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James48

(4,426 posts)
Sat Apr 18, 2020, 11:40 AM Apr 2020

Why Meat Plants are shutting down.

First- context. Here is Trump’s bizarre wandering answer to a reporters question about the sudden appearance of Covid-19 in the food industry- specifically meat packing plants.
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OFFICIAL WHITE HOUSE TRANSCRIPT — UNEDITED.
REPORTER: I wanted to ask you specifically about one industry in particular, and that’s food-processing plants. Is there a priority to get testing at food-processing plants all across the country?
TRUMP: "Well, you’re asking that because of what happened — it’s a fair question, too — what happened in Denver. Because in Denver, I’ve never seen — I said, “What’s going on?” We’re looking at this graph where everything’s looking beautiful and it’s coming down and then you got this one spike. It’s — I said, “What happened to Denver?”
And many people, very quickly, and they — by the way, they were on it like, so fast, you wouldn’t believe it. They knew every aspect. They had people go and — not only testing, “Who did you see? Where were you? How many people did you meet? Were you out to dinner in somebody else’s home? Where were you?” Where did — where did this number of people come from? How did — they are totally on it.
Now, this just happened. I just saw it this morning. I’m looking at everything smooth, going down, topping out. And then you have this one spike in Denver. It’s like, where did this come from?
So we’ll be looking at that. And we don’t want cases like that happening. This was — but this — this is the kind of thing can happen. This is very complex.
This is a very brilliant enemy. You know, it’s a brilliant enemy. They develop drugs like the antibiotics. You see it. Antibiotics used to solve every problem. Now one of the biggest problems the world has is the germ has gotten so brilliant that the antibiotic can’t keep up with it. And they’re constantly trying to come up with a new — people go to a hospital and they catch — they go for a heart operation — that’s no problem, but they end up dying from — from problems. You know the problems I’m talking about. There’s a whole genius to it.
We’re fighting — not only is it hidden, but it’s very smart. Okay? It’s invisible and it’s hidden, but it’s — it’s very smart. And you see that in a case like a Denver.
But, you know, I think we’re doing well, and they’re on Denver like you wouldn’t believe. I came in this morning; it was a flurry. I said what’s going on? They said, “Denver.” I said, “What happened to Denver?” Because Denver was doing pretty well. And they’ve got that under control. But, yeah, that would be a case where you do some very big testing."- Donald J. Trump, genius.


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If you've made it this far, please keep in mind that the Smithfield meat processing plant that has become a COVID-19 hotspot, and precipitated the reporter's question, is the Smithfield plant in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, not Denver. And antibiotics have never solved viruses.

But the next thing you need to realize, is that,

1. USDA Meat inspectors have no PPE.
In fact, they were ordered by USDA Management NOT to wear masks.

2. When the Smithfield plant was closed, the USDA ordered its meat inspectors to go to other Meat Packing plants, including JBS in Greely, Colorado. Guess what? Now JBS has a huge outbreak of Covid-19, and is shut down.

When the South Dakota plant closed down, they ordered the USDA inspectors into other meat packing plants.

And with them- went the virus, carried with the USDA inspectors, who infected other plants.

After the Souix Falls Smithfield plant was shut down, the USDA sent meat inspectors from that plant to Greely, Colorado. Who promptly transmitted the virus to the workers there.

Read more:
https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2020/04/usda-relocating-its-food-inspectors-one-hot-spot-next-more-employees-get-sick/164722/


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Why Meat Plants are shutting down. (Original Post) James48 Apr 2020 OP
I am having trouble seeing Donald's parents allowing him to babble so much Baitball Blogger Apr 2020 #1
That's pretty much it. You nailed it. underpants Apr 2020 #3
they probably never did... stillcool Apr 2020 #17
There's a whole genius to it. underpants Apr 2020 #2
Genius spelled with a J Quemado Apr 2020 #5
underpants Apr 2020 #18
- Rorey Apr 2020 #6
You obviously made the right choice MissB Apr 2020 #7
I hoped he would come around. Rorey Apr 2020 #14
One genius praising another dalton99a Apr 2020 #4
How can anyone even follow that? onecaliberal Apr 2020 #8
It's Word Salad, a symptom of mental illness. Captain Zero Apr 2020 #11
It's so scattered. onecaliberal Apr 2020 #13
Yesterday I put in an order for protein drinks and bars. ananda Apr 2020 #9
In terms of intellect, the virus beats il drumpf The Blue Flower Apr 2020 #10
Wow total gibberish! MoonRiver Apr 2020 #12
I don't eat WORD SALAD. It gives me mental indigestion. DinahMoeHum Apr 2020 #15
There is something very wrong about the way his mind works and puts thoughts together. Grammy23 Apr 2020 #16
I have something like that.. stillcool Apr 2020 #19
Great post I_UndergroundPanther Apr 2020 #20

Baitball Blogger

(46,676 posts)
1. I am having trouble seeing Donald's parents allowing him to babble so much
Sat Apr 18, 2020, 11:42 AM
Apr 2020

when asked to explain his bad behavior.

underpants

(182,585 posts)
3. That's pretty much it. You nailed it.
Sat Apr 18, 2020, 11:46 AM
Apr 2020

He got caught and is trying to explain his way out of it. Still.

There’s is no one to punish him. Congress maybe but not with Mitch and that crew in charge of half of it.

stillcool

(32,626 posts)
17. they probably never did...
Sat Apr 18, 2020, 01:00 PM
Apr 2020

I remember Ivana Trump saying Donald had no interest in his children, until they were old enough to talk business. I imagine his upbringing was largely delegated to people other than his parents.

Rorey

(8,445 posts)
14. I hoped he would come around.
Sat Apr 18, 2020, 12:38 PM
Apr 2020

Then I caught him having an affair, so I decided not to hope anymore.

He's truly a 100% MAGAt now. I definitely made the right choice.

Captain Zero

(6,780 posts)
11. It's Word Salad, a symptom of mental illness.
Sat Apr 18, 2020, 12:31 PM
Apr 2020

Mental health issues can often be the cause of disorganized speech such as word salad. Often the person is unaware that he or she did not make sense.

ananda

(28,831 posts)
9. Yesterday I put in an order for protein drinks and bars.
Sat Apr 18, 2020, 12:24 PM
Apr 2020

Just in case meat gets scarce.

Arriving tomorrow

Grammy23

(5,810 posts)
16. There is something very wrong about the way his mind works and puts thoughts together.
Sat Apr 18, 2020, 12:44 PM
Apr 2020

Then when he attempts to communicate those thoughts, it is as if the thoughts get all jumbled up and he jumps from one incomplete thought to another. It is as if he cannot complete one single thought before he moves on to another. No wonder he is such a screw-up at business with a mind that is so disordered.

Is there a name for that kind of problem? It almost seems like a form of Attention deficit Disorder. But maybe there is a more precise name for what ails Dear Leader because I’m not sure he has always been this f*cked up in his thinking. ADD would have been present from the beginning, right?

stillcool

(32,626 posts)
19. I have something like that..
Sat Apr 18, 2020, 01:14 PM
Apr 2020

it happens when my mind is busy, and I'm on auto-pilot. It's like one part of my mind is down, and the other part is staticky. I do a lot of pausing, and am unable to completely verbalize a thought. Throwing out odd words to try and make myself lucid, is like throwing out a life-line, to grab hold of and start over. With me it happens when I get triggered and end up back in my past. Part of my mind just isn't available.

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