Trump asserts coronavirus 'under control' as stocks plunge

[herding cats]

18. All he cares about is how this will impact his re-election. We plebeians can die after 11/3

Prior to that, he has zero cares to give beyond the potential impact on the stock market and himself.

Be calm and distracted is his message. Meanwhile, he's defunding the CDC, WHO and has upheld the GOP's plans to kill the ACA to date. Healthcare and the overall health of US citizens has been not an issue for his administration. They played kick the can up until now when the shit is getting real.

My question is: what will happen if we end up with a pandemic here? What infrastructure do we have in place to hospitalize, test, monitor quarantined citizens and manage such an event?

Think about it. It's a real possibility at this point and we're not even close to being prepared. We've been sitting on our hands whistling past the graveyard to date.

P.S. MERS is also a coronavirus. They don't all become less prevalent in higher temperatures. We don't know for sure how this one will react yet. No one knows for sure. Even if it does slow in the northern hemisphere when it warms, all signs currently point to it making a return in the fall.