each of the last two days.
"Americans were fearful of getting on an airplane and flying, understandably so, and so a lot of modifications were made and in time people again became comfortable," Northam said, adding that "perhaps it's not a good analogy or a comparison."
"That's what we're doing with all of our efforts," he added.
Hogan unveiled a more specific three-pronged "Maryland Strong Roadmap to Recovery" plan's three stages at Friday's news conference.
The first stage would begin by lifting the state's stay-at-home order. It would include reopening many small businesses, including certain retail shops and golf courses, and restarting many lower-risk community activities, like recreational boating and fishing, tennis and outdoor religious activities, along with outdoor fitness and gym classes. It would also include the resumption of elective outpatient surgeries and procedures in certain counties with lower concentrations of cases.
Local governments could have additional flexibility to open things including parks and playgrounds, municipal recreation centers and libraries. These decisions would be based on the ability to continue physical distancing and to continue limits on person-to-person contact.
If stage one activities resumed successfully without a spike in deaths, a sustained spike in intensive-care unit cases or significant unforeseen outbreaks of community transmission they would then move into stage two.
The second stage would see a larger number of businesses would reopen, nonessential workers who cannot telework return to work and other public activities return. Indoor religious gatherings could resume with limited capacity and physical distancing measures. It would include raising the limits on the number of people in social gatherings. Stage two could also see more normal public transit schedules and opening of restaurants and potentially bars with significant safety restrictions.
The third and final stage would reinstitute higher-risk activities, such as larger social gatherings, events, religious gatherings and activities at entertainment venues and a further lessening of restrictions at hospitals and eventually nursing homes.
Hogan said the numbers state officials are most focused are the rate of hospitalizations and the numbers of patients being admitted to intensive care units.
It won't be until those numbers start going down or there's "a consistent plateauing of those metrics" that the state can consider reopening, he said.
Hogan added that he's hoping the state's recovery can begin in early May, if social distancing measures stay in effect and are properly followed by state residents.
Under Maryland's stay-at-home order issued last month, residents are only allowed to leave their homes for essential reasons such as visiting grocery stores, pharmacies, to exercise or seek medical attention. It is also being enforced by law enforcement, and those who violate the order could face a misdemeanor and be jailed for up to one year or fined $5,000.
Hogan also issued an order earlier this month requiring to commuters and employees to wear a mask or facial covering when using Maryland public transit. Employees and customers over age 9 must also wear facial coverings inside essential businesses, though adults accompanying young children should make an effort to get them to wear a mask if they're in an essential business.
Maryland is also one of several states that has experienced protests in recent days against stay-at-home orders, with residents calling for states to reopen.
There are more than 889,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus across the United States and territories. More than 50,000 people have died. Maryland more than 16,000 cases and at least 790 residents have died.
CNN)....Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan and Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam on Friday both delivered the details of their state's plans to reopen, but at the same time warned the states aren't ready to reopen yet.
Hogan, a Republican, said that the state plans to follow the federal guidelines issued by President Donald Trump last week, which call for states to meet specific metrics before considering lifting restrictions, including a 14-day downward trend in key numbers. He warned that the state has not yet hit its peak for coronavirus cases and deaths,.
"Here in Maryland we took some of the earliest and most aggressive actions in the nation to slow the spread of Covid-19. Because of those efforts ... we have far fewer cases, hospitalizations and deaths than all of the models were calling for," he said.
"We have been successful in flattening and lengthening the curve in our state, and we have not had the very high spikes that you have seen in other states," he added. "But that is also why we are several weeks behind those other states who spiked earlier, and the number of new cases of Covid-19 is still rising here in Maryland and throughout the Maryland, DC and Virginia region. And by the federal standards instituted last week, and under the guidance given in the studies and reopening plans that we cited, Maryland is not yet able to lift our restrictions."
The announcement of Hogan and Northam's plans to reopen their states and economies are an important marker both the states and Washington, DC. Those three entities have promised to work together closely on reopening their economies from stay-at-home orders meant to limit the spread of coronavirus.
In Virginia, Northam announced a "Forward Virginia Blueprint" on Friday and said the state could start reopening as soon as May 8 if coronavirus cases decline.
The Democrat explained that phase one of reopening will require downward trends in new cases and hospitalizations for 14 days, increased testing and contact tracing and a sustainable supply of hospital beds and personal protective equipment. The specifics for the second and third phases have not yet been unveiled.
The first phase would involve some businesses reopening with social distancing measures still in place, teleworking continuing if possible and the recommendation of wearing face masks in public.
Northam compared the recovery to the aftermath of September 11 and said Virginia's goal is to eventually process 10,000 tests per day. The state processed 4,000 tests each of the last two days.
"Americans were fearful of getting on an airplane and flying, understandably so, and so a lot of modifications were made and in time people again became comfortable," Northam said, adding that "perhaps it's not a good analogy or a comparison."
"That's what we're doing with all of our efforts," he added.
Hogan unveiled a more specific three-pronged "Maryland Strong Roadmap to Recovery" plan's three stages at Friday's news conference.
The first stage would begin by lifting the state's stay-at-home order. It would include reopening many small businesses, including certain retail shops and golf courses, and restarting many lower-risk community activities, like recreational boating and fishing, tennis and outdoor religious activities, along with outdoor fitness and gym classes. It would also include the resumption of elective outpatient surgeries and procedures in certain counties with lower concentrations of cases.
Local governments could have additional flexibility to open things including parks and playgrounds, municipal recreation centers and libraries. These decisions would be based on the ability to continue physical distancing and to continue limits on person-to-person contact.
If stage one activities resumed successfully without a spike in deaths, a sustained spike in intensive-care unit cases or significant unforeseen outbreaks of community transmission they would then move into stage two.
The second stage would see a larger number of businesses would reopen, nonessential workers who cannot telework return to work and other public activities return. Indoor religious gatherings could resume with limited capacity and physical distancing measures. It would include raising the limits on the number of people in social gatherings. Stage two could also see more normal public transit schedules and opening of restaurants and potentially bars with significant safety restrictions.
The third and final stage would reinstitute higher-risk activities, such as larger social gatherings, events, religious gatherings and activities at entertainment venues and a further lessening of restrictions at hospitals and eventually nursing homes.
Hogan said the numbers state officials are most focused are the rate of hospitalizations and the numbers of patients being admitted to intensive care units.
It won't be until those numbers start going down or there's "a consistent plateauing of those metrics" that the state can consider reopening, he said.
Hogan added that he's hoping the state's recovery can begin in early May, if social distancing measures stay in effect and are properly followed by state residents.
Under Maryland's stay-at-home order issued last month, residents are only allowed to leave their homes for essential reasons such as visiting grocery stores, pharmacies, to exercise or seek medical attention. It is also being enforced by law enforcement, and those who violate the order could face a misdemeanor and be jailed for up to one year or fined $5,000.
Hogan also issued an order earlier this month requiring to commuters and employees to wear a mask or facial covering when using Maryland public transit. Employees and customers over age 9 must also wear facial coverings inside essential businesses, though adults accompanying young children should make an effort to get them to wear a mask if they're in an essential business.
Maryland is also one of several states that has experienced protests in recent days against stay-at-home orders, with residents calling for states to reopen.
There are more than 889,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus across the United States and territories. More than 50,000 people have died. Maryland more than 16,000 cases and at least 790 residents have died.
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Looks like its on the way to the grim landmark of "ONE Million" total cases much sooner than expected
Anyway, updates: "945,249" total cases along with "53,243" death toll
Anyway, updates: "945,249" total cases along with "53,243" death toll
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Well on pace to the grim landmark of "ONE MILLION" total cases sooner than later and the "Wannabe White American" was no where to be found
perhaps he's busying injecting "disinfectants" that his white master has recommanded
Updates: "959,143" total cases along with "54,228" death toll
perhaps he's busying injecting "disinfectants" that his white master has recommandedUpdates: "959,143" total cases along with "54,228" death toll
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Man I wish we could extensively test prople here in Pakistan like u guys doWell on pace to the grim landmark of "ONE MILLION" total cases sooner than later and the "Wannabe White American" was no where to be found
Updates: "959,143" total cases along with "54,228" death toll
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You can jerk off to all these deaths all you want, but that is what we expects of you.Well on pace to the grim landmark of "ONE MILLION" total cases sooner than later and the "Wannabe White American" was no where to be found
Updates: "959,143" total cases along with "54,228" death toll
This will not bode well for your China in the long run. Behind closed doors, China is now a global pariah. Once all this is over, the peoples of various countries will perceive that China essentially conducted biological warfare on their soil. All the 'mask diplomacy' and secret bribes will do no good.
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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
And NO NO, ain't jerking off to anyone's death including you old viet lol so no hard feeling since you're still alive and kicking
even though i heard some saying Old man like you are expendable for the betterment of the younger generation like me
Anyway, Newest updates: "960,896" total cases along with "54,265" death toll
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