Early 2018 #TrumpAdministration disbanded the WH Nat Sec Council’s Directorate for Global Health Security & Biodefense, which Pres Obama set up after the 2014-2016 Ebola outbreak to lead federal coordination & preparation for #disease #outbreak
1/23
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The #TrumpAdministration, with John Bolton began dismantling the team in charge of #pandemic response, firing its leadership & disbanding the team in spring 2018.
2/23
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The #TrumpAdministration repeatedly called to cut the budget for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and other public health agencies
3/23
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April 2018, The #TrumpAdministration with Bolton fired Tom Bossert, Tom had called for a comprehensive biodefense strategy against #pandemics and biological attacks. 4/23
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May 2018, The #TrumpAdministration fired the head of #pandemic response, Rear Adm. Timothy Ziemer, & his global health security team The team, the Directorate for Global Health Security & Biodefense, was never replaced.
5/23
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In the months before the #coronavirus #pandemic, the #TrumpAdministration cut a #publichealth position that was meant to help detect disease outbreaks in China, where the #pandemic began
6/23
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Even after it became clear that the #coronavirus outbreak was becoming a global threat in January, the #TrumpAdministration was slow to prepare and react. Trump spent January & February downplaying #Covid19 and even called it a hoax
7/23
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Testing: #TrumpAdministration claims our testing is the best in the world but report after report has confirmed, the US has done a bad job in this area — falling behind its developed peers in Europe and Asia
8/23
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The #TrumpAdministration wanted to make their own test claiming it would be more accurate. The first round of tests rolled out had a component in the test turned out to be faulty. Remember that Trump turned down 1M working tests from WHO
9/23
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The #TrumpAdministration consistently failed to make things better, with reports of infighting making it harder for the #TrumpAdministration to get its act together.
10/23
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Trump has consistently downplayed the #coronavirus, comparing it to the common flu and claiming that #TrumpAdministration is doing a “GREAT job” (18,000+) deaths in the United states of America is NOT a “great job”!
11/23
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Trump “did not push to do aggressive additional testing in recent weeks, and that’s partly because more testing might have led to more cases being discovered of #coronavirus outbreak, and the president had made clear — (cont)
12a/23
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(cont)— the lower the numbers on #coronavirus, the better for the president, the better for his potential re-election this fall.” ~ Dan Diamond @Politico
12b/23
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In February, tRump said of the #coronavirus, “One day it’s like a miracle, it will disappear.”

It is 4/10/2020 there are 18,000+ deaths in the US. The #coronavirus has not gone away!
13/23
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Trump has continued to do things that conflict with what experts are saying. He’s pushed anti-malaria drug, #hydroxychloroquine, that experts said they simply don’t have enough scientific data for use as an
anti- #coronavirus #treatment.
14/23
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Trump has and continues to downplay experts’ warnings that #socialdistancing may be necessary for months, instead suggesting that it may just be weeks.
15/23
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Trump misuses the press briefings. Instead of using press briefings to convey clear, actionable messages & let his own experts speak, Trump often uses his time at the podium to brag about unrelated issues & criticize the media as “fake news.”
16/23
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A shortage of medical equipment #PPE is one of the many problems government simulations and exercises warned about before the current outbreak. During 3 1/2 years in office #TrumpAdministration did nothing to restock the #NationalStockpile
17/23
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The #TrumpAdministration didn’t quickly prioritize medical supply efforts, even after it got warnings in Jan & Feb based on how #coronavirus cases took off in China. Instead Trump gave 17.8 tons of our medical supplies to China in February.
18/23
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#TrumpAdministration has continued pushing for the repeal of the Affordable Care Act #ACA, as well as efforts to reel back #Medicaid with work requirements. Even while the outbreak is growing in the US.
19/23
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Trump’s failure to expand #healthcare is costing lives

If people can’t get #testing they’re likely to spread #coronavirus

If they can’t get #treatment in case of complications, they’re more likely to suffer, potentially spread the disease, & die

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tRump moves forward on measures that will kick people off #FoodStamps #Snap. This will lead people to suffer if they lose their jobs as a result of a #coronavirus caused recession.
21/23
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tRump cont to kick people off of #FoodStamps #Snap will not only cause people to go without proper nutrition, it could force sick people to go to work & spread the #Coronavirus because they won’t have a safety net if they don’t have a paycheck
22/23
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