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)
Category: Trump COVID-19 Watch
Trump’s Corona: Failure on a Global Scale (March 25, 2020)
Trump.45 diddled his way through January and then February holding rallies, playing golf, and otherwise pursuing all things personal and no things Presidential. As he diddled, the Virus came and cavorted without restriction from one corner of this country to the other. Failure to Test. Failure to Prepare for Medical Emergency. Failure to Plan for… Continue reading Trump’s Corona: Failure on a Global Scale (March 25, 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 Folly: Louisiana Core Covid-19 Tracking Data 06 (March 22, 2020)
Louisiana made a significant data reporting change today in conjunction with a far stricter Stay In Place Order from our Governor, with closure of non-essential businesses and limitations on social gatherings and group interactions. Due to the continued enormous growth in public health workload, the State DOH will make updated COVID-19 reports once daily at… Continue reading Trump’s Folly: Louisiana Core Covid-19 Tracking Data 06 (March 22, 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 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)
Trump’s Corona: World Death Race Day 2 (March 19, 2020)
These charts are changing so rapidly, it makes one’s head spin and induces nauseating vertigo. The implications are stark and staggering. In near hourly increments, the US forges ahead of nearly everyone else in the World to a place of shame and medical implosion. In one day the US has jumped from World Number 8… Continue reading Trump’s Corona: World Death Race Day 2 (March 19, 2020)