******Coronavirus Task Force Meeting ********

[PA Democrat]

Pence kicks it off with a grovelling disgusting praise of Trump.

[PA Democrat]

1. Quit wasting our time Pence,

Your pandering is obscene.

[soothsayer]

2. This is not the mea culpa that's needed

What an ass

[SoonerPride]

3. Yeah it is going so great Texas and Florida are now shutting down again

It's going swimmingly.

[PA Democrat]

4. He actually said we are opening "safely"

Federal govt delivered large quantities of supplies.

Everything is GREAT I tell ya!

[Claustrum]

5. They suckered me into listening for 5 minutes

Then I remember what bs the presser is. It's all a show for them to get their talking points about how great they did/are doing without a drop of reality in it. It's all lies.

I will go back to not listening to this bs.

[JohnnyLib2]

6. C'mon Fauci, give him the finger.

[soothsayer]

7. Wow this thing is going to get roasted bigly

And rightfully

[Iliyah]

8. Another so called man of GOD . .

not truthful while fellow Americans are dying and suffering.

These evangelist can never tell me anything.

[nolabear]

9. Meanwhile, in the REAL world...

[still_one]

10. Pence pushing what a wonderful job trump has done saving lives

They have dug their hole, and now will be buried in it

[PA Democrat]

11. He is lauding NY and NJ as if Trump deserves full credit

[malaise]

12. Notice that he never mentioned masks as part of mitigation

Fuck these lying fraudulent scumbags

[PA Democrat]

13. Trump asked them to brief the American people.

Yeah right.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

14. C-Span: White House Coronavirus Task Force Holds Briefing

"When we got here, the cupboard was bare. The cupboard was bare. Like nothing the likes of which no one has seen. I asked one of my generals, and he said, "Sir, ...."

JUNE 26, 2020
White House Coronavirus Task Force Holds Briefing
Vice President Pence and members of the White House Coronavirus Task Force hold a briefing on the rise in cases across several states.

[soothsayer]

16. Empty except for the 16k-18k ventilators

More than have been distributed!

[soothsayer]

15. Why did I think they were going to help?

I’m an idiot

[uponit7771]

20. +1, ... I thought the same, Trump plays on peoples want and expectations

[PA Democrat]

17. Here comes a WHOPPER. Greater rate of testing is driving the case numbers.

WHOO HOOO!!!!!!

And it's young people. Isn't that GREAT news?

[uponit7771]

27. +1, ... its the young peoples lungs that will scar up for the rest of their lives

[PA Democrat]

43. And if Trump gets his way will lose protection for preexisting conditions

and will be unable to get health insurance.

[soothsayer]

18. He's pretty jolly for a grim reaper

It’s awesome so many are dying and getting closer to god.

[soothsayer]

19. No governors need hospital beds or ppe

[JohnnyLib2]

21. Irrelevant man at the podium. Shut up, Mike!

[uponit7771]

23. +1, saying Trump is great but not using two hands to drink water

[uponit7771]

22. Deaths are a lagging number

[soothsayer]

24. I guess Birx will make my head explode soon

[uponit7771]

25. Pence is correct, we're not back ... its worse, Oh "a much better place" means more people get sick

... and

[Politicub]

26. He's trying to paint deaths from corona as a positive

Saying we should be heartened by it.

Just gross.

[uponit7771]

28. Pence has giving everyone who "reopened" incorrectly his seal of approval. What an asshole

[soothsayer]

29. Why doesn't a lightning bolt strike him dead

Asking for a religious friend .

PS he would not say MASK!!!

[soothsayer]

30. Could not bring himself to say "mask"

[soothsayer]

31. Oh good now we're praying

No other strategy

[demmiblue]

32. Fuck your pray.

[gademocrat7]

33. Pence is a pathological liar.

He is a despicable hypocrite. The virus is everywhere in this country. It is killing more citizens everyday. He can’t manipulate the virus.

[uponit7771]

38. "there are less deaths" cause deaths are a lagging stat and who in hell wants to get this disease

... even if one doesn't die.

They are horrible people

[soothsayer]

34. Birx telling us their new understanding is what we've known all along

Co-morbidities

[soothsayer]

37. And old people

[spanone]

35. pence and birx are putting smiley faces on 122,000 dead Americans

Oh, we have slides again....this is nothing but GASLIGHTING

[soothsayer]

36. PS this counts as my cardio for the day

[PA Democrat]

41. LOL. They raise your heart rate don't they?

[soothsayer]

39. Jesus god their slides are invisible

[soothsayer]

42. Invisible!!!!

[PA Democrat]

48. And she's flying through them.

Are we supposed to be impressed by all their fancy graphs?

[uponit7771]

53. +1, she doesn't look at TRMS cause she points out Birx's descending graphs that don't mean things ..

... are getting better.

Such bullshit, bullshit artist suck

[soothsayer]

40. I think Birx is taking credit for ny

[soothsayer]

44. Birx says they're tracking

I don’t hear HELPING

[PA Democrat]

52. Tracking a DISASTER.

Meanwhile the numbers are growing exponentially.

[backtoblue]

45. I cant see any of the graphs being shown

FFS...just say this state, this county, etc.

[uponit7771]

50. They're mostly useless data that isn't relative to the ass kickin CV19 is giving red states now.

... they are trying to make the point that testing is is the reason why there's a higher percentage of cases and we know that's not true, its community spread is the reason why there are higher number of cases

[soothsayer]

46. How are they working with states? Liar!

[spanone]

47. This is a FARCE.

[soothsayer]

51. OMG they should go home and resign

Then kill themselves

[spanone]

54. this bullshit is all to confirm don's bullshit that more testing 'causes' more cases

[uponit7771]

59. Right, she caveats a lot of statements with "with more testing" bullshit. Fuck them, this chick is .

... straight from a horror movie.

[uponit7771]

56. +1, but do such with CV19 ... so they'll know how other people feel. This is so fucked up !!

[soothsayer]

58. Tru dat

[gademocrat7]

71. Birx is another trump sycophant.

She has abandoned her oath to “First Do No Harm.”

[soothsayer]

49. Taking credit for cuomo's work

Her whole schtick is that they’re watching

[soothsayer]

55. WTH is happening

Is the Onion sponsoring this?

[PA Democrat]

57. So what is the solution? Graphs don't do anything to slow the spread.

Actions anyone???????

Masks?

Back off opening?

[uponit7771]

61. If they ... MANDATED...mask that would help, Trump politicized masks so a good percentage of people

... wont wear them.

"Suggesting" mask is not going to cut it in these areas that are getting lit up

[soothsayer]

60. Birx thanking millennials

Ok, fine.

Telling old people to hide, ok.

[madamesilverspurs]

62. Wasn't watching when they came to the podium.

Was Pence still wearing his knee pads?


.

[uponit7771]

63. "... and the colors are purple, white and dark purple" Useless shit

[soothsayer]

64. Fauci starting a bit better

Gently saying some places have opened up horribly

[soothsayer]

66. Reminding us we're all connected

So stop effing up

[demmiblue]

65. I'm thinking Fauci isn't having it.

[uponit7771]

69. Unless he says wearing a mask should be mandatory everywhere then he's full of shit. Buzzfeed showed

... BLM protest showed no surge so he knows mask wearing works.

Everything else is bullshit

[demmiblue]

70. Fauci has always said to wear a mask. He has no control over mandates.

[denem]

103. Always? "There's no reason to be walking around with a mask" -Fauci (March)

I posted this and it got hidden !!! He went on 60 Minutes and said wearing a mask could even make things worse!

March 2020: Dr. Anthony Fauci talks with Dr Jon LaPook about COVID-19

When it comes to preventing coronavirus, public health officials have been clear: Healthy people do not need to wear a face mask to protect themselves from COVID-19.

"There's no reason to be walking around with a mask," infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci told 60 Minutes.

While masks may block some droplets, Fauci said, they do not provide the level of protection people think they do. Wearing a mask may also have unintended consequences: People who wear masks tend to touch their face more often to adjust them, which can spread germs from their hands.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/preventing-coronavirus-facemask-60-minutes-2020-03-08/

[nolabear]

67. Fauci up. Pleeeeeease knock some sense into somebody!

Please, for the love of humankind...don’t spread any more shit.

[PA Democrat]

68. Can we address the elephant in the room?

Trump has turned efforts to mitigate the spread (Masks, social distancing, smart reopening policies, contact tracing) into a political issue.

[spanone]

75. yep

[uponit7771]

76. +1,

[demmiblue]

72. You have a societal responsibility.

Yep.

[PA Democrat]

78. Azar picks up where Pence left off.

All hail the great and glorious Trump.

[soothsayer]

73. Fauci doing ok. Says we all are part of a continuum

[uponit7771]

79. its what he's not saying that bothers me, he should be saying mask should be mandatory now.

[soothsayer]

74. However, heard nothing about masks

[soothsayer]

77. Some a-hole talking about Ebola

Propaganda man

[soothsayer]

80. The term "nothing berder" comes to mind with this presser

I feel the collective jaws of America dropping at once.

TLDR: we’re all going to die if we listen to these idiots

[PA Democrat]

81. AZAR gives Trump credit for things that individual states did after

being told by Trump they were on their own.

Trump is like the member on the team project in school whom did jackshit but still got an A.

[soothsayer]

82. Yes!!!!

[backtoblue]

83. Another brag fest

[uponit7771]

90. +1

[soothsayer]

84. Folks, we are on our own

[uponit7771]

88. +1, basically they've wasted an hour of peoples time telling us nothing new and nothing is going to

... change in TX or FL or CA without a high level of NPI

[soothsayer]

85. Amish beard dude at least said face coverings

[soothsayer]

86. Dude playing the numbers implying nobody dying right now

Come back in a couple weeks, a-hole

[tavernier]

87. 2 17 year-old kids died in Fort Myers and Tampa this week.

[backtoblue]

89. First question....why no masks at rallys

[uponit7771]

92. Pence Response: "... free speech !!" what a fuckin asshole

[backtoblue]

97. Free speech, like the DC protesters?

[Wednesdays]

93. Pence: because the Constitution guarantees freedom of speech

[soothsayer]

91. Q. Rallies dangerous?

Freedom of speech

[spanone]

94. Couldn't believe I was hearing that

[soothsayer]

95. W. Masks political?

Listen to local authorities.

Heed “recommendations”

[jls4561]

96. Yelling "Fire!" in a crowded theatre where no fire exists does not constitute free speech.

[uponit7771]

99. +1

[PA Democrat]

98. Pence is refusing to say masks should be worn. Defers to states and local govt.

He is a tool.

[uponit7771]

101. Yep, we're going to 50,000 cases a day by end of next week. Nothing new is going to be done and the

... level of NPI needed to snuff outbreaks down isn't going to happen

[soothsayer]

100. Q. Correlation between spikes and reopenings?

Pence: people will blame this on reopening but frankly ... nope. Young people getting it with no symptoms and We are working with the states (lie).

Eff, he never answered.

[PA Democrat]

102. New thread here

https://democraticunderground.com/100213657581