Trump & No Pants Surveillance (March 11, 2020)

The lack of diagnostic testing for acute illness is reckless enough, but hides in plain sight an even deeper failure. Thanks to Trump we have essentially no fulsome Epidemiologic Surveillance Testing being done for Covid-19 today in the US, because testing is so choked. Can’t find what you don’t look for. One exception stands out.… Continue reading Trump & No Pants Surveillance (March 11, 2020)

Trump & Flatten the Curve (March 11, 2020)

The virus is already moving freely around the entire United States. Incomplete new travel bans are way too little, too late to halt the spread. Covid-19 is fully a US Domestic Terrorist now. Trump’s denial-lite dallying means he is more and more irrelevant to the fight. State and Local governments, public health authorities, and citizens… Continue reading Trump & Flatten the Curve (March 11, 2020)

Trump & the Viral Horse (March 11, 2020)

Mythical Covid-19 containment broadly in the US has failed miserably. Sensible people have moved to aggressive public health mitigation procedures and practices. The souped up Covid-19 Viral Horse in the US is running free, out and about. Incompetence, Denial, Confusion, and Delay have given the US portion of the Pandemic a massive head start. Trump.45… Continue reading Trump & the Viral Horse (March 11, 2020)

Trump’s Corona: God Has a Very Wicked Sense of Humor (March 8, 2020)

From the first time he descended the escalator and stepped onto the political stage (June 2015) Trump.45 has repeatedly denigrated and defamed our immediate southern neighbors in Mexico. He railed against rapists, drug dealers, human traffickers, gang members, and I presume, a few good people. That was before the hordes of migrant caravans and imminent… Continue reading Trump’s Corona: God Has a Very Wicked Sense of Humor (March 8, 2020)