All things CoronaVirus

[old salt]

...erroneously posted guidance is what's going to ding the cdc's credibility. or maybe ruin it! you couldn't make this stuff up.

nope, just more credibility lost as the Trump political folks have their hands into it. Again and again...which actually does matter.

What evidence do you have that Trump had anything to do with it ? Adm Giror told the Senate "it was widely misinterpreted, it was widely misrepresented." He told FNC, " ...there was no a reversal in guidelines. It was misinterpreted, it was misrepresented. We saw all kinds of ill activity stemming from that. Dr Redfeld clarified it the next day. As it kept getting misrepresented & it started propagating, he decided to update the guidance & clarify it even more. There's nothing more than that. "

First, my quote is the second not the first.

Second, we have a series of instances when what was produced by the scientists was altered by the HHS communications group, post Caputo's coming in on behalf of Trump..

This one is just one....{snip}
Stories have been rolling out about the scientists being very PO'd about what was happening. And Caputo then had his meltdown and resigned, or whatever one wants to call his leaving that role.

The Smithfield case last spring, now known to be exactly as I describe, is particularly obvious. This is NOT the scientists, this is those dealing with the political pressures from the White House trying to tiptoe for them.

And now we have the President saying that the White House has to approve the FDA's requirements for approval of an EO, thinks that having the standard two months of data for side effects to emerge "sounds like politics'...

They're saying it out loud, salty.

There has to be some sort of message discipline to stop confusing the public. I'm not talking about the other instances you bring into the discussion. I'm saying what I think THIS specific case was.

It was a hastily written statement, not sufficiently reviewed by several sets of eyes looking for how it could be misinterpreted.
That's why you have experienced technical editors when issuing technical guidance.

Look at how hard it is reach consensus among all the tv experts, do you imagine it's any easier within the CDC FDA, NHS & the Task Force.

Wasn't Caputo already out of the loop by the time of this one ?

[wgdsr]

https://twitter.com/clairecmc/status/13 ... 9562192898

Missouri summary:

"Good morning. Over 200,000 Americans dead, the President lies constantly, my state is a hotspot, and our maskless Governor has Covid."

mahomes looks like he hasn't missed a beat.

[seacoaster]

https://twitter.com/clairecmc/status/13 ... 9562192898

Missouri summary:

"Good morning. Over 200,000 Americans dead, the President lies constantly, my state is a hotspot, and our maskless Governor has Covid."

mahomes looks like he hasn't missed a beat.

Ah ha!!!

https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/ne ... 1271859371

[Typical Lax Dad]

https://twitter.com/clairecmc/status/13 ... 9562192898

Missouri summary:

"Good morning. Over 200,000 Americans dead, the President lies constantly, my state is a hotspot, and our maskless Governor has Covid."

mahomes looks like he hasn't missed a beat.

Ah ha!!!

https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/ne ... 1271859371

Virtue signaling!

[MDlaxfan76]

...erroneously posted guidance is what's going to ding the cdc's credibility. or maybe ruin it! you couldn't make this stuff up.

nope, just more credibility lost as the Trump political folks have their hands into it. Again and again...which actually does matter.

What evidence do you have that Trump had anything to do with it ? Adm Giror told the Senate "it was widely misinterpreted, it was widely misrepresented." He told FNC, " ...there was no a reversal in guidelines. It was misinterpreted, it was misrepresented. We saw all kinds of ill activity stemming from that. Dr Redfeld clarified it the next day. As it kept getting misrepresented & it started propagating, he decided to update the guidance & clarify it even more. There's nothing more than that. "

First, my quote is the second not the first.

Second, we have a series of instances when what was produced by the scientists was altered by the HHS communications group, post Caputo's coming in on behalf of Trump..

This one is just one....{snip}
Stories have been rolling out about the scientists being very PO'd about what was happening. And Caputo then had his meltdown and resigned, or whatever one wants to call his leaving that role.

The Smithfield case last spring, now known to be exactly as I describe, is particularly obvious. This is NOT the scientists, this is those dealing with the political pressures from the White House trying to tiptoe for them.

And now we have the President saying that the White House has to approve the FDA's requirements for approval of an EO, thinks that having the standard two months of data for side effects to emerge "sounds like politics'...

They're saying it out loud, salty.

There has to be some sort of message discipline to stop confusing the public. I'm not talking about the other instances you bring into the discussion. I'm saying what I think THIS specific case was.

It was a hastily written statement, not sufficiently reviewed by several sets of eyes looking for how it could be misinterpreted.
That's why you have experienced technical editors when issuing technical guidance.

Look at how hard it is reach consensus among all the tv experts, do you imagine it's any easier within the CDC FDA, NHS & the Task Force.

Wasn't Caputo already out of the loop by the time of this one ?

Nope, he resigned in the heat of the blowback. (and his FB Live meltdown rant)

So, why, pray tell, was the language changed from that which had indeed been done by the scientists and replaced with some crappola that fit the President's desired political messaging...???? Tell us, what idiot made that call if not the communications office led by Caputo? Certainly not the scientists.

And yeah, the pattern of such "communications" interference matters a ton.
The scientists are royally PO'd.

And we should be too.

[seacoaster]

https://twitter.com/clairecmc/status/13 ... 9562192898

Missouri summary:

"Good morning. Over 200,000 Americans dead, the President lies constantly, my state is a hotspot, and our maskless Governor has Covid."

mahomes looks like he hasn't missed a beat.

Ah ha!!!

https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/ne ... 1271859371

Virtue signaling!

Exactly; just another teacher's pet.

[MDlaxfan76]

https://twitter.com/clairecmc/status/13 ... 9562192898

Missouri summary:

"Good morning. Over 200,000 Americans dead, the President lies constantly, my state is a hotspot, and our maskless Governor has Covid."

mahomes looks like he hasn't missed a beat.

Ah ha!!!

https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/ne ... 1271859371

Virtue signaling!

Exactly; just another teacher's pet.

shut up and dribble...

[Typical Lax Dad]

https://twitter.com/clairecmc/status/13 ... 9562192898

Missouri summary:

"Good morning. Over 200,000 Americans dead, the President lies constantly, my state is a hotspot, and our maskless Governor has Covid."

mahomes looks like he hasn't missed a beat.

Ah ha!!!

https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/ne ... 1271859371

Virtue signaling!

Exactly; just another teacher's pet.

shut up and dribble...

If he couldn’t throw a football he would be working at McDonald’s.

[jhu72]

It is hard to deny we are moving in the wrong direction in Florida. The seven day (weekly) counts for Florida today were 812 dead and 18584 new cases. Its been about 4 weeks since we have seen a weekly death total of this magnitude, as the numbers were coming down from their highs in early-mid August.

[Typical Lax Dad]

Snatching Defeat From The Jaws if Victory

[jhu72]

Parents in some parts of Wisconsin are sending their kids to school with COVID - knowingly!

[wgdsr]

It is hard to deny we are moving in the wrong direction in Florida. The seven day (weekly) counts for Florida today were 812 dead and 18584 new cases. Its been about 4 weeks since we have seen a weekly death total of this magnitude, as the numbers were coming down from their highs in early-mid August.

not really seeing it. we'll know more in a week!

[jhu72]

Azar security officer comes down with Rona.

[jhu72]

Cases surge among young adults according to CDC.

[jhu72]

Good article on various testing modalities. Does not look like there is any near term at home PCR test. Less useful at home antigen tests are perhaps available first of the year.

[youthathletics]

This is interesting when you look at the excess deaths. https://twitter.com/EthicalSkeptic/stat ... 49345?s=20

[6ftstick]

This is interesting when you look at the excess deaths. https://twitter.com/EthicalSkeptic/stat ... 49345?s=20

Makes you wonder doesn't it?

They all must be flat earthers

[Peter Brown]

Just curious if the lib chatter has quieted on this thread (which I don't look at often). I doubt it since they have zero self awareness but still am interested.

Texas and Florida economies coming fully back to life, while NY not so much... Why New York is in a Depression and Texas and Florida are not.

You could have predicted this a country mile away.

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/artic ... ce=twitter

Does economic recovery hinge on controlling Covid-19?

For a while, that appeared to be the case. But now the recovery is happening faster in places like Texas, Florida, Arizona and Georgia –– states that did a poor job of containing the virus this summer

#Covid burned out in Sweden. On its own.
#Covid burned out in Florida. On its own.
#Covid burned out in Manaus. On its own.
#Covid burned out in Arizona. On its own.
#Covid burned out in Japan (okay, it never really started in Japan). On its own.

[runrussellrun]

https://twitter.com/clairecmc/status/13 ... 9562192898

Missouri summary:

"Good morning. Over 200,000 Americans dead, the President lies constantly, my state is a hotspot, and our maskless Governor has Covid."

mahomes looks like he hasn't missed a beat.

Ah ha!!!

https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/ne ... 1271859371

Virtue signaling!

Exactly; just another teacher's pet.

shut up and dribble...

If he couldn’t throw a football he would be working at McDonald’s.

Imagine if your hero Trump had said any of the four above comments ? or, Peter Brown ?

You guys are so sure your comments are to be taken with sarcastic salt? Or, revealing the real you?

[runrussellrun]

Cases surge among young adults according to CDC.

Blame the young..........you've had YOUR fun......