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Salviati

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72. This is just going to cause more panic - people dying with flulike symptoms will surely be tested...

Sun Mar 8, 2020, 09:14 PM

Mar 2020

... and if the number of people who have it but are not being tested is suppressed, then it's going to appear given the bogus numbers that the mortality rate is going to skyrocket.

the only way to possibly manage this epidemic well is with openness and honesty. People can't make good decisions if they're being lied to. In other words, we're fucked.

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Trump Is Withholding Coronavirus Testing Kits From Governors [View all] babylonsister Mar 2020 OP

No sh*t, sherlock! elleng Mar 2020 #1

Were the Governors snakes? We're in dangerous waters now. dem4decades Mar 2020 #2

Snitty trump withheld funds from Inslee, because no kowtow. empedocles Mar 2020 #3

He would have been a good candidate. He didn't catch on. dem4decades Mar 2020 #6

He was my first choice. I STILL love Jay Inslee. calimary Mar 2020 #82

I saw earlier sheshe2 Mar 2020 #12

Those damn billionaires dansolo Mar 2020 #33

yep. sheshe2 Mar 2020 #35

It's time to put together an impromptu consortium of states to fund tests and research. Girard442 Mar 2020 #38

Yep. sheshe2 Mar 2020 #50

They are from Washington. What about the other states? NY and California? Lots of cases. Maggiemayhem Mar 2020 #47

Who says there are others that won't? sheshe2 Mar 2020 #58

I thought Cuomo had obtained wnylib Mar 2020 #86

About Gates funding for test kits mrsadm Mar 2020 #85

Inslee should get them from Canada if they would sell to him.... Fuck tRump mitch96 Mar 2020 #32

well Bill and melinda Gates Foundation is developing home testing kits now.... samnsara Mar 2020 #36

Bill Gates has some interesting things to say about Trump Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 2020 #46

Probably hard for Mr. Gates to talk to the dumbest "billionaire" on the planet. rickyhall Mar 2020 #69

Thankfully the University of Washington built their own test kits Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 2020 #17

Not just political appointees atreides1 Mar 2020 #43

I think Stanford University is as well. nt Ilsa Mar 2020 #76

LOL D4D....... DENVERPOPS Mar 2020 #59

Might be my state too... charliea Mar 2020 #63

Our Gov. Kate Brown declared emergency status, I think Friday. MerryBlooms Mar 2020 #84

We've got OHSU. snort Mar 2020 #87

Nytimes link not functioning dhol82 Mar 2020 #4

suppress the tests... stillcool Mar 2020 #5

Well Well QUID PRO QUO inside the USA. bluestarone Mar 2020 #7

I heard Susan Collins was deeply concerned maxrandb Mar 2020 #26

The Dems in the House DENVERPOPS Mar 2020 #61

She's developed Concernavirus Zambero Mar 2020 #71

Yes bdamomma Mar 2020 #92

that's a good reason tosend the r Senate a bunch of post cards 2naSalit Mar 2020 #28

Well said............. DENVERPOPS Mar 2020 #83

This is the same policy that killed his grandfather. SalmonChantedEvening Mar 2020 #8

Yep, on purpose way for him to call martial law right before the election uponit7771 Mar 2020 #9

The next step will be refusing to send the tests to blue states. dawg day Mar 2020 #10

+1 uponit7771 Mar 2020 #11

++1 misanthrope Mar 2020 #65

" refusing to send the tests to blue states" mitch96 Mar 2020 #37

I think you are correct. Maru Kitteh Mar 2020 #77

Outrageous, deadly, scandal pat_k Mar 2020 #13

To those inolved: Turbineguy Mar 2020 #14

Well, weren't we concerned he was going to kill us all? LisaL Mar 2020 #15

TRUMP DOESN'T WANT THE MILLIONS IN THE US TO BE TESTED, trueblue2007 Mar 2020 #16

Trump's base is in all 50 states.... ProudMNDemocrat Mar 2020 #34

As long as it drives libruls crazy keithbvadu2 Mar 2020 #45

Well, the virus doesn't discriminate. LisaL Mar 2020 #48

I hope bdamomma Mar 2020 #93

CDC is witholding approval for private labs in NYS to begin testing. Crunchy Frog Mar 2020 #18

Shithole is making the out break even worst . . . Iliyah Mar 2020 #19

Here's Andy Slavitt's tweet with the NYT link: Dennis Donovan Mar 2020 #20

Thanks. I babylonsister Mar 2020 #57

Absolutely unacceptable! WTF is going to cut through this ignorant, stubborn, liberalla Mar 2020 #21

1 they don't have them, 2 they don't work for sh*t, or three Donnie is hoarding them Thomas Hurt Mar 2020 #22

This is also part of Trump's war on women. DURHAM D Mar 2020 #23

I don't think he understands how big this is going to be and his actions are only going to Quixote1818 Mar 2020 #24

his mind is not able to understand any of it AlexSFCA Mar 2020 #41

When is the US going to lock up this lunatic? malaise Mar 2020 #25

Attempted mass murder? moondust Mar 2020 #27

Susan Collins this is on you!!! and all the rest....! samnsara Mar 2020 #31

+1, or attempted martial law. People still give Red Don t botd uponit7771 Mar 2020 #90

So, Impeachment or man slaughter charges? nt yaesu Mar 2020 #29

Who knows, could be pitchforks by Nov. nt Quixote1818 Mar 2020 #44

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is developing at home swab kits... samnsara Mar 2020 #30

people depending on the generosity of the rich, like 1800's England, Please sir, may I have another yaesu Mar 2020 #60

can governors buy kits from other countries? AlexSFCA Mar 2020 #39

There's a Utah company selling kits to the EU, but the CDC won't approve them for US use. SunSeeker Mar 2020 #66

"If I don't like you, I won't give you test kits. Nyah nyah yah-nyah nyah!" struggle4progress Mar 2020 #40

IMPEACH the fucker again! bluestarone Mar 2020 #42

"Heckuva job, Trumpie!" bucolic_frolic Mar 2020 #49

Covid-19 will make the Katrina death toll look minuscule. SunSeeker Mar 2020 #67

someone once said DENVERPOPS Mar 2020 #81

This alone should trigger impeachment again Evolve Dammit Mar 2020 #51

When people stop showing up to work at the WH mchill Mar 2020 #52

lock the motherfucker up. spanone Mar 2020 #53

This message was self-deleted by its author democratisphere Mar 2020 #54

When will the World Court charge Trump w/ Crimes Against Humanity? DemoTex Mar 2020 #55

This has the potential to become Nonhlanhla Mar 2020 #56

Trump in charge during a crisis? world wide wally Mar 2020 #62

He wants to black mail them, or a quid pro quo, which he seems to be very good at Perseus Mar 2020 #64

Partial solution - state governors announce their own suspected totals. mwooldri Mar 2020 #68

+1, They can also pay to get their own test produced with WHO specs uponit7771 Mar 2020 #73

That would allow states to treat people. nt Blue_true Mar 2020 #75

That's what the CDC is calling for but the Obama admin didn't do such during swing flu which was way uponit7771 Mar 2020 #91

What do we do the day we learn that Trump selectively provides them only for Baitball Blogger Mar 2020 #70

This is just going to cause more panic - people dying with flulike symptoms will surely be tested... Salviati Mar 2020 #72

IF THIS IS TRUE.... yuiyoshida Mar 2020 #74

What they can't cover up: bluescribbler Mar 2020 #78

Drive through testing for all medical people first mahina Mar 2020 #79

Remember the movie "Deep Impact"? TrogL Mar 2020 #80

Punishing any state that isn't infested with MAGAts? lagomorph777 Mar 2020 #88

States should request test kits directly from WHO mainer Mar 2020 #89