The chaos of the coronavirus is scrambling all levels of health-care policymaking and analysis right now. It’s been just a few weeks since we started putting significant — and now total — attention on how medical providers, states and the federal government are responding to the crisis. Every day, the channels of information we’re working through are getting more convoluted and confusing.
This is pure Trump.
He destroys everything he does not understand or those who know more then he.
He does not understand that we need people who have dedicated their lives to service instead of seeking wealth.
Now with the virus he is still too stupid to understand what he has done.
Mission accomplished Donnie. You totally fucked our country.
Put this on billboards, social media, t-shirts, tv ads, radio, everywhere.
There is no perfect pandemic response BUT because the Irresponsible+Incompetent IMPeetus fired the whole WH Pandemic Team, America is now in this health crisis that could have been mitigated early on!
Everything Trump touches dies…Rick Wilson
Everytime Trump LIES, DENIES or Washes his hands of responsibilities during this pandemic…Americans DIES!
Take a listen to Trump’s Covid-19 LIES
States, it appears, don’t feel they have time to wait for that clarity about how they should be filing their requests. Instead, some are filing waiver applications citing multiple laws that could give the administration the authority to grant them the approvals they’re seeking.
When the review happens I would like a list of the states that seem to have knowledgeable staff that know what they want, what it takes cite a law that’s keeping them from changing what they want to do, and are pushing forward.
Oh and while watching the local news I’ve found out the answer to why Missouri’s governor Parsons isn’t closing down businesses across the state. He said something to the effect “we reward risk takers, and small business owners are risk takers, so now is not the time to shut them down and maybe hurt them financially.” As it is the state has no cash reserves to help them, so let’s kill off the residents to help keep the businesses open.
So the IRS isn’t going to charge a penalty for paying your taxes late. You have until July 15th to pay, but still have to file by April 15th. I wonder what the states are going to do?
Seema Verma has YET to tell us anything worth listening to. She HAS however praised Donnie and engaged in word salad with the ‘media’. I want to slap her.
Seeming Vermin.
Between Trump’s hires, and Boris Johnson’s, we could have a fine field of contestants to compete in the most “Slap Worthy” pageant.
In my time with the FDA, dealing with press during a time of crisis was incredibly difficult. The central press office, who us naive worker-bees thought would handle that while we worked on the actual problem, just slid questions downhill onto our desks with unreasonable time-frames for responses. We’d respond scientifically/medically and then they’d muck it up with PR speak. Oh, and we’d be handling Congressional inquiries at the same time, and sometime even their constituent questions.
It was much more efficient for us to feed info up to knowledgeable senior management who would then do conference calls with the press, or get in front of Congress. Sometimes press releases help, but the continual cloud of mosquitoes (AKA reporters) was horrible when you are trying to contain, mitigate, and solve a problem.
And yes, we all recognized the need for transparency and getting info to the public. It was just the means was inefficient and distracting.
This is not a joke: Eat Licorice.
Glycyrrhizin can be found abundantly in real Licorice.
So while there’s no guarantee that this will help with this virus, it gives you a good excuse to munch as much Licorice as your heart desires during this outbreak.
Now the store shelves will empty of licorice.
Great info! I have a seasonal dry cough, susceptible to bronchitis. I remember my Dad using licorice as a cough drop.
Not all licorice is created equal. Haribo’s Pontefract Cake is a good choice. They don’t cheat with anise for flavoring. Pure licorice root with glycyrrhizic acid.
Unlike normal stores for some reason Trader Joe’s has always had several gourmet licorice choices, even though licorice seems like a very niche item. Unfortunately the Joe’s 99 cent fake Good and Plenty version has disappeared.
The Minus Touch
Awesome. Does it work with absinthe?
Here is an article published today in the New England Journal of Medicine regarding the failings of the UK / Johnson government’s response.
Only one way to find out …