Covid19 Part XV - 15,251 in ROI (610 deaths) 2,645 in NI (194 deaths) (19/04) Read OP

Kermit.de.frog · 14-04-2020 10:38PM

Foxhound38 wrote: »

The orange clown in the white house is halting funding to the WHO it seems

https://www.rte.ie/news/us/2020/0414/1130518-trump-who-funding/

You can watch here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuCGKEbGrtI

Spencer Brown · 14-04-2020 10:39PM

National ventilator association daily brief

KiKi III · 14-04-2020 10:40PM

Foxhound38 wrote: »

The orange clown in the white house is halting funding to the WHO it seems

https://www.rte.ie/news/us/2020/0414/1130518-trump-who-funding/

Came here to post this.

What an absolute fücknut.

Akrasia · 14-04-2020 10:40PM

smelly sock wrote: »

Laugh all yiz want but the WHO is ****ed without the funding.

The rest of the world will step up as the USA slides further down the road of becoming a political and economic pariah

Atlantic Dawn · 14-04-2020 10:40PM

A glut of ventilators.

hotmail.com · 14-04-2020 10:41PM

Akrasia wrote: »

The rest of the world will step up as the USA slides further down the road of becoming a political and economic pariah

It already is in large parts of the world.

fritzelly · 14-04-2020 10:41PM

uncleoswald wrote: »

I think you have this backward. They can't afford to play politics and have to operate wherever virus appear, even in dictatorships that are less than honest. If they didn't play ball in those places they wouldn't be granted access and their ability to track the virus would be greatly reduced. It's a balancing act.

What Trump is doing IS politics and incredible dangerous.

That is contradictory to their name World Health Organisation - not worrying about saying something to upset a country. Even the virus name - MERS, SARS... but now we have a new naming system to remove country racial profiling of it's origin. (edit just on this - all infections in China are now imported - think about that, the virus is coming from somewhere else...)
They should be thinking about protecting all humans regardless of who they upset.

all about the mane · 14-04-2020 10:41PM

Foxhound38 wrote: »

The orange clown in the white house is halting funding to the WHO it seems

https://www.rte.ie/news/us/2020/0414/1130518-trump-who-funding/

Trying to deflect from his own **** ups. And the fools will swallow it

Rob A. Bank · 14-04-2020 10:41PM

The monotone reading of the prepared statement is like what you would hear from a 12 year old.

His ad libs are singsong and hilarious.

XsApollo · 14-04-2020 10:42PM

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tedros_Adhanom

Maybe part of reinstating funding could be to get rid of this guy.

BorneTobyWilde · 14-04-2020 10:42PM

Ventilators for everyone, we can all now breath a little easier .

easypazz · 14-04-2020 10:42PM

Greatest economy ever in the history of mankind.

Strazdas · 14-04-2020 10:42PM

fritzelly wrote: »

True but when China wouldn't let them in (and especially any American specialists) they should have been asking questions about what was really going on instead of toeing the party line

Imagine if they had suggested we advise to restrict travel to and from Wuhan and China in general we wouldn't be where we are now

They definitely messed up in January and it's generally recognised they did but their experts have done a lot of good work in recent weeks.

Hurrache · 14-04-2020 10:43PM

fritzelly wrote: »

That is contradictory to their name World Health Organisation - not worrying about saying something to upset a country. Even the virus name - MERS, SARS... but now we have a new naming system to remove country racial profiling of it's origin.
They should be thinking about protecting all humans regardless of who they upset.

And they'll receive less cooperation and more secrecy if they followed your method. It's basic diplomacy.

tobefrank321 · 14-04-2020 10:43PM

Peanut Butter Jelly wrote: »

Looking at the USA numbers, it really is crazy how rampant it is over there. 20% of the confirmed deaths in the world, 30% of the confirmed cases in the world, but only 4% of the world population. I know that lack of testing/underreporting elsewhere is skewing this a bit but those numbers are a shock to me

They probably have similar cases to Italy, Spain and the UK. Based on a rough fatality rate of 1% all those countries have between 1 to 2 million cases. UK testing is relatively small and targetted.

KiKi III · 14-04-2020 10:43PM

US side effects of coronavirus to date:

- Successfully united the Democratic Party which is no mean feat

- Alienated the US Navy

Stheno · 14-04-2020 10:43PM

Hes now saying they will reopen some states before May first

easypazz · 14-04-2020 10:43PM

Reopen before May 1st for about 20 states!!!

Big call.

ACitizenErased · 14-04-2020 10:44PM

He wants to open by May 1st... Jesus Christ.

ShineOn7 · 14-04-2020 10:44PM

hotmail.com wrote: »

Americans seem completely unphased by the huge loss of life. It's a strange country.

It's so big and there's 320 million people so it's better to think of it in terms of separate States

In this way people in - for example - Delaware think "we're doing ok"

Think of Ireland in terms of a state in the EU. We're not doing great, but we're not italy

BorneTobyWilde · 14-04-2020 10:44PM

If Trumps opening up goes badly, and leads to a widespread spreading of Covid he'll pay a huge price at the ballot box, it's a high stakes game.

hotmail.com · 14-04-2020 10:44PM

KiKi III wrote: »

US side effects of coronavirus to date:

- Successfully united the Democratic Party which is no mean feat

- Alienated the US Navy

And the eh massive loss of life?

signostic · 14-04-2020 10:45PM

ACitizenErased wrote: »

He wants to open by May 1st... Jesus Christ.

Second wave of the virus guaranteed

khalessi · 14-04-2020 10:45PM

BorneTobyWilde wrote: »

If Trumps opening up goes badly, and leads to a widespread spreading of Covid he'll pay a huge price at the ballot box, it's a high stakes game.

Govemors will be held accountable

fritzelly · 14-04-2020 10:45PM

Strazdas wrote: »

They definitely messed up in January and it's generally recognised they did but their experts have done a lot of good work in recent weeks.

My attacks on the WHO are primarily targetted at one single person

Rob A. Bank · 14-04-2020 10:45PM

Turtwig · 14-04-2020 10:45PM

I'm confused.
China had several thousand fatalities. If this was them downplaying it doesn't that mean you should have known it was fcking serious?

14-04-2020 10:45PM

hotmail.com wrote: »

Americans seem completely unphased by the huge loss of life. It's a strange country.

Not the case with the Americans that I work with from talking to them, but it's a strange country with a lot of I'm alright so fu*k you types alright

kyote00 · 14-04-2020 10:45PM

Think Fauci is missing

hotmail.com · 14-04-2020 10:46PM

BorneTobyWilde wrote: »

If Trumps opening up goes badly, and leads to a widespread spreading of Covid he'll pay a huge price at the ballot box, it's a high stakes game.

His approval ratings are fine and America is so materialistic and individualistic that they seem not too concerned about the huge loss of life.

Covid19 Part XV - 15,251 in ROI (610 deaths) 2,645 in NI (194 deaths) (19/04) Read OP

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