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Past is not prologue, but the present often rhymes w/ the past. Our govt is making the same missteps as were made during the Spanish Flu pandemic, thus we may be set to repeat a similar pattern (though at a much larger scale given urbanization and COVID19 being more deadly).
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As we lurch toward the initial crescendo of cases, the CDC is preparing to loosen guidelines in a move that can only be described as reckless and dangerous.
https://www.ajc.com/news/national-govt--politics/cdc-weighs-loosening-guidelines-for-some-exposed-virus/URRsgna0AWrGXTr1Z1B4VL/
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https://www.ajc.com/news/national-govt--politics/cdc-weighs-loosening-guidelines-for-some-exposed-virus/URRsgna0AWrGXTr1Z1B4VL/
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Meanwhile, FEMA is seizing life saving medical supplies from hospitals, including masks, thermometers and other critical medical equipment from hospitals, thus exacerbating suffering and death from #COVID19 unnecessarily.
This reeks of malice.
https://www.democracynow.org/2020/4/8/headlines/hospitals_say_fema_is_seizing_medical_supplies_for_unknown_reasons
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This reeks of malice.
https://www.democracynow.org/2020/4/8/headlines/hospitals_say_fema_is_seizing_medical_supplies_for_unknown_reasons
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When it comes to fatalities, Hispanic people in NYC made up 34% of the deaths and black people made up 28% of #coronavirus deaths.
In NY state the picture is much worse: black people make up 18% of deaths while comprising 9% of the population."
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-08/black-hispanic-new-yorkers-are-dying-at-high-rates-of-covid-19
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In NY state the picture is much worse: black people make up 18% of deaths while comprising 9% of the population."
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-08/black-hispanic-new-yorkers-are-dying-at-high-rates-of-covid-19
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And yet our ruthless regime has known about the high probability of a cataclysmic #COVID19 pandemic crisis since ... November of 2019.
Plenty of time to prepare.
What did they do instead?
Nothing of value.
https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/intelligence/491712-us-intelligence-warned-in-november-that-virus-spreading
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Plenty of time to prepare.
What did they do instead?
Nothing of value.
https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/intelligence/491712-us-intelligence-warned-in-november-that-virus-spreading
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And in the Spring of 2018 the White House, under Trump's guidance, dissolved the pandemic response capabilities of the United States government.
Why?
To save a few bucks as they ran the largest deficit in history as a result of their tax scam.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/01/31/coronavirus-china-trump-united-states-public-health-emergency-response/
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Why?
To save a few bucks as they ran the largest deficit in history as a result of their tax scam.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/01/31/coronavirus-china-trump-united-states-public-health-emergency-response/
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In case that wasn't destructive enough, Trump now wants to remove US funding for the WHO, an organization who has done more to battle #COVID19 than any world government.
https://www.msn.com/en-ie/news/coronavirus/now-is-not-the-time-to-cut-who-funds-says-official-after-trump-threat/ar-BB12lD0I?li=BBr5KbJ
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https://www.msn.com/en-ie/news/coronavirus/now-is-not-the-time-to-cut-who-funds-says-official-after-trump-threat/ar-BB12lD0I?li=BBr5KbJ
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Meanwhile he promotes the usage of hydroxychloroquine, a drug that's entirely unsafe to use as it promotes cardiac risks-which #COVID19 already raises.
Reports indicate that Trump and members of his administration have investments in the producer.
https://www.newsweek.com/hydroxychloroquine-coronavirus-france-heart-cardiac-1496810
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Reports indicate that Trump and members of his administration have investments in the producer.
https://www.newsweek.com/hydroxychloroquine-coronavirus-france-heart-cardiac-1496810
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It's not farfetched to believe that there was and continues to be malice behind this #COVID19 pandemic growing wildly out of control in the United States.
Given all of the above, this administration has shown a reckless and criminal disregard for human life.
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Given all of the above, this administration has shown a reckless and criminal disregard for human life.
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