Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), said on Friday morning that Americans shouldn’t expect their self-quarantines amid the COVID-19 outbreak to end anytime soon.
April 20th, the putative date for schools to reopen in NYC, is a long shot. I can’t imagine the city will be in any shape by then.
“A few weeks” is extremely optimistic.
While I don’t want to say that these past four years have been surreal and things can’t get eversomuchmoreso, because every time I do, they do,…
…as Katherine Hepburn famously said, “Nevertheless!”
Fuck this guy. If this dude had been sounding the alarm on TESTING instead of downplaying it, we’d be on a much better trajectory.
Now if only Donnie could keep his mouth shut for “at least” several months.
Same for Tweets.
A few months is optimistic. He was saying August before. Other estimates 12-18 months. But maybe he’s just trying to keep people calm.
“Several weeks” is good news, if true. I feel like late summer is possible but what do I know?
“I cannot see that all of a sudden, next week or two weeks from now, it’s going to be over,” he continued. “I don’t think there’s a chance of that. I think it’s going to be several weeks.”
Several weeks usually equals some quantity of months. He was going to say that but remembered he still has a mortgage and one kid in college.
Dream on, baby, dream on…
The irony is stunning…
And karmic…
‘…bends toward justice.’
Now not-a-scientist Kevin McCarthy is bitching that Gavin Newsom didn’t consult him on the CA stay home order. Can’t see why, McCarthy is usually such a voice of calm, reasoned judgment.
Dr. Anthony Fauci, said on Friday morning that Americans shouldn’t expect their self-quarantines amid the COVID-19 outbreak to end anytime soon.
Draconian measures, which appear to have quelled the outbreak in China, are gradually being relaxed.-https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/03/china-life-returning-normal-coronavirus-outbreak-slows-200317084803189.html
Restrictions are being eased across China as the number of new infections recorded drops sharply-https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/20/chinese-life-slowly-gets-back-to-normal-as-the-epidemic-subsides-coronavirus.
The US is throwing out number like confetti. We need more specifics. How about reporting on the number of people who have been infected but have recovered. Where is the balanced reporting?
Amid concerns over the coronavirus pandemic in the U.S., it’s important to remember the vast majority of those infected recover from the illness.
I think it’s going to be several weeks.
Just say “several months” now so you don’t have to say several more weeks a month from now, it will save us all some time and preparation.
No Test
Not the Best
If this disease does cut a large, deadly swath through our populace at least future years of the Social Security fund will be strengthened.
Was he downplaying the need for testing? I don’t think so.
This week has been like the Willy Wonka tour, but without the candy.
(h/t Viktor Winetrout)
Hell, even Britain came out and admitted at least 12 weeks.
Absolutely no reason to believe that we’d be seeing anything much rosier than everyone else is experiencing.