COVID-19 Megathread 5: The Trumps catch COVID-19

[Sir Mohamed]

Bad news: Elizabeth Warren's brother has died from the virus. My deepest condolences

https://twitter.com/ewarren/status/1253332675315724289

[Zinneke]

How the  can anyone justify voting for such a dumb individual.

[Smeulders]

This is such an embarrassment. What the hell is this crap?

https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1253455713034211328

For anyone who still supports this guy, this is your wake-up call. Look at this. We deserve better than this.

Donald Trump actually predicted that the left-wing media will report him as misconstruing his enthusiasm for the results about UV sunlight and alcohols' effect on the Corona-virus.

It was not that bad if anyone watched the briefing. Donald was asking Dr Birx great questions about how best to use these new results.

The media was very excited about the results and asked a great question about sunlight.

"If sunlight is so great, then should we ask people to go outside more to avoid infection?"

We are not getting any interesting scientific discussion of these new results here. We are getting the "Tweet - I Hate Trump" brigade hijacking the thread daily with their political bent and missing some of the really interesting outcomes that were discussed today.

The effect of summer heat and humidity is worth discussing.

These are not "great questions". These are questions I would expect from an 8-year old who just learned UV-light and disinfectant are used to kill viruses on hospital equipment.

Even if they were great questions about speculative treatments, then a nationally televised press conference is not the place to ask them. It is the place for concrete information. Last time Trump talked about a speculative treatment people who actually needed that drug lost access because idiots inspired by Trump started hoarding (and taking) it. At least this time he didn't skip straight to declaring it a miracle cure. Let's hope that means this time no one will try to self-administer.

[Joe Republic]

https://twitter.com/NikkiHaley/status/1253325061265620994?s=20
Someone’s getting in on this for her ‘24 run.

https://twitter.com/craigcalcaterra/status/1253342042740207616?s=21

[wbrocks67]

It's hard to top everything he's said before, but Trump pretty much topped all the other stupid sh** he's said before yesterday by telling people to essentially inject clorox to cure the virus. My god we are doomed.

[Landslide Lyndon]

https://twitter.com/NikkiHaley/status/1253325061265620994?s=20
Someone’s getting in on this for her ‘24 run.

https://twitter.com/craigcalcaterra/status/1253342042740207616?s=21

Are we sure about that? I thought that Mississippi or West Virginia would have the highest.

[Mr. Reactionary]

https://twitter.com/NikkiHaley/status/1253325061265620994?s=20
Someone’s getting in on this for her ‘24 run.

The only running that Haley is likely to be doing within the next four years involves being chased by an angry mob.

What?

[Penn_Quaker_Girl]

"I see the disenfectant knocks it out in a minute. One minute. And is there a way we could do something like that? By... injection inside or... almost a cleaning, cause you see it gets in the lungs and it does a tremendous number and so I'd be interested to check that"

Denaturation and oxidation of healthy living cells.  Throwing off the very delicate pH balance of the blood and potentially inducing metabolic alkalosis.  A cascade of alkali necrosis as the agent enters the bloodstream.  

Good. Lord.  

[GP270watch]

Starting to forget what it's like to not have a brain dead president who recommends we look into injecting bleach on live TV.

Somebody on Twitter posted a split between Trump and Angela Merkel explaining Covid-19 related topics, I had many thoughts but no words.

[Middle-aged Europe]

Starting to forget what it's like to not have a brain dead president who recommends we look into injecting bleach on live TV.

Somebody on Twitter posted a split between Trump and Angela Merkel, explaining Covid-19 related topics, I had many thoughts but no words.

And you couldn't really make the claim that Angela Merkel is an outstanding politician IMO, it's just that she is and acts like a normal human being.

[Tender Branson]

Petition to shut this thread down and create

COVID-19 Megathread V: My Body, My Choice

[X] Tender

[Donald Trump’s Toupée]

Petition to shut this thread down and create

COVID-19 Megathread V: My Body, My Choice

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[Calthrina950]

https://twitter.com/NikkiHaley/status/1253325061265620994?s=20
Someone’s getting in on this for her ‘24 run.

The only running that Haley is likely to be doing within the next four years involves being chased by an angry mob.

What?

If Haley and McConnell get their way, there will be austerity riots.

Particularly the latter. I was absolutely disgusted when McConnell said that states should consider declaring bankruptcy. That only seems like it would exacerbate the economic troubles and further destabilize the market. Moreover, Republicans have paid disproportionate attention to small businesses, out of all the people and organizations needing assistance in this crisis. Now, small business is important, and needs a significant amount of assistance, but more aid ought to be directed to expand our testing apparatus, improve the inequities in our healthcare system, and provide firmer benefits guarantees for employees.

[Person Man]

"I see the disenfectant knocks it out in a minute. One minute. And is there a way we could do something like that? By... injection inside or... almost a cleaning, cause you see it gets in the lungs and it does a tremendous number and so I'd be interested to check that"

Denaturation and oxidation of healthy living cells.  Throwing off the very delicate pH balance of the blood and potentially inducing metabolic alkalosis.  A cascade of alkali necrosis as the agent enters the bloodstream.  

Good. Lord.  

Trumptinis get the job done in one shot. Guaranteed.

[GeorgiaModerate]

https://twitter.com/ndrew_lawrence/status/1253516500209741825

If they did contact tracing for stupidity, this is a good starting point.

[Mr. Illini]

Before suggesting injecting Lysol, he actually said "I'm not a doctor but I have a big you-know-what".

Not only dangerous, but supremely embarrassing.

[BlueSwan]

Before suggesting injecting Lysol, he actually said "I'm not a doctor but I have a big you-know-what".

Not only dangerous, but supremely embarrassing.

Stormy Daniels would beg to differ.

[JRP1994]

https://twitter.com/TimOBrien/status/1253501765644963845

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/lysol-manufacturer-warns-against-internal-use-after-trump-comments-n1191586?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma

"WASHINGTON — The manufacturer of Lysol, a disinfectant spray and cleaning product, and the EPA both issued statements warning against any internal use after President Donald Trump suggested that people could get an "injection" of "the disinfectant that knocks (coronavirus) out in a minute."

"As a global leader in health and hygiene products, we must be clear that under no circumstance should our disinfectant products be administered into the human body (through injection, ingestion or any other route)," said a spokesperson for Reckitt Benckiser, the United Kingdom-based owner of Lysol, in a statement to NBC News."

[Sir Mohamed]

A very stable genius.

[Sir Mohamed]

Imagine if the news media displayed at all times the death counts for every other illness. No one would ever leave their home! Absolute fear mongering. Reopen the US economy.

Do Trump supporters understand the connection between death counts, death rate and transmission rate?

Their leader thinks injecting disinfectants could work to cure covid and windmills cause cancer. What do you expect?

[forgotten manatee]

I can't believe that as the US approaches 50,000 deaths and 1 million cases, the President decided to recommend UV bursts and disinfectant injections as promising methods to combat COVID. Just completely absurd. Impossible to believe that he is taking this seriously at all.

[Landslide Lyndon]

https://twitter.com/JoshNBCNews/status/1253676703001575425

[Koharu]

SEIU Healthcare Wisconsin organized the placement of 1,300 candles on the Capitol steps Thursday, April 23, 2020, in recognition of every person in Wisconsin who has been hospitalized with COVID-19.

From an article about today's protest and last night's counter protest.

Here are two more pictures of the counter-protest, taken by the same photographer.

[GoTfan]

Why is no one talking about the fact that remdesivir has been proven to be snake oil?

[GP270watch]

FDA cautions against use of hydroxychloroquine or chloroquine for COVID-19 outside of the hospital setting or a clinical trial due to risk of heart rhythm problems

Why is no one taliing about the fact that remdesivir has been proven to be snake oil?

 Outside of Wallstreet I think most people were skeptical of this drug.