Category Archives: Fail!

How Donald Trump practices physical distancing versus other world leaders | World news | The Guardian –  Poorly

These photos of world leaders reacting to the coronavirus pandemic show the stark difference between how they and Trump view the situation

Source: How Donald Trump practices physical distancing versus other world leaders | World news | The Guardian

Coronavirus Live Updates: As India Imposes 21-Day Lockdown, Trump Calls for U.S. to Be Open ‘by Easter’ – The New York Times

The Tokyo Olympics have been postponed. New York, now the center of the outbreak in America, braces for a flood of patients.

Me: It’s BOHICA time (look it up if you do not know what it means).

President and Vice President don’t think anything through; denying all they hear and even endangering their own families. My God, what are we to do? I’ve written my Governor and Senator this morning – pleading for them to stay the course and do the right thing. I’ll be 76 in July, I want to at least see 77, next year. I’d like to go back to work in the clinic in our homeless shelter but fear for my life now if I do. Now with this announcement by the President… what am I/we to do?

Trump’s Claims that Antimalarials May Cure Coronavirus Is Now Leading to Deaths

Donald Trump, who is decidedly not a doctor and barely qualifies as a human, is now directly responsible for people’s deaths after he announced that the antimalarials chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine could potentially be used to treat covid-19.

— Read on jezebel.com/trumps-claims-that-antimalarials-may-cure-coronavirus-i-1842463182

Inoreader – The isolated tribes at risk of illness from Amazon missionaries

As evangelical Christians use their influence with Brazil’s government to cast their net ever wider, indigenous people vulnerable to common diseases face a growing threat A radical group of evangelical Christian missionaries set on converting every last tribe on Earth has raised fears that deadly diseases – and even the coronavirus – will spread in the Brazilian Amazon. The group has based its newly bought helicopter right beside a reserve with the world’s highest concentration of isolated indigenous groups, who have little resistance to common illnesses. There are more than 100 isolated indigenous groups in Brazil, all highly vulnerable to common diseases such as measles and flu, and 16 of them live in the same reserve in the Javari Valley, a vast, remote area the size of Austria. Covid-19 could wipe out any of them.

Source: Inoreader – The isolated tribes at risk of illness from Amazon missionaries

Trump signals change in coronavirus strategy that could clash with health experts | World news | The Guardian

Meanwhile health officials warned of a dire shortage of protective masks and growing pressure to increase available ventilators. Trump has resisted pleas by governors to fully use his powers under the Defense Production Act, which can compel companies to produce vital equipment. The surgeon general, Dr Jerome Adams, told NBC: “I want America to understand this week it’s going to get bad. We really need to come together as a nation … we really, really need everyone to stay at home.”

Source: Trump signals change in coronavirus strategy that could clash with health experts | World news | The Guardian

Avian Flu Diary: The Most Predicted Global Crisis of the 21st Century

Credit Wikipedia ,120 This weekend, as the world slips deeper into a pandemic winter of unknown duration – and nations desperately …

Source: Avian Flu Diary: The Most Predicted Global Crisis of the 21st Century

As a result, some HCWs are going to die for a lack of proper PPEs (including N95s, gowns, gloves, and face shields) during this pandemic, while others may find it too risky to work without them

Senator Richard Burr Warned Of Coronavirus Effects In Private Meeting : NPR

Sen. Richard Burr issued a warning at a private event weeks ago to prepare for dire effects from the coronavirus, going further than his more public comments, according to a recording obtained by NPR.

Source: Senator Richard Burr Warned Of Coronavirus Effects In Private Meeting : NPR

When Stocking Grocery Shelves Turns Dangerous – The New York Times

Walmart, which employs 1.5 million people in the United States, is not providing masks and gloves in its stores because, a company spokesman said, it was following guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which do not explicitly recommend them for workers outside the medical profession.