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Trumps Task Force Warns Governors of COVID Spike Tied to Protests
THE WAVE
Erin Banco, Asawin Suebsaeng and Sam Stein at the Daily Beast
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-task-force-warns-governors-of-covid-spike-tied-to-protests?ref=home
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Top officials on President Donald Trumps coronavirus task force told governors on Monday they were worried about a spike in infections due to the mass protests against racial injustice taking place across the country.
Speaking via conference call, a recording of which The Daily Beast obtained, Deborah Birx, Trumps coronavirus response coordinator, relayed fears that the yelling by protesters could potentially negate the health benefits of wearing a mask, and that the destruction of testing sites at those protests would set back efforts to contain the virus spread. Birx said 70 such sites had been destroyed, which had already resulted in an appreciable drop in testing rates there. She advised governors to scramble now to make sure there is testing available in urban areas.
Vice President Mike Pence, who hosted the call, bluntly conceded that protest-related infection spikes were an issue our team is following and there is a concern.
Those remarks echoed similar fears raised by coronavirus task force officials, including CDC Director Robert Redfield, during a telephone call with governors last week, a recording of which The Daily Beast also obtained. In that June 3 call, Birx said while she, like Pence, did not see a big surge in coronavirus cases over Memorial Day weekend, she was concerned that large metro areasones already struggling to stabilize case numberswould experience an uptick in cases because of the protests.
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Raven
(13,899 posts)davsand
(13,421 posts)Blame anyone but yourself!
Asshats.
Laura
Buckeye_Democrat
(14,856 posts)... to focus on it despite how Trump wants to cram people together for rallies.
sop
(10,243 posts)rzemanfl
(29,568 posts)Some people say. Very fine people.
for the humor impaired
soothsayer
(38,601 posts)And sure didnt make their private army wear masks, so.... they must have not been too worried about it.
SoonerPride
(12,286 posts)And none on their MAGAT protestors (remember them?), states opening too early, MAGATs not wearing face masks or social distancing, Memorial Day parties and on and on.
Nope it will be 100% on protestors for police brutality and systemic racism.
Their ilk will get a free pass.
Just watch.
Habibi
(3,598 posts)I've tried to find more info about where these "destroyed" sites are located but Blix appears not to have divulged that info.