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51. I can't even imagine something like this happening

Thu Mar 5, 2020, 07:57 PM

Mar 2020

while Obama was in office. But you can be sure that if something like this did occur on Obama's watch he would address it within hours.

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National Nurses president reads a statement by a quarantined [View all] dewsgirl Mar 2020 OP

Pence will pray for you. keithbvadu2 Mar 2020 #1

More likely he would just say he was and not do it. Thomas Hurt Mar 2020 #3

I'm floored. This is how they treat health professionals who put their lives on the line?????!!!!! Cousin Dupree Mar 2020 #2

K & R - everyone should watch this LAS14 Mar 2020 #4

Yes. Frightening implications here. dewsgirl Mar 2020 #5

As a physician, volstork Mar 2020 #6

I am well aware of what's coming, the one thing we dewsgirl Mar 2020 #8

If we're allowed to vote. The GOP is conniving and I have NO doubt that they are C Moon Mar 2020 #91

I worry that in a couple months the election will be the dewsgirl Mar 2020 #93

It will sink him, like Katrina sank wnylib Mar 2020 #10

Ah, the falling stock and housing markets had something to do with it. empedocles Mar 2020 #27

Agreed. In America, it's the money that topples regimes misanthrope Mar 2020 #45

Yes, of course they did. wnylib Mar 2020 #68

Trump loyalists will kill millions jpak Mar 2020 #84

Wow. We are in better shape wnylib Mar 2020 #7

We're in Rochester... EarthFirst Mar 2020 #16

Me too. 22 cases in Ontario and the wnylib Mar 2020 #69

PS -- Also there are the students in wnylib Mar 2020 #71

Trump's got hotels in NYC and doesn't want to lose business. Fla Dem Mar 2020 #36

That might have played into the wnylib Mar 2020 #70

Oops. NYC quarantine update - 2700 wnylib Mar 2020 #72

K&R for visibility. nt tblue37 Mar 2020 #9

This should be all over the news. cwydro Mar 2020 #11

Text of the nurse's statement CousinIT Mar 2020 #12

Oh. My. God. Hekate Mar 2020 #13

Unreal, she's right to put this is writing. Friggin' Third World Banana Republic appalachiablue Mar 2020 #15

Which is why I can't but think 2naSalit Mar 2020 #31

Shit (Aretha Franklin gif) uponit7771 Mar 2020 #44

This is far beyond the pale of what Americans should be expecting from their government. yonder Mar 2020 #14

Sounds like Trump's CDC is slow-walking testing. Girard442 Mar 2020 #17

+1 2naSalit Mar 2020 #32

You are dead on Girard DENVERPOPS Mar 2020 #42

Trump, Pence, and McConnell wnylib Mar 2020 #74

BOOM !!! This is on purpose uponit7771 Mar 2020 #46

I had hoped that wasn't the case, but now it appears to be true. patphil Mar 2020 #87

Thank Dog for the Nurses Union! BigmanPigman Mar 2020 #18

Sounds scary. I'm happy they took care of it. dewsgirl Mar 2020 #19

I have permanant damage due to it though. BigmanPigman Mar 2020 #21

Yikes, I'm sorry.😳 dewsgirl Mar 2020 #23

Nurses are being treated like canaries in the coal mine bucolic_frolic Mar 2020 #20

I am worried in a couple months from now, the election dewsgirl Mar 2020 #22

Spanish Flu 1918 remains the closest comparison bucolic_frolic Mar 2020 #26

.... dewsgirl Mar 2020 #34

I know, it's on everyone's mind, i'm feeling it too bucolic_frolic Mar 2020 #52

You too. dewsgirl Mar 2020 #54

Among the reasons the Spanish Flu spread as it did PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2020 #94

I'm thinking that they're planning woodsprite Mar 2020 #55

I don't know if that's their endgame, it will certainly be a bonus. dewsgirl Mar 2020 #57

A reasonable suspicion, considering wnylib Mar 2020 #75

I dare Mr Germophobe to go into any hospital and stay BigmanPigman Mar 2020 #24

Wait! Bonus time bucolic_frolic Mar 2020 #28

Maybe I_UndergroundPanther Mar 2020 #79

You got it. Quarantine Camps bucolic_frolic Mar 2020 #82

We must leave Stupidland soon. rickyhall Mar 2020 #25

SHAME SHAME SHAME for our government! bluestarone Mar 2020 #29

I'm sorry DENVERPOPS Mar 2020 #43

Kaiser has nothing to do with this Sgent Mar 2020 #78

This is unacceptable. Pence do your job. nt iluvtennis Mar 2020 #30

Outrageous Jarqui Mar 2020 #33

I have been all over this story for past month, the numbers dewsgirl Mar 2020 #53

Tell us more. Cousin Dupree Mar 2020 #56

Someone will come along and want proof, it's hard with this dewsgirl Mar 2020 #58

Did you see this thread earlier today? dewsgirl Mar 2020 #62

No I didn't. Just read it. Holy s--t. Cousin Dupree Mar 2020 #80

Yes, much is being hidden from the general public. dewsgirl Mar 2020 #81

I do not trust the numbers either Jarqui Mar 2020 #63

I was discussing the movie Contagion in another thread, dewsgirl Mar 2020 #65

If we project the numbers we've been told Jarqui Mar 2020 #66

Thank you, that means a lot. dewsgirl Mar 2020 #67

You do understand that Contagion is a movie. PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2020 #95

I was just using the R0 example. dewsgirl Mar 2020 #96

Horrifying incompetence gademocrat7 Mar 2020 #35

UN-FUCKING-BELIEVABLE trof Mar 2020 #37

What they are doing is planned. gab13by13 Mar 2020 #39

THANK YOU !!! uponit7771 Mar 2020 #47

I occasionally allow myself to venture into this, I can't help dewsgirl Mar 2020 #88

My reaction exactly. smirkymonkey Mar 2020 #64

+1000 it's a perfect storm for an epic disaster. dewsgirl Mar 2020 #90

It's easy to understand folks, gab13by13 Mar 2020 #38

Good luck everyone. warmfeet Mar 2020 #40

The explanation of thread is no test means no infections uponit7771 Mar 2020 #48

Wow. The CDC is covering up for Trump's incompetence and failure to prepare. SunSeeker Mar 2020 #41

Be anti science, cut funding---no one in Trump gang cares about American public!! bobbieinok Mar 2020 #49

That's not even in Seattle. Dennis Donovan Mar 2020 #50

Yes.😔 dewsgirl Mar 2020 #60

I can't even imagine something like this happening Control-Z Mar 2020 #51

Yes, I keep saying how is this happening under the worst dewsgirl Mar 2020 #61

Right? Control-Z Mar 2020 #73

Trump comes first. procon Mar 2020 #59

So much for America first claim. wnylib Mar 2020 #76

Insane. My state says the 100 PUI's can not be tested because-no tests. 58Sunliner Mar 2020 #77

She blamed the "bureaucracy"... zaj Mar 2020 #83

k&r BSdetect Mar 2020 #85

Hard to believe this shit is actually going down in this country. patphil Mar 2020 #86

Unfortunately, the mistakes America is making are dewsgirl Mar 2020 #89

Here's a YouTube link if you want to share via YouTube. C Moon Mar 2020 #92