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Right off the top. He's not pussyfooting, that's for sure: n any crisis, leaders have two equally important responsibilities: solve the immediate problem and keep it from happening again. The Covid-19 *pandemic *is a case in point. On Fri, Feb 28, 2020 at 10:20 AM Blaze Spinnaker <blazespinna...@gmail.com> wrote: > Yeah, that is so hilariously stupid. It's like the white house has > become a Conspiracy Theory factory. "So, everyone, rather than scientists > and experts speak about what they rationally know to be true, only totality > unqualified and completely biased politicians are allowed to talk." > > Lol. > > this is crazy - > https://business.financialpost.com/pmn/business-pmn/u-s-cdc-confirms-one-more-coronavirus-case-among-diamond-princess-evacuees > > > Have they just decided - who cares about the diamond princess people? As > long as they don't infect other people they can happily infect themselves. > Or WTF is going on? > > On Fri, Feb 28, 2020 at 9:48 AM Jed Rothwell <jedrothw...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Here is frightening news. The Trump administration is politicizing this, >> lying about it, and suppressing the truth the way the Chinese government >> did. >> >> Pence Will Control All Coronavirus Messaging From Health Officials >> >> https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/27/us/politics/us-coronavirus-pence.html >> >> >> >> Here is a similar story in the WaPost text, from behind the paywall: >> >> Whistleblower: Workers at risk aiding evacuees >> Complainant alleges she was targeted for raising concerns. >> By Lena H. Sun and Yasmeen Abutaleb >> Washington Post >> >> WASHINGTON -Officials at the Department of Health and Human Services sent >> more than a dozen workers to receive the first Americans evacuated from >> Wuhan, China, the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak, without proper >> training for infection control or appropriate protective gear, according >> to a whistleblower complaint. >> >> The workers did not show symptoms of infection and were not tested for >> the virus, according to lawyers for the whistleblower, who is a senior HHS >> official based in Washington who oversees workers at the Administration >> for Children and Families, a unit within HHS. >> >> The whistleblower is seeking federal protection because she alleges she >> was unfairly and improperly reassigned after raising concerns about the >> safety of these workers to HHS officials, including those within the office >> of Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar. She was told Feb. 19 >> that if she does not accept the new position in 15 days, which is March 5, >> she would be terminated. >> >> The whistleblower has decades of experience in the field, received two >> HHS department awards from Azar last year and has received the highest >> performance evaluations, her lawyers said. >> >> The complaint was filed Wednesday with the Office of the Special Counsel, >> an independent federal watchdog agency. The whistleblower's lawyers >> provided a copy of a redacted 24-page complaint to The Washington Post. A >> spokesman for the Office of the Special Counsel said he could not comment >> on complaints filed with the office. . . . >> >> The complaint alleges that HHS staff were "improperly deployed" and were >> "not properly trained or equipped to operate in a public health emergency >> situation." The complaint also alleges that the workers were potentially >> exposed to coronavirus because appropriate steps were not taken to >> protect them, and staff were not trained in wearing personal protective >> equipment, even though they had face-to-face contact with returning >> passengers. The workers were in contact with passengers in an airplane >> hangar where evacuees were received and on two other occasions: when they >> helped distribute keys for room assignments and hand out colored ribbons >> for identification purposes. . . . >> >> A second person familiar with the situation said the workers were not >> tested for coronavirus because none of them met the criteria for testing, >> which only calls for testing people who had recent travel to China or >> contact with a confirmed case. The workers also did not exhibit any >> symptoms, the person said. If they had, appropriate protocol would have >> been followed. >> >> The deployments took place Jan. 28 to 31, around the time when the first >> planeload of evacuees arrived at March, and Feb. 2 to Feb. 7, during the >> time when additional flights were arriving at Travis. The planes each >> carried about 200 Americans repatriated from Wuhan. >> >> After their deployments, the workers returned to their normal duties, >> some taking commercial airline flights to return to their offices around >> the country, the lawyers said. >> >>
