He has to - the thing he cares most about - the stock market - dropped. That's why he held a press conference.
Unfortunately I've been expecting this and as fears of Covid 19 ramp up so will more ignorance and racism targeting Asians. We saw this happen during SARS and in this current environment it should be no surprise that it's happening now. https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/20/us/coronavirus-racist-attacks-against-asian-americans/index.html What's spreading faster than coronavirus in the US? Racist assaults and ignorant attacks against Asians (CNN)In New York City, a man assaults a woman wearing a face mask, calling her a "diseased b****." On a Los Angeles subway, a man proclaims Chinese people are filthy and says "every disease has ever came from China." Rampant ignorance and misinformation about the novel coronavirus, experts say, has led to racist and xenophobic attacks against fellow Americans or anyone in the US who looks East Asian. "With news of the coronavirus, we've seen an uptick in fear of people who look like this," said Rosalind Chou, a sociology professor at Georgia State University. "Real people are affected." And the pain ranges from physical to verbal to financial. "We, the Asian community, are under attack," said Tanny Jiraprapasuke, who was born and raised in Los Angeles. Here's what's happening across the country, the facts about coronavirus, and what people can do if they witness attacks. A tirade on an LA subway goes viral Jiraprapasuke isn't even Chinese. But that didn't stop an irate passenger on the Los Angeles subway from singling her out and claiming Chinese people are putrid and responsible for all diseases. Jiraprapasuke, who is Thai American, said the man ranted for about 10 minutes and was specifically looking and gesturing at her. She started recording the tirade as the man lectured another passenger. "It made me realize how big this is, and that what happened to me definitely is not unique," Jiraprapasuke said. "What happened to me is not the worst that it can be." "Every disease has ever came from China, homie. Everything comes from China because they're f****** disgusting," the man said. "They can be so smart and be like, 'Oh yeah, I developed this, I developed that.' But like yeah, you can't even wipe your a**." Jiraprapasuke went online and discovered many other people of Asian descent have been harassed or attacked because of misguided coronavirus fears. Many are using the global hashtag #JeNeSuisPasUnVirus -- French for "I am not a virus." A woman gets attacked out of the blue On the other side of the country, a woman at a New York subway station was assaulted by a stranger February 2. The woman was wearing a face mask -- something many East Asians have done long before the coronavirus outbreak, including for protection from pollution. One witness said she heard a man call the woman, who appeared Asian, a "diseased b****." "To which she responded, 'Yeah, yeah, OK go away,'" the witness wrote in a statement to CNN. "I started getting my phone out after I saw this interaction, but in the process, the man hit the woman on the head." The witness, who did not want to be identified to protect her privacy, said she started filming shortly after the man hit the woman on the head. The video then shows the woman chasing after the man, who turned around and attacked her. The New York Police Department is asking "the victim to report this incident to the police for a full investigation." The witness said although the attack was a "terrifying" situation, "I believe that this incident has immense potential in opening up the discussion of Asian American-directed racial tension that has been caused by the" novel coronavirus. "The sad trend that I've observed about racially directed hate is that almost all of (it) stems from fearful ignorance," she wrote. "Racial tensions are indeed escalating, and we now have significant reason to take agency in acting." 2 Indiana hotels harass Hmong guests Kao Lor and his uncle Lee Lor were traveling through Indiana when they tried to get a room at a Super 8 Motel in the city of Plymouth. It didn't work. The two relatives, who are of Hmong descent, quickly faced extra scrutiny. Kao Lor said an employee asked whether he was Chinese. Lor began recording the encounter. "If you're from China, I need to know," the employee said. "Because why?" Lor asked. "Because of the coronavirus going around," he replied. "And anyone from China, I am told, has to be picked up and quarantined for two weeks." That's not accurate. It's US citizens who have recently returned from China's Hubei province who must be quarantined for up to two weeks upon their return to the United States. When CNN asked the motel for comment, an employee provided a statement. "The views and what the employee said is not the view and policy of Super 8 by Wyndham Plymouth," the statement said. "Management is handling the employee involved. We are deeply saddened and embarrassed by the action of our employee." Super 8 wasn't the only hotel that harassed the Lors. Kao Lor went to a nearby Days Inn and asked an employee on video if Asians are not allowed. The employee appears to say no, Asians aren't allowed. Wyndham Hotels, which franchises both the Days Inn and Super 8 brands, sent a statement to CNN. "We're deeply troubled by these incidents as they're not reflective of our values or our expectations of franchisees," the statement read. "While these locations are individually owned and operated, it's important to note that the 'corporate policy' referenced in the video does not exist." More at link
cdc said it’s inevitable If they don’t start a surveillance system now (test isn’t quit ready), they should consider executing some mitigation. All fed employee that can work from home should do so, voluntary. All private sector should consider the same. Schools should start spring break early if not already and be ready to extend it. this feels like a stealth bomb that has already started
I trust the cdc. More concerning, they are in the blind. They don’t seem to have any surveillance system at this time.
“Every American and North Korean get a free vaccine with a donation to the Trump campaign over $250. Your welcome.”
Can you just imagine how many people will get fired if Trump comes down with the virus? PENCE, YOU HAD ONE JOB.
The confusion over who is doing what continues... (I bet you didn't know mick mulvaey was coordinating the Coronavirus response)
What are we going to buy??? There is no treatment and they already put money toward the situation. Opportunistic witch. Never waste a good emergancy eh?
I bet most of the medical facilities do not have the right equipment to treat the patients if they show up today. They are not ready to test the patients to see if they virus, this will take training(time and money) to get the medical professionals up to date on this.
Want to burn her at the stake? Why don’t you criticize trump for his own gross stupidity, incompetence, refusal to use funds lawfully provided by Congress for what those funds were intended for? Rather take shots at “leftists,” which seems to be your current obsession? My own preference is to use the funds Congress authorized for our military to use for a host of vital needs - ships, aircraft, weapons, deteriorating infrastructure being a few - to deter Russian and Chinese aggression and deemed vital by both Congress and the Pentagon. The funds should go where they were intended, under the law, to go. They were not intended for trump’s vanity project, his absurd wall. So I disagree with Ms Warren and I ardently disagree with trump. Obviously, I disagree with you. The woefully inadequate amount proposed by trump to address the danger of the Coronavirus should come from a specific appropriation by Congress, which is more than willing to quickly pass legislation authorizing several times what trump asked for.
