There is a interesting story in the news:
Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr (R-N.C.) spoke at a social-club luncheon for a small group of well-connected constituents, and the Republican senator privately delivered a message far more dire than Trump's. We know this because NPR obtained a secret recording of his remarks.
There's one thing that I can tell you about this: It is much more aggressive in its transmission than anything that we have seen in recent history," he said, according to a secret recording of the remarks obtained by NPR. "It is probably more akin to the 1918 pandemic." Burr also warned attendees about foreign travel, the likelihood of school closings, military mobilization, and taxed medical facilities. Or put another way, the senator's expectations were prescient.
This is the same day that T: Feb. 27, Donald Trump appeared in the White House Cabinet Room and sounded extremely optimistic about the coronavirus. "It's going to disappear," the president said that afternoon. "One day -- it's like a miracle -- it will disappear."
This is an interesting part of the article
But I'm also interested in how this relates to the president. Burr, as chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, has access to the nation's most sensitive secrets and information related to our national security. When the senator delivered his warning on Feb. 27, Burr was likely relying on high-level briefings and reports.
Donald Trump, however, also has limitless access to U.S. intelligence. If the information Burr saw led him to believe a crisis was looming, why didn't that same information affect the president's thinking?
Donald Trump, however, also has limitless access to U.S. intelligence. If the information Burr saw led him to believe a crisis was looming, why didn't that same information affect the president's thinking?
--Jessi
Because Donald Trump is mentally ill. He has all his life been afflicted with a malignant narcissism in which his every action is to protect his deformed ego. He didn't do anything about the virus because he (1) he only cares about his own financial interest and personal power, (2) he does not serve anyone or anything that isn't for his own personal profit, and (3) he wanted to hide the virus and the possibility of it from the public by preventing testing and convincing the public to carry on as usual.
The fact that he endangered himself by hanging out with people just shows that he is stupid. Nothing new there. The man is stupid about issues he doesn't care about. His skill is in con artistry.
Senator Dumped Up to $1.6 Million of Stock After Reassuring Public About Coronavirus Preparedness - ProPublica Finding
Intelligence Chair Richard Burr’s selloff came around the time he was receiving daily briefings on the health threat.
He knew the markets would crash because of the top secret intelligence briefings. He then reassured the public that we were safe from the virus, then went home and dumped his stocks. That is insider trading.
Just heard from a member of Ntl Guard that we will most likely be going on full national lockdown at some point tomorrow
I heard from a former Delta Ops guy who works in government that the plan may be to do a 24 hour national "shelter in place" for 24 hours on Monday.
I couldn't find any online confirmation of his rumor, let alone that it's happening tomorrow and for an undefined amount of time.
I also heard whispers of a full national lockdown -- but what I heard made it sound like it would not be announced tomorrow, as they are waiting until all National Guard are in place to prevent looting, etc. Not sure how true that is.
Hoping my last round of deliveries can still get through...not sure if a lockdown would affect UPS.
Well, in AZ, our Governor just announced the National Guard is going to help stock and distribute groceries at stores to help ensure food supplies. NO date announced on when yet.
So if that happens this weekend, people will be used to seeing them if they do more restrictions or a form of Martial Law later. Our GOV. only today closed bars, restaurants (to-go still ok) and theaters and then only in certain counties.
ASU will be setting up drive thru testing with a hopeful Monday start. They can do this because they already have the lab, suits and set up because it recently was approved to be a radiation testing lab. They will switch over from radiation to genes now. They hope to process 400 kits a day and get up to 1,000. Currently only one other place does drive-thru tests ( Mayo -Scottsdale) and you must be a patient. Our state is pitifully behinds with testing right now. Hopefully more drive thru options will become available.