Boiled down to 5 Simple Points on One Page for a 5th Grade Understanding. !20,000 Are Already Sick; 2,000 Are Dead. The Burn Rate is Rising by the Minute. We could put a Clock on the Toll. Right Now, Every Hour Delay Means Another 750 Americans Get Sick.
Category: Trump 2020 Corona Virus Response
Trump & Forgotten Extras (March 27, 2020)
Another painful exercise watching the Strutter in Chief wear out his back-patting schtick. Against all odds, he did formally invoke DPA. Outstanding. See what we can do? Too bad it is 60 days late, so the effect will be blunted terribly. You lives with what you got, Federal wise anyway, for now. Fortunately for all… Continue reading Trump & Forgotten Extras (March 27, 2020)
Trump’s Corona: Dereliction of Duty (March 26, 2020)
When history is written , today will mark a Black Crepe Day in the saga of American public health, political governance, and Presidential (non)leadership. Today is the day the US has burst its shackles and become Number 1 in all the world for its toll of COVID-19 distress. In the Triple Crown of Malachievements, the… Continue reading Trump’s Corona: Dereliction of Duty (March 26, 2020)
Trump’s Corona: Louisiana Glimmer (March 24, 2020)
Our State’s Governor, John Bel Edwards, has been among the most aggressive of all 50 state leaders in issuing COVID-19 pandemic control orders since the first case was reported here on March 9, 2020. He declared a Public Health Emergency within two days (March 11), limited visitation to licensed health facilities (March 12), halted all… Continue reading Trump’s Corona: Louisiana Glimmer (March 24, 2020)
Trump’s COVID-19 Hazard Indicator: Special Congress Edition (March 22, 2020)
As of 6 PM today Sunday March 22, there are three members of Congress who are known to be infected with COVID-19 and in quarantine. The latest is Rand Paul (R Senate KY), who joins Mario Diaz-Balart (R House FL) and Ben McAdams (D House UT) who were diagnosed on March 19, only 3 days… Continue reading Trump’s COVID-19 Hazard Indicator: Special Congress Edition (March 22, 2020)
Trump & The Cajun COVID-19 Risk Indicator (March 22, 2020)
Cajuns, and by incorporation all people of Louisiana, are by nature and temperament practical souls. Sometimes we don’t have the fanciest of tools to work with. We do have a long history of what we could proudly call the Cajun Engineering Principle: stuff that may not appear to be so elegant, but works just fine… Continue reading Trump & The Cajun COVID-19 Risk Indicator (March 22, 2020)
Trump & The Game Changer (March 22, 2020)
America has tried it your way. Happy Talk, Prop the Stock Market, Peddle Phony Treatment Advice, Blame the Governors, Duck Your National Job Responsibilities. Hold Fundraisers and Play Golf. Until Now. America is at War with A Merciless Invisible Army Everywhere in Our Country. People are Dying. You’re the Commander-in-Chief. Get Off Your Fat Ass… Continue reading Trump & The Game Changer (March 22, 2020)
Trump’s Folly: Louisiana Core Covid-19 Tracking Data 05 (March 21, 2020)
Louisiana’s first reported Covid-19 case was a patient in Jefferson Parish near New Orleans. He was diagnosed on March 9 and he is officially the Index case for Louisiana, so far as government and public health authorities can tell. This is the fifth in the series. Here is the set of updated core data charts… Continue reading Trump’s Folly: Louisiana Core Covid-19 Tracking Data 05 (March 21, 2020)
Trump’s Folly: Louisiana Core Covid-19 Tracking Data 04 (March 20, 2020)
Louisiana’s first reported Covid-19 case was a patient in Jefferson Parish near New Orleans. He was diagnosed on March 9 and he is officially the Index case for Louisiana, so far as government and public health authorities can tell. Our Governor has undertaken rapid and comprehensive public health measures since then to blunt the ravages… Continue reading Trump’s Folly: Louisiana Core Covid-19 Tracking Data 04 (March 20, 2020)
Trump’s Corona: World Death Race Day 3 (March 20, 2020)
These charts still are changing so rapidly, it makes one’s head spin worse than yesterday and induces nausea. The implications are stark and staggering. In near hourly increments, the US forges ahead in the World to a place of shame and medical implosion. In one day the US has jumped from World Number 8 to… Continue reading Trump’s Corona: World Death Race Day 3 (March 20, 2020)