Trump says he will place a hold on WHO funds amid the coronavirus pandemic.

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  1. Zorro

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    Yes, in one of histories great ironies, the Folks shouting RUSSIA, RUSSIA, RUSSIA! are now unable to leave their homes because of China.


    Key fact: In the beginning, China lied. People died. Although the first case of the coronavirus was reported in Wuhan, China in early December 2019, the Chinese authorities continued through January 2020 to downplay the potential for the disease to spread.

    The World Health Organization (WHO) reinforced China’s falsehoods, saying on Jan. 14 that

    “Preliminary investigations conducted by the Chinese authorities have found no clear evidence of human-to-human transmission of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) identified in Wuhan, China.”​

    This was five to six weeks after the opposite was confirmed to be the case in Wuhan.

    Biden’s supposed chronicle of Trump administration failures derides the president’s statement on Jan. 22, saying,

    “We have it totally under control, it is one person, coming in from China…”
    What was actually happening in the United States on Jan. 22? It was one person coming in from China. And the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) had yet to confirm the human-to-human spread of the virus.

    So, what did we know? When did we know it?
     
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    On Jan. 17, the CDC and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that American citizens returning from travel-restricted countries were being rerouted to specific airports, where they would be screened and isolated. CDC on that day also stated that,

    “based on current information, the risk from 2019-nCoV to the American public is currently deemed to be low.”​

    Japan, South Korea, and Thailand reported their first cases of novel coronavirus on Jan. 20.

    On Jan. 21, the first case of coronavirus in the United States was reported, of a man who had traveled from Wuhan, China. That is the case President Trump referred to the next day.


    Jan. 24: The CDC confirmed the second U.S. case of coronavirus, adding again that

    “based on what we know right now, the immediate risk to America remains low.”​

    Jan. 28: The WHO published another statement about the coronavirus, with a photograph and headline saying:

    “WHO, China leaders discuss next steps in battle against coronavirus outbreak.”
    Pictured are WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus in Beijing with Chinese President Xi Jinping. According to the release,

    “The WHO delegation highly appreciated the actions China has implemented in response to the outbreak, its speed in identifying the virus and openness to sharing information with WHO and other countries.”​

    Think about that: On Jan. 28, the WHO praised China for its “speed and openness” in dealing with the virus. The same day, President Trump expanded U.S. airport screenings to identify travelers showing symptoms and instituted mandatory quarantines.

    https://thefederalist.com/2020/03/3...top-of-it-while-biden-was-mocking-the-danger/
     
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    The federalist? Hahahahahahahaha!
     
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    You are sad
     
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    Why are you defending the chi coms?
     
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    You are just sad
     
  7. ronv

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    I must have you confused with Trump.
    Trump tweeted that the coronavirus was not as perilous as the flu
     
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    He's just a Commie lover.
     
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  9. Professor Peabody

    Professor Peabody Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    So far he's right. In the 2018/2019 flu season in the US 80,000 died.
     
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    What you seem to forget is that all of us have some immunity to the various seasonal flus. No one, prior to infection, has any immunity at all to COVID 19. Further no government wants a repeat of the 1918-1920 debacle with the Spanish Flu; better to err on caution's side.
     
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    So were SARS, MERS, Ebola and H1N1.
     
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    The plain old flu of 2017/2018 killed a record 80,000.
     
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    Yeah, and we have vaccines for some of those. Imagine this big boy with no vaccine and no shelter in place. :(
     
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    All we have is your imaginings.
     
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    Because they’re bought and paid for? How in the **** could they accept China silencing their own doctors? Have they even condemned them yet? The truth is out there now. China purposely infected the world instead of containing it, because they either don’t give a ****. Or they know they can easily handle any number of deaths and since they have so much money they can also handle an economic collapse because they don’t have to worry about taking care of their people. They can lose 10s of millions and still come out ahead because they don’t care. They’ll endure and wait it out and be able to take more control, buy out businesses or invest further in corporations and spread their tentacles.

    The same way Mexican politicians are owned by the cartels.

    The WHO is like the UN. Stooges.
     
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