Trump flip-flops on masks and distancing in the most pandering way possible by restating what every authority was saying months ago when he was actively contradicting them. News outlets shame themselves by suggesting he’s being “presidential” now. Reports reveal Birx is spineless. #ETTD
| 15 Jul 2020 | Hospitals must bypass the CDC and send data directly to HHS |
| 16 Jul 2020 | FL closes pandemic response center because it’s a hotbed of infection |
| 17 Jul 2020 | John Lewis dies |
| 18 Jul 2020 | Report on Birx yes-manning Trump and abandoning science |
| 19 Jul 2020 | Kemp tries to silence Keisha Lance Bottoms and she smacks him down |
| 20 Jul 2020 | |
| 21 Jul 2020 | |
| 22 Jul 2020 | Trump “sees the light” and recommends masks |
| 23 Jul 2020 | CDC reverses it’s recommendation that schools should not open |
We’re asking everybody that when you are not able to socially distance, wear a mask, get a mask. Whether you like the mask or not, they have an impact, they’ll have an effect and we need everything we can get.
We’re asking Americans to use masks, socially distance and employ vigorous hygiene – wash your hands every chance you get, while sheltering high risk populations.
We are imploring young Americans to avoid packed bars and other crowded indoor gatherings. Be safe and be smart.
look at this fucking asshole
Oh wait. But he’s suppressing expert authority regarding school openings. White House blocks CDC from testifying on reopening schools next week (CNN, 17 Jul 2020). And just prior to that, the White House forced hospitals to not send metrics on the virus to the CDC and instead to HHS.
HHS spokesman on decision to order hospitals to bypass CDC and send patient info to a new gov database is Michael Caputo, a protege of Roger Stone & former Manafort aide, Caputo previously advised Russian president Yeltsin and did PR for Gazprom subsidiary
@WendySiegelman, 15 Jul 2020, 7:58 AM
A week later this leads to the CDC reversing their recommendation that schools should not open.
BREAKING: The CDC has changed their recommendation to now say to just send your kids to school. The @CDCgov has fallen so so far. The document is sad.
@ASlavitt, 23 Jul 2020, 8:23 PM
And DeSantis has learned nothing.
Florida has closed the pandemic response center that coordinated the state’s handling of the new coronavirus after a dozen employees there tested positive
@thedailybeast, 16 Jul 2020, 9:10 PM
The reporting on Birx is infuriating.
For all Birx’s claims about relying on the data, she wasn’t actually doing so. She was cherry-picking the sources that most affirmed Trump’s preferences.
@JeremyKonyndyk, 18 Jul 2020, 10:32 PM
Closer to home, Kemp tries to muzzle Keisha Lance Bottoms but she’s there for it. Note that John Lewis died two days prior.
In addition to being sued over a mask mandate and voluntary advisory guidelines on COVID-19, @GovKemp has asked for an emergency injunction to “restrain” me from issuing press statements and speaking to the press. Far more have sacrificed too much more for me to be silent.
@KeishaBottoms, 19 Jul 2020, 9:02 AM
