WHO official leads criticism of Trump's coronavirus response

[brooklynite]

Source: Axios

Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel, special advisor to the director general of the World Health Organization, told MSNBC Wednesday he found "most" of what President Trump said at his briefing on the novel coronavirus "incoherent."

The big picture: As the number of confirmed cases reaches 60 in the U.S., the top health professional — who was a health policy adviser in the Obama administration — is among several leading figures, in particular, Democrats, to criticize the president for his response to the outbreak.

Catch up quick: At the briefing, Trump said the risk to Americans is "very low" and the U.S. is "ready" for whatever comes next, as he announced Vice President Mike Pence would lead the administration's response to the virus.


Read more: https://www.axios.com/trump-coronavirus-response-criticism-adcb77db-a7ff-44b9-a0e0-52f5c4885e23.html

[durablend]

1. Guess Dr. Emanuel is another part of the "Deep state"

Or we shall be hearing that in the hours to come...

[Lindsay]

2. He's Rahm Emanuel's brother,

so yeah, definitely "Deep State."

[PatSeg]

12. And probably a "Never Trumper"

so of course, you can't believe a word he said. You can only trust people who support Donald Trump.

[OneBlueDotBama]

4. He's Rahm's brother...

I'm sure rush will have something to say about the Emanuel family deep ties to the deep state

[Iliyah]

3. A wacko evangelist's who believes in "end days" . . .

to oversee the coronavirus "low" and "slow" outbreaks . . .

Oh my.

[progree]

5. S&P 500 has entered correction territory on virus fears (down more than 10% from all time high)

https://finance.yahoo.com
https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/%5EGSPC?p=^GSPC
3386   2/19/20 close (all time high)
3047   Correction territory begins: 10% below the all time high
3039   Where it's at now 1022a ET

Apparently the MAGAt-in-chief's fireside chat yesterday didn't do much to calm anyone.

[Chakaconcarne]

6. Probably made things worse....

[bucolic_frolic]

8. There was a guru on YouTube last night that said Wall Street MAGAts bought before market close

knowing Trump would speak and anticipating a rally from his remarks, then the market would tumble on open because no one would be left to buy.

[bucolic_frolic]

7. Did The Wall stop Coronavirus?

How primitive Trump's mind!

[duforsure]

9. Unfortunately

Trump will say something really stupid again, like the WHO are losers without any good songs for a long time.

[maxrandb]

11. Actually, the new Who album is pretty sublime

Pete's writing is fantastic and Roger can still sing razor lines.

https://m.

[Blue_playwright]

14. They have a new album!?!?

How did I miss that!?!?

[maxrandb]

15. Don't know. Made it to #2 on billboard. Would have been 1 except for Billie Elish

[lark]

10. What did anyone expect - the truth or anything near to that would be laughable.

The number is close to 60, he claims 15 and 5 within 2 days and 0 a few days afterward. Duh, that is all he does is lie and is the reason I didn't watch yesterday evening, never watch that ugly organge assmouth anymore if I can help it. The Pence thing is the only surprise and I didn't have to hear his lies about Democrats so a win for my blood pressure and sanity.

[jalan48]

13. Nature doesn't care about lies. Trump has met something he can't spin, only suppress like

other authoritarian governments.

[riversedge]

16. says Trumps presser was incoherant. Gee--but Trump said he had a calming, good presser.