From the Trump administration, after a Seattle teen was found to have coronavirus: "Stop testing."

[mahatmakanejeeves]

Aaron Rupar Retweeted

The message from the Trump administration, after a Seattle teen was found to have coronavirus: "Stop testing." https://nytimes.com/2020/03/10/us/coronavirus-testing-delays.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage

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[BKDem]

1. If this is true, it's criminal.

[Arkansas Granny]

2. Gotta keep those numbers down somehow.

[Botany]

3. Jesus God "they" killed people so Trump wouldn't look bad.

By late Jan./Early Feb. experts in Seattle/University of Washington were concerned about the coronavirus
and then they started looking for it by mid Feb. and found a case on 2/25/20 and then were told to
"shut it down" as per the testing.



By Feb. 25, Dr. Chu and her colleagues could not bear to wait any longer. They began performing coronavirus tests, without government approval.

What came back confirmed their worst fear. They quickly had a positive test from a local teenager with no recent travel history. The coronavirus had already established itself on American soil without anybody realizing it.

“It must have been here this entire time,” Dr. Chu recalled thinking with dread. “It’s just everywhere already.”

In fact, officials would later discover through testing, the virus had already contributed to the deaths of two people, and it would go on to kill 20 more in the Seattle region over the following days.

[2naSalit]

5. They need to diregard that order.

Fuck the rump regime, every organization that can test appropriately should simply continue and acquire supplies as needed.

[gademocrat7]

4. Impeached trump and his lackeys

actions are causing massive harm to the country.

[2naSalit]

6. And on purpose! ...nt

[Volaris]

12. Yep the Senate Republicans who didnt remove him when they had the chance now own this,

And not that money is more important than human lives, but they own the stock market crash and the recession that's coming with it as well.

They OWN it. I hope america punishes them appropriately.

[Canoe52]

7. Paywall on the NYTimes article.

[PJMcK]

8. There are simple ways around the paywall (n/t)

[volstork]

10. Here-- hope this is more helpful

than just a suggestion that there are "ways around" a paywall:

How to go incognito in Safari:
When you are online, go to the top menu.
Go to File > New Private Window from the menu bar (Another way to do this is to click Shift-Command-N using your keyboard shortcuts).
A new blank Safari window will open. ...
Now, if you open other tabs, they should also appear in private mode.

You can also use a keyboard shortcut to open an Incognito window:
Windows, Linux, or Chrome OS: Press Ctrl + Shift + n.

[Canoe52]

13. Thanks!

[ancianita]

9. Since when did Jay Inslee ever obey a guy who "couldn't run a two-car funeral."

Inslee will definitely get a cabinet post in the next Democratic administration.

IMO, he should have a whole new, separate Climate Dept. he forms, under which DHS, DHHS, EPA and Dept of Commerce (THE database center of our govt) and the DOJ work. His call on all things -- govt'l and budgetary -- that directly change the nation's climate policies and practices.

[marble falls]

11. The really fucking crazy part of this:

The message from the Trump administration, after a Seattle teen was found to have coronavirus: "Stop testing."

We just know this is true. I certainly believe it. This is where we are now:


The message from the Obama administration, after a Seattle teen was found to have coronavirus: "Stop testing."

We'd just know this was a headline from Trump's favorite paper (if he's ever read a paper), Enquirer.


Jebus but I miss a President Barack Obama.