Coronavirus (COVID-19) Discussion Thread

[Quartz]

SpokenTruth said:

Quartz said:

Not sure what the political landscape is with regards to Trump and what action he is taking. I could look at news reports, but most of them just run with a narrative to grab peoples attention to get clicks,subscriptions and then copy each other all over the internet. It's very rare these days to see a full video response without it being edited to suit a political narrative or bash a party rather than the main point/issue in question being in this case the virus.

The fact he appointed Pence to lead a scientific based task force should be the first clue that he's not taking it seriously. 

Then you have the fact that they denied audio and video recording of the recent 'press briefing'.
Then you have the fact that Trump literally asked expert immunologists and virologists why don't we just used the normal flu vaccine.
Then you have the fact that Trump suggested people infected will just go to work and get better anyway which is completely against the advice of the CDC.
Then you have the fact that Trump claims the death rate is actually lower based on....his own hunch.
Then you have the fact that Trump juxtapositions the coronavirus with "hoax" at his rallies.

When the media has to deal with this and the realities of the virus itself, it's almost impossible to frame a story on just the virus without having to also correct the president.

I have sat and watched this video with regards to some of his actions that he is taking: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zII4lRAEJrA&t=195s From NBC news.

There are so many videos it's crazy (as expected it's the internet). 

Do you have sources for these facts? I could google all day and get contradictory information.

[Edit]

Yeah he does seem to have a passive approach about it just from watching this one Live Stream. But then again once the scale ramps up I'm pretty sure the reaction will also.

I live in the UK and have no real interest in US politics, but I AM interested in legitimate sources with regards to the virus and actions that are being taken.

Last edited by Quartz - on 06 March 2020