First US Senator Tests Positive

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BULLSH*T.

You might want to take a look at this article dated May 9, 2018 about Rear Adm. Tim Ziemer's firing (er, reassignment.)

From the article:
Ziemer, who had been described as “one of the most quietly effective leaders in public health,” was widely lauded in the global health community for his work on the President’s Malaria Initiative, which helped save 6 million lives, before joining this administration.

“Admiral Ziemer’s departure is deeply alarming, especially when the administration is actively working to cut funds that addressed past pandemics like Ebola,” Rep. Ami Bera (D-Calif.), the vice ranking member of the foreign affairs committee, told HuffPost in a statement. “Expertise like his is critical in avoiding large outbreaks.”
Also a note about Tom Bossert from the same article:

"Tom Bossert, whom the Washington Post reported "had called for a comprehensive biodefense strategy against pandemic and biological attacks," had been fired one month prior.

It's thus true that the Trump administration axed the executive branch team responsible for coordinating a response to a pandemic and did not replace it..."

Tell me again that I'm the one lying about this.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/tim-ziemer-global-health-security-leaves_n_5af37dfbe4b0859d11d02290

Dumb shit

Just because Ziemer’s position was discontinued does not mean everyone who was part of the team was fired or that all of the functions of the directorate ceased. According to reporting by the Atlantic and the Washington Post, some team members were shifted to other groups, and others took over some of Ziemer’s duties. An NSC spokesman at the time said that the administration “remains committed to global health, global health security and biodefense, and will continue to address these issues with the same resolve under the new structure.”

 

[Ucfmikes]

But I’m sure those “specialists” who were fired would have forced those Chinese to tell us what the hell was going on before it became an issue, right guys?

Oh.., and they would have told us to close the “border” with China, right guys?

Oh,, Trump did that, didn’t he?

 

[Ucfmikes]

Still waiting for brilliant Shookster to tell us all how these experts would have made a difference even though we still had a response team

But,But, But, “it wouldn’t have hurt to have them, right guys??

 

[Crazyhole]

BULLSH*T.

You might want to take a look at this article dated May 9, 2018 about Rear Adm. Tim Ziemer's firing (er, reassignment.)

From the article:
Ziemer, who had been described as “one of the most quietly effective leaders in public health,” was widely lauded in the global health community for his work on the President’s Malaria Initiative, which helped save 6 million lives, before joining this administration.

“Admiral Ziemer’s departure is deeply alarming, especially when the administration is actively working to cut funds that addressed past pandemics like Ebola,” Rep. Ami Bera (D-Calif.), the vice ranking member of the foreign affairs committee, told HuffPost in a statement. “Expertise like his is critical in avoiding large outbreaks.”
Also a note about Tom Bossert from the same article:

"Tom Bossert, whom the Washington Post reported "had called for a comprehensive biodefense strategy against pandemic and biological attacks," had been fired one month prior.

It's thus true that the Trump administration axed the executive branch team responsible for coordinating a response to a pandemic and did not replace it..."

Tell me again that I'm the one lying about this.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/tim-ziemer-global-health-security-leaves_n_5af37dfbe4b0859d11d02290

Ziemer never oversaw any form of pandemic response team, period. He worked on malaria containment in africa, and then Trump appointed him to the position you hold so dearly less than a year before it was eliminated.

 

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Ziemer never oversaw any form of pandemic response team, period. He worked on malaria containment in africa, and then Trump appointed him to the position you hold so dearly less than a year before it was eliminated.

It’s affecting basically the whole world, but Ziemer would have stopped it in its tracks. Lol

 

[DaShuckster]

An NSC spokesman at the time said that the administration “remains committed to global health, global health security and biodefense, and will continue to address these issues with the same resolve under the new structure.”

Sooooooooo...
When reporters were expressing concerns back in May of 2018 about the administration's commitment to virus security, we're to believe an NSC spokesman who gave that standard BS non-answer answer??!?

And NOW, we're to believe this idiotic decision by Bolton and Trump had zero impact on our pathetic, amateur hour response to this pandemic??!? Jesus, you people are gullible.

 

[Crazyhole]

Sooooooooo...
When reporters were expressing concerns back in May of 2018 about the administration's commitment to virus security, we're to believe an NSC spokesman who gave that standard BS non-answer answer??!?

And NOW, we're to believe this idiotic decision by Bolton and Trump had zero impact on our pathetic, amateur hour response to this pandemic??!? Jesus, you people are gullible.

Why do you put so much faith in what could have happened if a guy with no experience dealing with pandemics was in charge?

 

[Ucfmikes]

Why do you put so much faith in what could have happened if a guy with no experience dealing with pandemics was in charge?

Because he’s the infamous TDS Shookster

 

[Ucfmikes]

And NOW, we're to believe this idiotic decision by Bolton and Trump had zero impact on our pathetic, amateur hour response to this pandemic??!? Jesus, you people are gullible.

Still waiting for what he would have done differently. Specifics

 

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Waiting

 

[Crazyhole]

"Given that my wife and I had traveled extensively during the weeks prior to COVID-19 social distancing practices, and that I am at a higher risk for serious complications from the virus due to having part of my lung removed seven months ago, I took a COVID-19 test when I arrived in D.C. last Monday. I felt that it was highly unlikely that I was positive since I have had no symptoms of the illness, nor have I had contact with anyone who has either tested positive for the virus or been sick.

Since nearly every member of the U.S. Senate travels by plane across the country multiple times per week and attends lots of large gatherings, I believed my risk factor for exposure to the virus to be similar to that of my colleagues, especially since multiple congressional staffers on the Hill had already tested positive weeks ago.

As for my attendance at the Speed Art Museum fundraiser on March 7, unlike the other Kentucky government officials there, I had zero contact or proximity with either of the two individuals who later announced they were positive for COVID-19. The event was a large affair of hundreds of people spread throughout the museum.

There was an announcement by the Museum and Metro Louisville Communicable Disease department that “those who public health officials consider at higher risk from possible exposure are being notified.” Louisville’s health director put out a statement in The Courier Journal that “most of the people at the Speed Ball were at ‘very minimal risk.’” I was not considered to be at risk since I never interacted with the two individuals even from a distance and was not recommended for testing by health officials.

I believe we need more testing immediately, even among those without symptoms. The nature of COVID-19 put me – and us all – in a Catch-22 situation. I didn’t fit the criteria for testing or quarantine. I had no symptoms and no specific encounter with a COVID-19 positive person. I had, however, traveled extensively in the U.S. and was required to continue doing so to vote in the Senate. That, together with the fact that I have a compromised lung, led me to seek testing. Despite my positive test result, I remain asymptomatic for COVID-19.

For those who want to criticize me for lack of quarantine, realize that if the rules on testing had been followed to a tee, I would never have been tested and would still be walking around the halls of the Capitol. The current guidelines would not have called for me to get tested nor quarantined. It was my extra precaution, out of concern for my damaged lung, that led me to get tested.

Perhaps it is too much to ask that we simply have compassion for our fellow Americans who are sick or fearful of becoming so. Thousands of people want testing. Many, like Daniel Newman of The Walking Dead, are sick with flu symptoms and are being denied testing. This makes no sense.

The broader the testing and the less finger-pointing we have, the better. America is strong. We are a resilient people, but we’re stronger when we stand together."


That's Rand Paul's statement. You guys still think he's a pompous asshole?

 

[DaShuckster]

Why do you put so much faith in what could have happened if a guy with no experience dealing with pandemics was in charge?

Apparently you didn't read the link I provided. Par for the course.

You don't need no stinkin' FACTS, right?

 

[Knight_Classes_begin_7pm]

Psycho? Maybe. But he's certainly an a-hole who thinks the rules don't apply to him.

Not only did he ignore all the warnings as a U.S. Senator; he's also a DOCTOR for crying out loud!!!

Ok then, idiot -psycho

 

[Knight_Classes_begin_7pm]

Yes, we already went over this, dumbass. Trump fired his pandemic team in 2018. No amount of spin can change that fact.

He also released the agent that was in China that communicates on these medical problems.

 

[KNIGHTTIME^]

He also released the agent that was in China that communicates on these medical problems.

Lol...the secret agent would of received info that China wasn't releasing. Comedy show here. Your dementia man wanted more Chinese travel. Next topic...lol

By the way, Biden was coughing all over tv. Not even using good hygiene either. Coughing into his hands so he could pass it around.

 

[Crazyhole]

Apparently you didn't read the link I provided. Par for the course.

You don't need no stinkin' FACTS, right?

Huffpo isnt a source I would go to for unvarnished "facts". You may as well have linked to the DailyKos and acted like it was Reuters

 

[NinjaKnight]

Gotta give Covid Rand credit, his whole goal was to shrink the government, I just didn't think he'd take such a literal approach.

 

[Knight_Classes_begin_7pm]

Lol...the secret agent would of received info that China wasn't releasing. Comedy show here. Your dementia man wanted more Chinese travel. Next topic...lol

By the way, Biden was coughing all over tv. Not even using good hygiene either. Coughing into his hands so he could pass it around.

Did you not read the facts A$$wipe?
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...na-months-before-virus-outbreak-idUSKBN21910S

Such a stupid response. That's all you redhats have??

 

[Knight_Classes_begin_7pm]

Apparently you didn't read the link I provided. Par for the course.

You don't need no stinkin' FACTS, right?

They don't want to hear the facts.

 

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Looks like @Knight_Classes_begin_7pm is unemployed

Melting down and posting stupid BS more than ever