Let the truth be known

**bsm2** · 03-27-2020

Originally Posted by FrohnB

For a 61 year old, you really act like a child. Thought someone of your age would have a little more common sense.

Now that's Math or did your nephew help you

Thanks for making the usually insults
When you can't understand the facts or the truth!
thought someone of your age would have a little more common sense.

Yep Still IMPEACHED!

**bsm2** · 03-27-2020

FACT CHECK: Testing Not Meeting Demand Despite Trump's Boasts
"We are testing tremendous numbers of people," Trump said. "We're doing tremendous testing."

The reality is that the availability of testing in the United States lags far behind the demand, with some areas limiting testing to only those sick people whose treatment decisions require knowing whether or not they are infected with the coronavirus.

"Since the U.S. still doesn't have enough tests to meet demand, the most immediate action we can take right now is to prioritize who gets tested," a representative of the American Clinical Laboratory Association said about the situation in an email to NPR on Wednesday.

**bsm2** · 03-27-2020

White House Considers $1 Billion Price Tag for Ventilators — and Has Second Thoughts
A deal with General Motors and Ventec Life Systems to produce tens of thousands of the critical lifesaving devices seemed imminent. Then the announcement was pulled back.
The White House had been preparing on Wednesday to announce amid an escalating pandemic that a joint venture between General Motors and Ventec Life Systems would begin producing as many as 80,000 desperately needed ventilators when word suddenly came down that the announcement was off.

The decision to cancel the announcement, according to government officials, came after the Federal Emergency Management Agency said it needed more time to assess whether the estimated cost was prohibitive — more than $1 billion, with several hundred million dollars to be paid upfront to General Motors to retool the car parts plant in Kokomo, Ind., where the ventilators would be made with Ventec’s technology.

The shortage of ventilators has emerged as one of the major criticism of the Trump administration’s response to the coronavirus. The need to quickly equip hospitals across the country with tens of thousands more of the devices to treat those most seriously ill with the virus was not anticipated despite the Trump administration’s own projection in a simulation last year that millions of people could be hospitalized. And even now, the effort to produce them has been confused and disorganized.

**FrohnB** · 03-27-2020

Originally Posted by bsm2

Now that's Math or did your nephew help you

Thanks for making the usually insults
When you can't understand the facts or the truth!
thought someone of your age would have a little more common sense.

Yep Still IMPEACHED!

No help from my nephew. Just a buddy of mine who moved to Florida and works at DEX.

**bsm2** · 03-27-2020

Donald Trump gets extremely confused about Tom Brady and coronavirus during press conference
Donald Trump went on a protracted tangent about a Tampa Bay Buccaneers player at a press conference in the midst of the government’s catastrophic failure to respond to the coronavirus.

"Somebody in the fake news said that one of the governors said, ‘Oh, we need Tom Brady.’ He meant that in a positive way. He said ‘We need Tom Brady, and we’re gonna do great,’ and he took it very positively. They took it differently. They think Tom Brady should be leading the effort.

“That’s only fake news, and I like Tom Brady. Spoke to him the other day. He’s a great guy. I wish the news could be real, I wish it could be honest, I wish it weren’t so corrupt. But so much of it is. It’s just so sad to see. We had a great meeting.”

Trump, in the way only he can be, is insanely wrong about this on two fronts. He’s referring to a Washington Post story about a call between him and all 50 governors. According to the Post, Trump called the federal government a “backup” and Washington governor Jay Inslee responded, “We don’t need a backup. We need a Tom Brady."

No one is suggesting that Inslee wants Tom Brady to lead the coronavirus response, and it’s unlikely that he meant it positively. But Inslee’s metaphor is also lacking here. Tom Brady is a once-great quarterback who has fallen into rickety disrepair. Having him lead your team just leads to a pick-six at home knocking you out of the first round of the playoffs.