Just got my latest 'Margaret and Helen'
The full Margaret & Helen:
https://margaretandhelen.com/2020/03/18/margaret-and-helen-introduce-the-covid19-quarantini-its-strong-enough-to-make-you-think-obama-is-still-president-and-knock-you-on-your-ass-from-6-feet-away-socialdistancing/
Here's a nice recap of of our pResident's response:
December 31: Health officials in Wuhan, China, post a notice about investigating a pneumonia outbreak. The World Health Organization (WHO) acknowledges that it “was informed of a cluster of cases of pneumonia of unknown cause.”
January 14: Two cases of Coranavirus (COVID19) reported in the US.
January 21: Dr. Nancy Messonnier, a senior CDC official handling the response to respiratory diseases, tells reporters, “We do expect additional cases in the United States and globally.”
January 22: Trump says he isn’t worried that the outbreak could turn into a global pandemic, “We have it totally under control. It’s one person coming in from China, and we have it under control. It’s going to be just fine.”
January 24: Trump posts his first of many misleading tweets about the coronavirus. He praises the Chinese government for its “transparency” handling the outbreak and says, “it will all work out well.”
January 25: The WHO says there are more than 1,000 confirmed cases worldwide.
January 31: Two weeks after the first reported cases in the US, Trump administration declares a public health emergency in the United States because of the coronavirus and blocks foreigners who visited China from entering the country.
February 1: The WHO says there are more than 10,000 confirmed cases worldwide.
February 6: The WHO says there are more than 25,000 confirmed cases worldwide.
February 7: Trump tweets that China “will be successful” in stopping the coronavirus, “especially as the weather starts to warm & the virus hopefully becomes weaker, and then gone.”
February 10: At a political rally in New Hampshire, Trump mentions the coronavirus and says it “looks like, by April, you know, in theory, when it gets a little warmer, it miraculously goes away.”
February 14: One month since first reported cases in US
February 15: The WHO says there are more than 50,000 confirmed cases worldwide.
February 19: The WHO says there are more than 75,000 confirmed cases worldwide.
February 24: Trump tweets, “The Coronavirus is very much under control in the USA.”
February 25: Messonnier, the CDC official, says it is inevitable that the coronavirus will spread in the US and that Americans need to prepare for disruptions to their daily lives.
February 25: Trump tells reporters during his trip to India that the virus is “a problem that’s going to go away.”
February 26: At a White House press conference, Trump contradicts the assessment from the CDC that the virus will definitely spread throughout the US. Trump says, “I don’t think it’s inevitable. I think that there’s a chance that it could get worse, a chance it could get fairly substantially worse, but nothing’s inevitable.”
February 27: The WHO says there are more than 82,000 confirmed cases worldwide.
February 28: At another political rally Trump tells supporters, “The Democrats are politicizing the coronavirus. They're politicizing it.” Then Trump called the coronavirus “their new hoax.”
February 29: Health officials in Washington state announce the first coronavirus death inside the United States. Forty-six (46) days after the first reported cases in the US, Trump conceded that “additional cases in the United States are likely.”
March 5: Vice President and Chief Brown Noser Mike Pence admits we don't have enough tests.
March 6: Trump lies (again) and says "Anyone who wants a test, can get a test."
March 14: Two months since first reported cases in the US.
March 18: Sixty-four (64) days after the first reported cases in the US and we are still asking “Where are the tests?”
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