'I don't want to': Ben Carson panics America by refusing to reveal 'plan' for cruise ship patients

[turbinetree]

Published 5 mins ago on March 8, 2020
By David Edwards

A Sunday interview with Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson may have done more harm than good when it comes to assuring Americans that the Trump administration has the coronavirus under control.

In an interview with ABC’s George Stephanopoulos, Carson — who is a former neurosurgeon but not an infectious disease expert — compared COVID-19 to the common flu.

Stephanopoulos noted that the Grand Princess is scheduled to dock in Oakland this week with infected passengers.

“What plan is in place to deal with the 3,500 people onboard?” the ABC host asked.

Carson, however, declined to reveal the plan.


https://www.rawstory.com/2020/03/i-dont-want-to-ben-carson-freaks-out-america-by-refusing-to-reveal-plan-for-cruise-ship-patients/

Fucking resign, seriously fucking resign...........................JFC................

Door knobs are brighter than this asshole..............................

November 3, 2020 and January 3, 2021 cannot get here fast enough.........................

[Baitball Blogger]

1. He didn't decline to reveal the answer.

At the end of that interview he plainly said that he didn't want to come out and make a statement WHEN A PLAN STILL HADN'T BEEN FORMULATED.

[Roland99]

2. Here's video

Link to tweet

[live love laugh]

3. Why would HUD have a Coronavirus plan? 🤷‍♀️

[dewsgirl]

5. I was assuming I just missed it, I didn't understand either.

[Ms. Toad]

11. He was added to the task force.

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/485370-carson-fda-commissioner-added-to-coronavirus-task-force

[live love laugh]

21. Thanks. I feel better knowing he's been appointed. 🙄

[dewsgirl]

4. There was a person tweeting about food shortages

on the ship, right before that account was suspended. I then saw at least two more food shortage related tweets. I wonder if Twitter is working with the administration on this? I know that sounds crazy, but a lot of crazy stuff has been panning out this days.
What is their plan, starve them to death? Sink the ship? Who knows, this is all bonkers.

[Sugar Smack]

12. That doesn't sound crazy to me. Didn't some RWinger actually buy a stake in Twitter recently?

People on board are terrified for their lives, and trump's methods are to snuff out their cries for help.

Total cruelty in every single decision made by these people.

[dewsgirl]

13. I forgot all about that.😳

[Paladin]

6. And people entrusted their BRAINS to this fuckwit. (nt)

[brewens]

10. I wondered if he lost it after seperating the twins and has some form of PTSD that he's

medicated for? A guy that at one time was really sharp actually should be capable of being up to speed and running something like HUD. I mean if he was willing to get competent people working for him, listen to them and use common sense. Of course he's just part of this smash and grab administration and looking to loot as much as possible for himself and his buddies.

[soryang]

7. This already happened on Diamond Princess

How could they not have a plan? The US reaction then was get our people off the ship, test, quarantine all, and treat the infected.

[hlthe2b]

8. I have never understood how this man could tie his shoes nor eat without choking.

He may have been a prominent neurosurgeon, but on closer examination, his "success" was not all as promoted. He took the cases others refused which gave frightened parents some hope and for which many still laud him, but his failures were as those who refused to take the cases predicted.

[Newest Reality]

9. It goes to show you...

Even if you are a "brain surgeon" do not perform a lobotomy on yourself. That's obviously not working out well and he must have damaged some important regions of his brain in the process. I have never seen a Dunning-Kruger brain surgeon before, but now I have. Amazing.

Well, on the other hand, if you do, you are a good candidate for Dr. Genius to appoint to something important so that you can neglect and destroy it.

Great not-job, Ben. Too bad the snail didn't get the position, something might be working right.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

14. And just think. He's one of "the smart ones" in that collection of assholes. nt

[Me.]

15. I Simply Could Not Believe Someone Like Him Is In A President's Cabinet

I'll spare everyonethe brain/personality jokes. His appearance was pathetic.

[Wellstone ruled]

16. Something the Bay Area folks should watch for.

If one sees a fleet of Buses heading for the Docks. That means it is on. My guess is about 50 bus's will be needed.

The Feds got to be in full Panic Mode with this and it should be easy for the locals to see just how they are planning to screw this up. Isolation Tents are easy to spot.

[RockCreek]

17. It is likely that they will take off only small groups at a time.

So no bus flotillas.

[PCIntern]

18. Showers: men to the left, women and children to the right.

Kud bee......

[Brother Buzz]

19. Your suite awaits you, third stall on the right

Kud bee......

[flotsam]

20. Tanforan Assembly Center

Tanforan Assembly Center, line to mess hall.
Further information: Internment of Japanese Americans
In Spring 1942 the Tanforan Park Racetrack became the temporary Tanforan Assembly Center to process approximately 8,000 Bay Area Japanese Americans, U.S. citizens of Japanese ancestry with most born in the United States, for forced relocation and internment during WW II. The people were housed in horse stable stalls, on grandstands, or in 170 barracks quickly built in the infield, while awaiting removal to Japanese American Segregation Centers in other parts of the state and country.

Kazue Togasaki was detained for a month at the Tanforan Assembly Center, and while there she delivered fifty babies and led an all-Japanese-American medical team. Artist Miné Okubo was detained at Tanforan before transferring to the Topaz Relocation Center. She documented the daily life in internment camps with a series of drawings, many which were later published in her book "Citizen 13660"

[struggle4progress]

22. "Our plan! (1) Ignore the issue. (2) Tell everybody how great the economy is.

(3) Say the problem's solved. (4) Promote tax cuts as the solution. (5) Tell everybody how smart I am. (6) Limit access to information. (7) Blame the problem on immigrants. (8) Blame the problem on Obama. (9) Send troops to the Mexican border. (10) Fire everybody who actually knows anything about the problem. (11) Remind everybody how smart I am. (12) Blame the problem on Democratic states"

[UTUSN]

23. K&R