Pic Of The Moment: "The Model For All Future Pandemics"

[EarlG]

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[trusty elf]

1. He needs to put the crack pipe away!

[Alacritous Crier]

4. That's a great graphic...

so much content in one pic!

[usaf-vet]

2. The only behavior seen from Trump that other might want to "model" is grifting and con behavior.

If you are planning to live a life conning others as a grifter then Trump's life long examples might be worth emulating.

Otherwise, he has nothing to offer humanity.

[dalton99a]

9. +1

[smb]

18. He Can't Even Do THAT Right! nt

[flibbitygiblets]

3. Oh it will be a model for the future all right. A model of what NOT to do.

The Trump administration could have begun to use a functioning test from the World Health Organization, but didn’t. It could have removed regulations that prevented private hospitals and labs from quickly developing their own tests, but didn’t. The inaction meant that the United States fell behind South Korea, Singapore and China in fighting the virus. “We just twiddled our thumbs as the coronavirus waltzed in,” William Hanage, a Harvard epidemiologist, wrote.

In February, Trump criticized CNN and MSNBC for “panicking markets.” He said at a South Carolina rally — falsely — that “the Democrat policy of open borders” had brought the virus into the country. He lashed out at “Do Nothing Democrat comrades.” He tweeted about “Cryin’ Chuck Schumer,” mocking Schumer for arguing that Trump should be more aggressive in fighting the virus. The next week, Trump would blame an Obama administration regulation for slowing the production of test kits. There was no truth to the charge.

Throughout late February, Trump also continued to claim the situation was improving. On Feb. 26, he said: “We’re going down, not up. We’re going very substantially down, not up.” On Feb. 27, he predicted: “It’s going to disappear. One day — it’s like a miracle — it will disappear.” On Feb. 29, he said a vaccine would be available “very quickly” and “very rapidly” and praised his administration’s actions as “the most aggressive taken by any country.” None of these claims were true.

Almost two decades ago, during George W. Bush’s presidency, the federal government developed guidelines for communicating during a public-health crisis. Among the core principles are “be first,” “be right,” “be credible,” “show respect” and “promote action.”
But the Trump administration’s response to coronavirus, as a Washington Post news story put it, is “breaking almost every rule in the book.”

The inconsistent and sometimes outright incorrect information coming from the White House has left Americans unsure of what, if anything, to do. By early March, experts already were arguing for aggressive measures to slow the virus’s spread and avoid overwhelming the medical system. The presidential bully pulpit could have focused people on the need to change their behavior in a way that no private citizen could have. Trump could have specifically encouraged older people — at most risk from the virus — to be careful. Once again, he chose not to take action.

[dmr]

10. Good post. I liked this part:

I didn't know this:

Almost two decades ago, during George W. Bush’s presidency, the federal government developed guidelines for communicating during a public-health crisis. Among the core principles are “be first,” “be right,” “be credible,” “show respect” and “promote action.”

But the Trump administration’s response to coronavirus, as a Washington Post news story put it, is “breaking almost every rule in the book.”

I like these core principles:
• Be first
• Be right
• Be credible
• Show respect
• Promote action

Especially credible, respect and action. That's a good start, even if it did come out of Dubya's administration, lol.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

27. His bloviating has caused his cult to actively defy expert advice.

The Grotesque Orange Pustule has exacerbated the problem.

Thanks for your excellent summary of that thing's failures!

[mwooldri]

5. I haven't heard Joe or Bernie call Covid-19 a "Hoax".

But I have a feeling that someone (not a Democrat) did.

[Scarsdale]

6. Biggliest crock of tRumpism

EVER. Who is this, Parscale? The guy who arranges paychecks for the tRump wives and companions from donor funds? The guy who is padding his own bank account, while buying luxury cars and multi million $$$ homes? He HAS to play nice, he is profiting from this clown - BIGLY. Most of his DC supporters are making hay while the shit shines. Unqualified, yet reaping in the dough, just like the orange turd in the WH.

[Nitram]

7. They just keep trying to spin it but only their True Believers believe anything they say anymore.

[duforsure]

8. They know they/re projecting propaganda

That should really scare the hell out of people .

[Ponietz]

11. Call in the Space Force you craven mango mange

[CrispyQ]

12. A rwnj friend of my sister's thinks

the release of the virus was planned because impeachment didn't work. I read the friend's FB post and could not believe the number of her friends that piled on agreeing. The cult will stick with him until the bitter end.

[SergeStorms]

15. Yep, yep, yep.

Democrats went to the middle of China to release a virus that could possibly kill both Democrats and republicans (along with everyone else), then rushed back to Washington to make Trump mishandle the entire crisis, just to make him look bad, because impeachment didn't work.

The stupidity......... it burns!

[MyOwnPeace]

13. I am convinced

that to qualify to work for IQ45 or his campaign you must verify how far you can put your head up your own ass before being hired to make public statements.

If you can go far enough, you will ultimately be the press secretary.

[Martin Eden]

14. Blatant lies are quite appropriate for a candidate who is a pathological liar

Makes sense to me.

[calimary]

16. Easy! Keep it for posterity! "Okay, class. See what he's doing? Don't do that!"

It’s simple. “Whatever he does, simply do the opposite, and you’ll be fine.”

[matt819]

17. This is just too bizarre for words

If they would all just collectively STFU, we would all breathe a sigh of relief.

BTW, as for the experts, you can take newly-minted sychophant Fauci and the Surgeon General sychophant and shut them up as well. We don't believe a word any of them says. Not. One. Word.

Me? I'm just going to exercise a bit of common sense and do what I can to stay healthy. I don't need advice from any of these buffoons.

[SunSeeker]

19. Yeah, the model for what NOT to do.

[NBachers]

20. No Democratic president will ever have a pandemic named after him, a la Captain Trumps.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stand

[marble falls]

21. Someone would be very proud of him ...

[apkhgp]

22. I am sick to death

Of hearing about Coronsvirus
Of hearing that it is a Democrat conspiracy
Of having the Right Wing shove their bullshit down our throats everyday
Of the hysteria that is causing confusion in our communities

[NCjack]

23. If DEMs are going to copy Dr. Trump's new, ultimate protocols, first we will have to burn

every guideline HE developed, and fire every scientist and medical expert on biological invasions that worked for him. Actually, we should do that -- I don't any scientist or medico that would work in his Administration.

[ffr]

24. The past 3+ years have been our worst fears realized.

MAGAts celebrate our sadness.

Now we all have to pay for their sick twisted-as-fuck self-centered schadenfreude and watch as thousands around the world die because of what they stand for. I cannot despise them any more than I do at this moment. THIS IS ALL ON THEM! THEIR EXPERIMENT IS A FAILURE!

[3catwoman3]

25. "Will be 'The Model For All Future Pandemics.' "

Like hell it will.

It is, however, a model for how to set off a “panicdemic.”

[The_Counsel]

26. More Like a "Shining Example of What NOT to Do."

Seriously...is any more text needed?

[PatrickforO]

28. Best picture of the day yet.

This needs to go on some billboards.

[Aussie105]

29. There has always been a model for treating a pandemic.

Ever since the caveman days.

Isolate the sick.
Stay away from the sick.

It's not rocket science. People have a natural tendency to give the visibly sick space so they don't pass it on.

Now the smart virus knows it - infect people but don't make them visibly sick until you have had a few days to replicate and spread to others.

It's not intelligence, just natural selection. A weak version of the virus won't kill you and allow your immune system to develop resistance. An aggressive virus that kills within hours won't have time to spread.

Australian Scientists at the CSIRO working with the myxomatosis virus in an attempt to wipe out feral rabbits discovered this.

But Trump is still doing the self delusion thing. He tells the world what he thinks Reality should be doing, and when he finds Reality isn't following his orders, gets upset and blames Obama, or Hillary, the Dems in general, or you and me.