Trust our government. Public trust in government is at historic lows and President Trump isnt helping. He has made, according to fact checkers, more than 14,000 false or misleading claims since his inauguration. We told you his lies would matter even as his supporters shrug them off as trump being trump. Nowhere are the lies more consequential than during a Major Health Crisis to wit, the president claimed he had a hunch that the World Health Organization is wrong about the death rate from coronavirus. He has undermined the severity of the outbreak by claiming democrats are just trying to hurt him politically. He has used the Health Crisis to advocate for his antiimmigration policy. He has contradicted his own scientists and experts in real time. During a serious visit to the cdc he cracked a joke about his ukraine phone call being more perfect than coronavirus tefrts. He ripped on tv ratings and the epicenter of the u. S. Outbreak and there was this and we now shipped out, i think, en
Need a clear, consistent message from the government and whats become clear so far is from a testing, messaging and an Economic Perspective we need more funding, coordination and preparation. This hour the number of coronavirus cases has passed 500 in the u. S. 21 people have died. Congress acted this week to give 8. 3 billion in extra funding but that comes after years of grinding away at the Public Health infrastructure. Its not as though we didnt have any warning. First, it was asia. Now 16 Million People in northern italy are quarantined including the Financial Center of milan and a quarter of the countrys population as the death toll there spikes above 300. Even the pope who has famously watched the feet of the infirmed video streamed the sunday blessing. Now ten american states have declaured emergencies and there are very real questions of how ready we are to test widely and treat american who is are infected. But the president has been defiant about the administrations response
The people not arrive until later this month. States once again ramping up social distancing measures and in some places imposed curfews. Michigan banning visiting with friends and relatives while in kentucky the state warning that anybody who attends Easter Services in person tomorrow will be ordered to quarantine. If youre going to expose yourself to the virus and make the decision to do, its not fair everybody out there that you might spread it to. Its not a test of faith and whether youre going to an inperson service. Its a test of faith that youre willing to sacrifice to protect your fellow man, your fellow woman, fellow kentuckian and fellow american. Eric test of faith for all of us in the country to stay safe and social distance. Steve the first 19,000. The u. S. Surpassed 19,000 deaths from the virus topping italy as the country with most deaths from the virus. The other number 2,108. That occurred yesterday. The highest single death toll since this virus began in the u. S. Th
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