Tug484

That got walked back.

Daredevil

Yes, thank you. I'm not that age but I have a condition that could very severely affect me too. I agree that maybe people are panicking, but no one should be acting like this is nothing.

Daredevil

I think that's a crock, sir. The media is going too far and fear mongering (what else is new) but, just no.

And you may not be concerned, sir, but if you were in my place or any of the older folks getting it, it wouldnt seem too extreme.

hdjimv Loc: South Dakota

I think you are correct on the media fear mongering Dd! this is from the first link Blade Runner provided. It shows the number of times COVID-19 has been mentioned compared to other large medical issues.

Daredevil

Yeah. Is anyone surprised

nwtk2007 Loc: Texas

Trump's response was adequate and appropriate. His earliest response was met with cries of over reaction and racism. His response was certainly faster and better than previous administrations.

And you're right, this thing COULD effect millions of Americans, but it just doesn't have that look to it. At any rate, our response is in full gear as it always has. People act like Trump runs the CDC and it the sole decision maker regarding things like this. Not true in the least. He's been criticized for getting rid of Obama's Pandemic response team. Well why not, they had obviously done nothing. H1N1 started in 2009 and they had plenty of time to get ready for the next pandemic but they did nothing. It isn't even they who continue to modify the flu vaccines to help them stay effective. They should have stockpiled ventilators by the hundreds of thousands. They should have done much more in terms of patient and public education but no. Nothing or as we can now see, very, very little. And still, Trump has responded and is responding as needs be.

The media has hyped this up and scared the public to death. Just look at how that is going. Pure ignorance and it's killing the economy. Just plain stupid.

You should thank Trump for his efforts.

dtucker300 Loc: Vista, CA

Yup, while Trump was responding with border closings and such, the house managers and Senate were holding his impeachment trial. And Joe O'biden-bama was calling this xenophobic. The Democrats are so very out of touch with reality and the American people. Whoever Joe picks for his VP will become President because Biden will no longer be mentally competent. Even Bolshevik Bernie still has a chance to turn the race around in his favor for the nomination as more people realize that Biden has completely lost it, or, he is faking it so that he can't be put on trial for quid pro quo shenanigans in Ukraine.

nwtk2007 Loc: Texas

LOL! I think he'd have to be shown to be crazy at the time of his shenanigans.

dtucker300 Loc: Vista, CA

But we know he wasn't. It was all routine business as usual for the syndicate-family using his position in the government to garner favor and money from anyone they could sucker. That's how they earned nearly all of their money.

nwtk2007 Loc: Texas

I know! Can't wait till they get him.

77Reaganite Loc: Athens, GA, United States

No he wasn't China was slow to tell anybody first case that we knew of didn't come around until October and the CDC didn't tell Trump about it's until December 30th. January 7th President Trump bans all flights to and from China! January 30th Trump puts a travel ban on Iran, South Korea, and Italy. When he did that travel ban the China everybody in the news media excoriated him because they called him xenophobe so what else was he supposed to do especially when China is suppressing all the data we don't even really know when the very first case really was they claimed it was in October I believe it was a lot sooner than that! This was totally perpetuated by China to cause the most damage to the West because their stock market is tanking because of the tariffs that Trump is put on them! China is the real threat China deserves all the blame in this not President Trump so get your facts straight

nwtk2007 Loc: Texas

Yes, and China has long relied on the president’s critics in the U.S. to pick up messaging critical of the White House and push it through the domestic anti-Trump megaphone. For example, when U.S. officials started referring to COVID-19 as the “Wuhan Virus,” (a name earlier propagated by the media), the regime in Beijing objected that the term was somehow “racist.” Some on the American left — including members of the media who had used the term themselves — quickly picked up and repeated the accusation.

77Reaganite Loc: Athens, GA, United States

77Reaganite Loc: Athens, GA, United States

Because we have a parroting media they repeat everything the government tells them verbatim and everybody in here is to the governmental tow Line! That's why I hope after this election I hope somebody creates a different news organization in wipes out the rest of mainstream media I hope these lawsuits going through these courts put these people out of business especially CNN and MSNBC or should I say mslsd

Tug484

Amen.