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If this is true, it's...there aren't words for how evil and depraved it is. This is from Trump's Senior Advisor, aka daughter. Let's look at what was happening at this time.
The first confirmed case isn't until 8 days later: https://abcnews.go.com/Health/timeline-coronavirus-started/story?id=69435165
January 22, 2020: Trump says "It’s one person coming in from China. We have it under control. It’s going to be just fine." https://www.cnbc.com/2020/01/22/trump-on-coronavirus-from-china-we-have-it-totally-under-control.html
January 22, 2020: Michael Bowen emails Health and Human Services saying, “We still have four like-new N95 manufacturing lines." HHS does not respond. https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/in-the-early-days-of-the-pandemic-the-us-government-turned-down-an-offer-to-manufacture-millions-of-n95-masks-in-america/2020/05/09/f76a821e-908a-11ea-a9c0-73b93422d691_story.html
January 23, 2020: in a meeting, Richard Bright expresses the need for urgent access to funding, personnel and clinical specimens. HHS responds by excluding him from further meetings. https://www.courthousenews.com/fired-head-of-virus-vaccine-effort-accuses-white-house-of-retaliation/
January 23, 2020: Michael Bowen emails HHS again saying, “We are the last major domestic mask company...I can help you preserve our infrastructure if things ever get really bad.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/in-the-early-days-of-the-pandemic-the-us-government-turned-down-an-offer-to-manufacture-millions-of-n95-masks-in-america/2020/05/09/f76a821e-908a-11ea-a9c0-73b93422d691_story.html
late January, 2020: Dr. Richard Bright (program leader within the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA)) warns Trump administration that there is a critical shortage of PPE needed for a response. https://www.thedailybeast.com/whistleblower-alleges-trump-adm-ignored-dire-covid-warnings?ref=scroll
After no response from the administration about PPE shortages, Mike Bowen emails Richard Bright again, saying, “I think we’re in deep shit." https://www.thedailybeast.com/whistleblower-alleges-trump-adm-ignored-dire-covid-warnings?ref=scroll
February 5, 2020: Republican-led Senate acquits Donald Trump.
February 6, 2020: First known death from COVID in the US.
source: https://www.sccgov.org/sites/covid19/Pages/press-release-04-21-20-early.aspx
February 6, 2020: First known death from COVID in the US.
source: https://www.sccgov.org/sites/covid19/Pages/press-release-04-21-20-early.aspx
February 7, 2020: In a meeting with other health officials Richard Bright warns again that the federal government needs to place orders to ramp up production of N95 masks in order to protect healthcare workers and first responders.
An HHS supply chain team pushes back, saying there was “no indication of a supply chain shortage or of issues with masks." https://www.thedailybeast.com/whistleblower-alleges-trump-adm-ignored-dire-covid-warnings?ref=scroll
February 7, 2020: Trump tells Bob Woodward:
"This is deadly stuff." https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/09/politics/bob-woodward-rage-book-trump-coronavirus/index.html
"This is deadly stuff." https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/09/politics/bob-woodward-rage-book-trump-coronavirus/index.html
February 8, 2020: labs in New York discover that the CDC test kits don't work.
source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2020/04/03/coronavirus-cdc-test-kits-public-health-labs/?arc404=true
source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2020/04/03/coronavirus-cdc-test-kits-public-health-labs/?arc404=true
February 18, 2020: FDA warns labs against testing on their own; still has not provided instructions to labs as to how to get their non-functioning test to work.
source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2020/04/03/coronavirus-cdc-test-kits-public-health-labs/?arc404=true
source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2020/04/03/coronavirus-cdc-test-kits-public-health-labs/?arc404=true
February 24, 2020: Trump says: “The Coronavirus is very much under control in the USA. … Stock Market starting to look very good to me!” https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/04/07/timeline-trumps-coronavirus-response-is-increasingly-damning/
I will stop here for now. (it gets worse. Much worse, as you know).
250,000 of us are dead.
He didn't care when it started - outside the context of how it might affect him personally - + he doesn't care now.
Every step of the way, this administration has obstructed + bungled.
250,000 of us are dead.
He didn't care when it started - outside the context of how it might affect him personally - + he doesn't care now.
Every step of the way, this administration has obstructed + bungled.
Every step of the way, as they obstructed and bungled, they've known exactly how bad this would be.
Every step of the way, they had opportunities to save lives. They didn't.
They admit doing it on purpose if/when it benefitted them.
Every step of the way, they had opportunities to save lives. They didn't.
They admit doing it on purpose if/when it benefitted them.
Their obstruction continues as they disallow the Biden administration - who actually cares if we die - to transition into the presidency.
They're disallowing a transition as a quarter of a million of us are gone, and we huddle at home waiting for a tsunami of death to hit.
They're disallowing a transition as a quarter of a million of us are gone, and we huddle at home waiting for a tsunami of death to hit.
I just never thought I'd see something like this. Never.
We have a president who literally does not care if hundreds of thousands of us die needlessly.
We have a president who literally does not care if hundreds of thousands of us die needlessly.
I want to know if they bought stock in vaccines.
BTW, a longer, sourced timeline can be found here. It only goes through May. Much has happened since then - I'll pick it back up again when I have a chance. https://www.sutori.com/story/coronavirus-response--Z7YqwMCHu1pscwfvU7M24v3s
