Notice to Trump- You may muzzle Cornavirus briefings, but the Public is still hearing about deaths in the newspapers: 11 US deaths reported
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2020/03/04/coronavirus-live-updates/
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Live updates: Coronavirus deaths in California and Washington state bring U.S. toll to 11
As of late February, people have tested positive for the coronavirus in about 70 countries. Officials are taking "unprecedented" actions. (Amber Ferguson, Jayne Orenstein/The Washington Post)
By Rick Noack, Siobhán O'Grady, Miriam Berger and Michael Brice-Saddler
March 4, 2020 at 6:50 p.m. EST
California announced its first coronavirus-linked death Wednesday, bringing the death toll in the United States to 11. The death, which occurred in Placer County in Northern California, is the first U.S. fatality to occur outside of Washington state, where a 10th death was confirmed Wednesday.
Los Angeles County declared a local health emergency as officials confirmed six new cases of coronavirus there, and nine new cases were confirmed in New York. American workers face increasing disruptions to their routines as companies, schools and local governments implement precautions to curb the outbreak, with many firms restricting travel or weighing work-from-home arrangements.
In China, the outbreak appeared to be relenting. Far more new cases were reported outside the country than within, suggesting that Chinese authorities’ draconian efforts to curb transmission may be paying off at home, even as the casualty count mounts elsewhere. The World Health Organization said Tuesday that covid-19, the disease caused by the virus, has killed about 3.4 percent of those diagnosed with the illness — a higher rate than experts previously estimated.
Governments are struggling to contain anxiety among households, businesses and investors about a prolonged economic impact. South Korea proposed a $10 billion stimulus package Wednesday as its cases soared past 5,200, the highest national count outside China. Elsewhere, authorities are warning against hoarding emergency supplies and price gouging, and some large-scale events, including the London Book Fair, have been canceled.
Markets appeared to shrug off interventions from policymakers. Global stocks were muted Wednesday after the Federal Reserve’s rate cut.
Here are the latest developments:
- Italy on Wednesday said that it will close schools and universities throughout the country in an attempt to control the spread of the coronavirus, as it battles the most serious outbreak in Europe.
- China announced 119 new cases Wednesday, along with 38 deaths, the lowest figures since at least Jan. 20. “We believe this decline is real,” WHO outbreak expert Maria Van Kerkhove told reporters the day before, adding that other hot spots may be able to reduce new cases, too.
- The Trump administration vowed that any American can be tested for the virus if a doctor deems it necessary. On Wednesday, Vice President Pence said the threat of contracting the virus “remains low” but that all passengers flying directly from Italy and South Korea will be screened multiple times.
- Outside China, the worst-hit nations remain South Korea, which has 5,238 cases; Iran, with 2,992 cases; and Italy, with 2,706.
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It is too bad, Trump but even if you tried to damp down on the news, the News services still get details.
This is what you tried, recently
https://www.politicususa.com/2020/03/04/coronavirus-briefing-blackout.html
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Trump Blacks Out Coronavirus Briefings So You Can’t See Or Hear Them
Trump has imposed an audio and video blackout on coronavirus briefings so that Americans can’t see or hear the updates on the outbreak.
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Here is the situation:
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We’re underway. No audio or video permitted but photos OK per @WhiteHouse.
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Trump’s tactics have more in common with the Chinese withholding of facts and information about the pandemic than they do with a democracy that is attempting to inform and protect the public. The President’s response should come as no surprise to anyone who has been following his administration.
Trump is always more interested in manipulating political perception than he is doing the actual working of governing. The United States needs a government that functions during a crisis, but Donald Trump has built a vanity machine whose only purpose is to soothe the ego of the man in the Oval Office.
There are competent people who are trying to do their jobs, but they are being ignored by Trump.
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This is the bottom line. You, Trump cannot stop news reports. I.e. as an example, Northern Italy is being listed as having many new Cornavirus cases, and 11 people have been listed in the USA as having died due to this virus.
Denial of the above, in terms of information from briefings being accessed in the WH will lead the Public to correctly conclude that you, Trump, do not care about an informed public, but only as to the optics of your presumed re-election
Andrew Beckwith, PhD