Health officials called to 'emergency meeting' at White House- Rep. Maloney

[Native]

Source: Reuters

NEW YORK, March 11 (Reuters) - Health officials scheduled to testify at a congressional hearing on the fast-moving coronavirus outbreak on Wednesday are being called to an "emergency meeting" at the White House later today, Rep. Carolyn Maloney said, noting that the hearing would have to end early.

The witnesses, who include National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Anthony Fauci and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Robert Redfield, will have to leave early, so the meeting will end at 11:45 ET, she said.

Maloney said that she did not have additional details about the meeting, except that it is urgent. (Reporting by Michael Erman, Editing by Franklin Paul)

Read more: https://news.trust.org/item/20200311132631-apjw9

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Gee, I wonder what the purpose of this meeting is!

[onecaliberal]

1. Dump is trying to censor these officials. Republicans are soulless and evil.

[riversedge]

6. I am very sure you are correct. Trump has already centored them--this must be

a bigger clamp down. Or maybe will tell them they can not testify. waiting.

[onecaliberal]

7. If he does that, they need to tell him to fuck off. This is human lives.

[DBoon]

26. Either Trump will fire you ...

or people will continue to die needlessly.

You will always find another job.

[onecaliberal]

30. Yup. I don't see these officials backing down.

[Historic NY]

2. Must have found that the house was having hearings with some of the experts.

[2naSalit]

3. +1

[riversedge]

4. Only the health officials will go--not the congressional legislators as far as I can tell.

[Jirel]

5. "Shut your *$*@%! mouths!"

Dump doesn't want any actual truth to make it to congress or the public. How dare they! The impertinence!

[riversedge]

8. They are testify now. Just saw a clip on msnbc. Dr Fau?? "worst is yet to come"

[Native]

13. There was a House Oversight & Reform Committee MTG @9:30 this morn on

Last edited Wed Mar 11, 2020, 12:48 PM - Edit history (1)

Coronavirus Preparedness and Response
Witnesses:
Mr. Chris Currie
Director, Emergency Management and National Preparedness, Government Accountability Office
Dr. Terry Rauch
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, Defense for Health Readiness Policy and Oversight Department of Defense
Dr. Robert Redfield
Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Dr. Robert Kadlec
Assistant Secretary, Preparedness and Response Department of Health and Human Services
Dr. Anthony Fauci
Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health

I don't know why the article says the meeting is tomorrow. This morning's meeting must be the meeting Maloney says they'll have to leave early to meet with the White House. The only thing scheduled for tomorrow has to do with the impact of the virus on small businesses.

https://www.congress.gov/event/116th-congress/house-event/110713?s=4&r=2

[trof]

9. horse shit

[OhZone]

10. To pull them away from Congress?

[bucolic_frolic]

11. Purpose?

GAG ORDER. We're being lied to more and more.

[jeffreyi]

12. The tsunami is about to hit.

Hope they get that now. We all need to get that now.

[RockRaven]

14. WH aides will spend the entire time between now and that meeting trying to talk Dump out of

firing Fauci for telling Congress the truth.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

15. A couple of thoughts I've had.....

1. From my daily perusing of international news sites, everywhere I go they're saying "the United States is way behind the curve with attacking this pandemic". Perhaps some very powerful world leaders are pressuring him to get of his ass, execute a massive plan and let the world know about it to calm the fears. This virus knows no borders.

2. Same as above except pressure from high level business and banking leaders who must be scared shitless that a very deep recession or even a depression could occur if this thing is not slowed very soon.

KY......

[Native]

16. When was Trump's meeting with the heads of banks? Today or yesterday?

[KY_EnviroGuy]

20. Scheduled for 3p.m. today, see this....

Bankers, tech companies to confer with White House on Wednesday
Published: March 10, 2020 at 9:32 p.m. ET
By Mike Murphy

Link: https://www.marketwatch.com/story/bankers-tech-companies-to-confer-with-white-house-on-wednesday-2020-03-10

Article:

President Donald Trump and other White House officials will meet Wednesday with bankers and the representatives of tech companies to discuss how to deal with the spreading coronavirus outbreak. Trump will meet at 3 p.m. with executives from major banks, including Goldman Sachs, Bank of America, Wells Fargo, JPMorgan Chase and Citigroup, the New York Times reported. While the agenda is not yet clear, the main topic is expected to be the recent volatility on Wall Street and the outlook for businesses.

Separately, representatives of Facebook, Google, Apple, Microsoft, Twitter and Amazon will meet, either in person or remotely, with U.S. Chief Technology Officer Michael Kratsios, according to Politico. Other White House officials may join in. The topic is expected to how to better coordinate a response to the outbreak, possibly including how to stop the spread of misinformation.

More likely including how to stop the spread of information, period.

I'll bet the crap hits the fan.

KY..........

[Native]

21. Trump wants to ask the professionals how he can work this to his financial advantage, natch.

I'm certainly not holding my breath for mortgage relief like other countries are providing their citizens.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

32. We can rest assured only businesses will receive substantial relief.

Anything for citizens will just be chickenfeed for conning his voting base......

If this thing really takes a turn for the worst as some are suggesting, we'll see bankruptcy courts overflowing across America.

[central scrutinizer]

36. Only travel related businesses

Like hotels and golf resorts is my guess. Grifters gotta grift.

[SWBTATTReg]

17. I don't think that the rump's admin. efforts to stifle discontent and dissatisfaction w/ the ...

very poor CV responses by this administration will go very far. After all, I think (imho) that doctors all have a 'do not do further harm' ethics, so anything that the admin. tries to impose to stifle the spread of helpful information on the spread of CV etc., won't avail, hopefully.

[Sancho]

18. Someone important from CPAC has tested positive???

That's my guess....

[Javaman]

19. you think there were leaks before...

it's one thing about fucked up policy and grifting but when a persons health (life or death) is on the line, things will get dicey.

I am thinking of a sieve

[CRK7376]

22. I think panic has

just started to seep into trumps tiny little brain and i's causing him to meltdown even more.....the seriousness of this situation is catching up with him and he's fucked. Got to spin this thin but spin will not help his ORANGENESS. With luck he will contract this virus and suffer for months with his fat ass glued to a toilet and puking his guts out.

[shanti]

24. Sounds good

but there's no vomiting with the CV, it's respiratory.

[keithbvadu2]

23. What emergency? It must be 'fake news'.

What emergency? It must be 'fake news'.

Trump says coronavirus "will go away" and urges Americans to "just stay calm".

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-says-coronavirus-will-go-away-and-urges-americans-to-just-stay-calm-2020-03-10/

[Turbineguy]

25. We're going to have to parden trump first.

Against any and all transgressions.

[Squinch]

27. "Stop the testing! The numbers of sick and dying make me look terrible!"

[OAITW r.2.0]

28. If I were a cynical person.....

It will be the cities and large population centers most at risk for the virus. Rural, isolated regions, not so much. Overwhelmingly, these urban areas are Democratic strongholds.

Given Trump's need to win to stay out of jail and his inability to consider the consequences of his actions in this matter, I think he'd be happy to see 10 million Americans that live in the urban centers get the virus and die.

[randr]

29. another Trump love fest?

They all get to stand around and heap praise on the supreme one?
They make it look like burping a baby.

[Marie Marie]

31. Did he hand out scripts detailing what they are to say?

[robbob]

33. Just heard this on NPR

tRump officials are claiming it isn’t an emergency meeting at all, just one that was already scheduled. Even though many health officials were supposed to be meeting with congress and had to cancel to attend this “non-emergency” meeting at the WH.

They aren’t even very good liars, are they?

[Native]

35. Thanks for solving the mystery for us!

[EarthFirst]

34. Had to get their collective lies together before the address this evening? nt