Republican Gov. Brian Kemp admits he just found out that asymptomatic people can spread coronavirus
Source: Salon
The Georgian learned of this in the last "24 hours." But Dr. Fauci warned of asymptomatic transmission in January
IGOR DERYSH
APRIL 2, 2020 10:28PM (UTC)
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp just announced a shelter-in-place order after admitting that he did not know that asymptomatic people could spread the coronavirus, even though the country's top health officials warning about asymptomatic transmission since January.
Kemp, a Republican, said Georgia would follow the other 30 states that have already issued similar "stay at home" orders on Wednesday, because "modeling and data have dramatically changed for Georgia" over the previous two days.
Kemp said that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention just announced that "individuals can be infected and begin to spread coronavirus earlier than previously thought, even if they had no symptoms. From a public health standpoint, this is a revelation and a game-changer."
"Those individuals could have been infecting people before they ever felt bad," he added. "We didn't know that until the last 24 hours."
Read more: https://www.salon.com/2020/04/02/republican-gov-brian-kemp-admits-he-just-found-out-that-asymptomatic-people-can-spread-coronavirus/
Just_Vote_Dem
(2,804 posts)IllinoisBirdWatcher
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RockRaven
(14,964 posts)rather than stating his implausible claim as a fact.
I do not believe he "just learned" that. It has been part of the public conversation about this virus in all forms of media and by experts for months.
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)ZZenith
(4,121 posts)Or both.
And to make matters even worse, the same holds true for your president.
packman
(16,296 posts)1. An asshole
2. Incredibly stupid
3. A Republican
4. A Trumpite
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)The only person dumber than Kemp is TRump.
Grokenstein
(5,722 posts)He might be lying, or he might just be that out-of-touch, up-his-own-ass, boneheaded and willfully ignorant.
I mean, he's a Republicksum. How can you be certain?
pazzyanne
(6,549 posts)and it wasn't in clean, oxygen rich places.
Mr.Bill
(24,284 posts)SpaceNeedle
(191 posts)for their stupid beloved orange goop. They sentenced several people to death in the process.
groundloop
(11,518 posts)If tRump would have taken action instead of wasting time on his conspiracy theories our situation would be FAR better right now.
paleotn
(17,912 posts)or your a fucking liar. Not much of a choice, Kemp. Did I ever say, I fucking hate Republicans and wouldn't piss on them if they were on fire? Well, there it is.
Marcuse
(7,479 posts)paleotn
(17,912 posts)I'm giving him an out of just being stupid. A few of them aren't evil, they're just incredibly dumb.
Marcuse
(7,479 posts)Yeehah
(4,587 posts)elected by stupid republican assholes.
weissmam
(905 posts)He is either a fool or an idiot, or both -that means GOP
rzemanfl
(29,557 posts)flibbitygiblets
(7,220 posts)cheezmaka
(737 posts)And he's a Governor??? (another Spoof from "The Trump and Friends Comedy Hour!"
Lucky Luciano
(11,253 posts)flibbitygiblets
(7,220 posts)Rebl2
(13,497 posts)LIAR! THEY HAVE BEEN SAYING THIS FOR WEEKS.
Marie Marie
(9,999 posts)Resign!
procon
(15,805 posts)be required to pass a 5th grade final exam. They should know a bit of geography, some science is good, math, a smattering of history, definitely spelling, USGOV101, current events for dummies is the bonus question.
sop
(10,167 posts)Efilroft Sul
(3,579 posts)Response to Judi Lynn (Original post)
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MissMillie
(38,553 posts)Saying that he "didn't know," which obviously shows that he hasn't been paying attention
or
Admitting he knew... and did nothing.
Both statements reek of apathy and/or incompetence
(Seriously, are we supposed to believe a GOP governor hasn't been watching 45's pressers--that admission should send 45 through the roof!)
NCjack
(10,279 posts)After all, he has given 100% of his attention to rigging the 2020 votes in Georgia.