^^ bill gates Apologies for spam. On Fri, Feb 28, 2020 at 10:27 AM Blaze Spinnaker <[email protected]> wrote:
> https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2003762 > > 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 <[email protected]> > 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 <[email protected]> >> 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. >>> >>>
