Biden winning against COVID

[TC Talks]

For Bryce:

Kaiser Health News

THURSDAY, OCT 1 2020
FULL ISSUE
Trump Fueled 38% Of Pandemic Misinformation, Conspiracies: Study
"We conclude that the President of the United States was likely the largest driver of the COVID-19 misinformation 'infodemic,'" said Cornell University researchers after analyzing 38 million English-language online articles about the pandemic. Other reports of President Donald Trump twisting the facts are also in the news.

The New York Times: Study Finds ‘Single Largest Driver’ Of Coronavirus Misinformation: Trump
Of the flood of misinformation, conspiracy theories and internet falsehoods about the coronavirus, one common thread stands out: President Trump. That is the conclusion of researchers at Cornell University who analyzed 38 million articles about the pandemic in English-language media around the world. Mentions of Mr. Trump made up nearly 38 percent of the overall “misinformation conversation,” making the president the largest driver of the “infodemic” — falsehoods involving the pandemic. (10/1)

NPR: Trump Often Gives 'Complete Opposite' Of Health Experts' Advice, Former Staffer Says
President Trump has consistently told Americans "the complete opposite" of what his health experts have been telling him in private meetings about COVID-19, according to Olivia Troye, who until recently worked on the the White House coronavirus task force. "They brief him. They tell him the facts. They're telling him the truth. They're telling him things that need to be done," Troye said in an interview with NPR's Ari Shapiro. "And it is a very frustrating environment to work in, when you know that the message that is going to be relayed is counter to what you just told him." (Chappell, 9/30)

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Yeah. How many men and women are just dead bodies forever silent and still six feet under the ground in darkness due to Covid not mitigated and even allowed to further spread under the “take no responsibility” president Trump and his “we’re just a back up to the states” disorganized mess of meager or ineffective or highly misleading response?

The CDC, Dr. Fauci, all trying to do the right things re Covid pandemic and slow the spread. But having to do so with Trump’s foot on their necks.

Incompetence and injurious reaction is over!

[MotorCityRadioFreak]

No doubt about. So nice to have competency in the White House.

Bad take. I get the TDS, but the vaccines were developed as a result of Operation Warp Speed.

Let's not pretend Trump had any more to do with the success of rapid development of a vaccine than writing a check on the taxpayer's bank account. Nothing Herculean or heroic about that particular bit of action. Remove cap on Sharpie, scribble name, replace cap. Done & done.

What was the fastest time frame a vaccine was developed and brought to widespread use prior to this? Give you a hint. It wasn't under a year.

Except it isn't the quickest because virologists were already investigating vaccines back when SARS hit the science 18 years ago. Try again.

[MotorCityRadioFreak]

For Bryce:

Kaiser Health News

THURSDAY, OCT 1 2020
FULL ISSUE
Trump Fueled 38% Of Pandemic Misinformation, Conspiracies: Study
"We conclude that the President of the United States was likely the largest driver of the COVID-19 misinformation 'infodemic,'" said Cornell University researchers after analyzing 38 million English-language online articles about the pandemic. Other reports of President Donald Trump twisting the facts are also in the news.

The New York Times: Study Finds ‘Single Largest Driver’ Of Coronavirus Misinformation: Trump
Of the flood of misinformation, conspiracy theories and internet falsehoods about the coronavirus, one common thread stands out: President Trump. That is the conclusion of researchers at Cornell University who analyzed 38 million articles about the pandemic in English-language media around the world. Mentions of Mr. Trump made up nearly 38 percent of the overall “misinformation conversation,” making the president the largest driver of the “infodemic” — falsehoods involving the pandemic. (10/1)

NPR: Trump Often Gives 'Complete Opposite' Of Health Experts' Advice, Former Staffer Says
President Trump has consistently told Americans "the complete opposite" of what his health experts have been telling him in private meetings about COVID-19, according to Olivia Troye, who until recently worked on the the White House coronavirus task force. "They brief him. They tell him the facts. They're telling him the truth. They're telling him things that need to be done," Troye said in an interview with NPR's Ari Shapiro. "And it is a very frustrating environment to work in, when you know that the message that is going to be relayed is counter to what you just told him." (Chappell, 9/30)

Third Eight Percent is horribly low. Double that.