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Trumpcons should be embarrassed to be conservative when their leaders continue to do such stupid things and actions.

Failed policy and philosophy as always



https://washingtonmonthly.com/2020/06/13/conservatives-made-it-easier-for-coronavirus-to-spread/

dtucker300 Loc: Vista, CA

EU accuses China of running coronavirus disinformation campaign
By Barnini Chakraborty


China has been accused by Brussels of running a disinformation campaign inside the European Union, with regards to the coronavirus pandemic that has killed more than 417,000 worldwide.

Specifically, the European Commission accused Russia and China of running "targeted influence operations and disinformation campaigns in the EU, its neighborhood and globally."

Though Russia has repeatedly been called out in the past for spreading disinformation, it is the first time the EU has openly accused Beijing of being a source of disinformation.

In mid-April, a Chinese embassy website claimed that at the height of Europe's outbreak, health care workers had abandoned the head of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus -- an assertion that left French politicians fuming.

"I believe if we have evidence we should not shy away from naming and shaming," Vĕra Jourová, a European commission vice-president told The Guardian. "What we also witnessed is a surge in narratives undermining our democracies and in effect our response to the crisis, for example, the claim there are secret U.S. biological laboratories on former Soviet Republics has been spread by both pro-Kremlin outlets, as well as Chinese officials and state media."

Jourová, a Czech politician, added that she believes "a geopolitically strong EU can only materialize if we are assertive," alluding to the goal of the European commission president for the body to have more respect and authority on the world stage.

The pushback on China marks a much more aggressive stance than the EU had in its March report which only described the China media narratives while taking aim at disinformation coming out of the Kremlin.

The sharper words also follow criticism from European lawmakers that accused the commission of watering down its reports after pressure from China, though the commission has denied the claim.

World Health Organization warns first wave of coronavirus is not overVideo
The EU commission also took a thinly veiled swipe at President Trump, noting that his off-the-cuff remarks about the virus, including injecting bleach and taking hydroxychloroquine, could be "very harmful," and noted that Belgium's Poison Control Center has recorded a 15 percent increase in their number of bleach-related incidents.

In late April, Trump suggested at a press briefing on coronavirus that disinfectants -- like bleach -- could be used to treat coronavirus. Following his comments, hundreds of public health officials around the country and world pushed back strongly on the president's suggestion. The White House later claimed Trump was playing a trick on reporters. His comments came at a time when thousands of Americans had already died from the novel coronavirus.

Jourová also praised Twitter for fact-checking two of Trump's recent tweets and wished Twitter would continue to do so, "be it the president, be the diplomats, be it me... when we say something we have to be accountable and we should be able to stand that somebody goes and checks the facts."

Trump signed an executive order on May 28 aimed at limiting the broad legal protections social media companies had -- just a couple of days after Twitter fact-checked two of his tweets.

ImLogicallyRight

Don't worry. Your record of wrong beliefs and assumptions is intact and you again post fiction and no facts, just cheap wrongful analysis.

BigMike Loc: yerington nv

Peewee Loc: San Antonio, TX

It just proves you would rather bankrupt the nation than save it.

rafterman Loc: South Florida

This is not a Trumpcons failed policy and philosophy. It is a policy and philosophy that works for states and people who want it to work - Florida and Texas are good examples of working. By the way, both have Republican governors. Michigan, Virginia, New York, California are all failing - all of these states are controlled by the Democrat Party. In the long term, as in for future pandemics, no matter who controls the state - Republican or Democrat - only quarantine the sick and concentrate resources in hospitals and for the health care workers. The original intent of the lockdown was to ensure all hospitals could meet the requirements. When it became clear that hospitals were not being "overrun with Covid-19 cases", they should have lifted the lockdown EVERYWHERE. But we all know that instead, we have this "piecemeal" disorganized approach. I would bet that in the future, every governor is going to have problems implementing a total lockdown.

lindajoy Loc: right here with you....

The culprits are the incompetent CDC and WHO who rig more numbers and fabricate so much more than is...
Yet another “ missed step” in all their BS...

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theatlantic.com/amp/article/611935/

rafterman Loc: South Florida

We must remember that everyone in power at the CDC is liberal. They - all liberals - don't concern themselves with facts or correctly reporting factual data. Liberals are concerned with how something looks or feels. It is always "form" over "function". So why should the CDC be any different? I have to wonder, how can all those people get together and be so flagrantly and obviously wrong and think that the error of their ways won't be found and broadcast. Then I come to the conclusion that they think other/all people are either outright dimwitted or stupid because they are a racist, a misogynist, or a homophobe. I've been a Conservative since 1968 and never before the last 3-4 years has it been so bad with liberals and their hate for anything a conservative does or says. And never before has a President been so hated by the opposition like Trump. In my opinion (and many agree), Jimmy Carter and Barack Obama were very bad Presidents, but there was never hate directed at them from Conservatives. While Bill Clinton is a liberals liberal and I disagree with his premise for governance, I never hated him in the way current liberals hate President Trump. I recall when I worked with a guy in 1995 who would make the liberals of today look like conservatives. Even though we had opposing views, there was a mutual respect for the other's viewpoint and beliefs. Our families went to ball games and had BBQs together. And, when he moved out of the state for another job, I felt a deep sense of personal loss. I don't think it is possible for people with opposing political views to have that kind of relationship in today's environment. That is very sad.