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MelissaB

(16,420 posts)
Mon Mar 9, 2020, 02:41 PM Mar 2020

Whistlebloweres for COVID19: You get pro bono (free) legal representation.

Too many conflicting reports coming from govt officials re: #COVID19/#coronavirus. We need to know ground truth.

#Whistleblowers please come forward. We'll provide you pro bono (free) legal representation. We need you now more than ever.


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Whistlebloweres for COVID19: You get pro bono (free) legal representation. (Original Post) MelissaB Mar 2020 OP
K&R!!! 2naSalit Mar 2020 #1
K&R Thanks for posting. alwaysinasnit Mar 2020 #2
Surprised Avenatti didn't come up with this. Kaleva Mar 2020 #3
He's indisposed. Baitball Blogger Mar 2020 #5
He's in de clink. nt tblue37 Mar 2020 #7
They should set up shop in China. former9thward Mar 2020 #4
go to China to get info on U.S.? stillcool Mar 2020 #11
...K&R... spanone Mar 2020 #6
Nice! GemDigger Mar 2020 #8
K&R, CDC stopped reporting cases and is leaving it up to the states !!! uponit7771 Mar 2020 #9
That's not true. Pacifist Patriot Mar 2020 #12
Not what they said Friday (quote and link inside) this organization is ATFU uponit7771 Mar 2020 #13
That's not the same thing as CDC not reporting numbers and leaving it up to the states. Pacifist Patriot Mar 2020 #14
Its just this is out of step with Obama admin during swine flu, they reported totals at CDC & didn't uponit7771 Mar 2020 #15
No argument. It is screwed up, but... Pacifist Patriot Mar 2020 #16
So the CDC is reporting total positive infected in the US? I'm not saying they're not reporting uponit7771 Mar 2020 #17
They continue to report positive test results as they are confirmed. Pacifist Patriot Mar 2020 #19
Got it 👍 uponit7771 Mar 2020 #22
I just sent this to someone. Pacifist Patriot Mar 2020 #10
Does anybody know who these wnylib Mar 2020 #18
free legal's one thing, who's providing witness relocation and bodyguards? 0rganism Mar 2020 #20
Well DENVERPOPS Mar 2020 #21
This necessity is so beyond fucked up; it's almost Nextlix Original Series material... nt EarthFirst Mar 2020 #23

former9thward

(32,003 posts)
4. They should set up shop in China.
Mon Mar 9, 2020, 02:48 PM
Mar 2020

That is ground zero for lies and cover-ups and this disease. Of course no legal system there and whistleblowers are liquidated.

stillcool

(32,626 posts)
11. go to China to get info on U.S.?
Mon Mar 9, 2020, 03:22 PM
Mar 2020

do they really have to go that far to get a sense of what is going on in this country? Maybe Russia, but whistleblowers there don't end up any better.

Pacifist Patriot

(24,653 posts)
12. That's not true.
Mon Mar 9, 2020, 03:28 PM
Mar 2020

In the conference call today, the number of cases was the first thing the CDC reported, and press are on those calls.

uponit7771

(90,336 posts)
13. Not what they said Friday (quote and link inside) this organization is ATFU
Mon Mar 9, 2020, 03:31 PM
Mar 2020
But earlier this week, the agency announced that it would stop publishing negative results for the coronavirus, an extraordinary step that essentially keeps Americans from knowing how many people have been tested overall.
..

“With more and more testing done at states, these numbers would not be representative of the testing being done nationally,” Nancy Messonnier, the chief CDC official for respiratory diseases, said at the time. “States are reporting results quickly, and in the event of a discrepancy between CDC and state case counts, the state case counts should always be considered more up to date.”


https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theatlantic.com/amp/article/607597/

Pacifist Patriot

(24,653 posts)
14. That's not the same thing as CDC not reporting numbers and leaving it up to the states.
Mon Mar 9, 2020, 03:47 PM
Mar 2020

Aggregate state numbers are more accurate because they are presumptive positives yet to be confirmed by the CDC. Once the CDC makes a confirmation, they are added to the national numbers.

Rank and file at the CDC are frustrated AF with leadership on this. Trump administration as politicized the F out of it.

uponit7771

(90,336 posts)
15. Its just this is out of step with Obama admin during swine flu, they reported totals at CDC & didn't
Mon Mar 9, 2020, 03:52 PM
Mar 2020

... have 50+ sources for reporting CV data.

uponit7771

(90,336 posts)
17. So the CDC is reporting total positive infected in the US? I'm not saying they're not reporting
Mon Mar 9, 2020, 04:07 PM
Mar 2020

... reporting at all they're reporting something but not total infected.

thx in advance

Pacifist Patriot

(24,653 posts)
19. They continue to report positive test results as they are confirmed.
Mon Mar 9, 2020, 04:55 PM
Mar 2020

The frustration is that there isn't much to report when testing isn't happening as it should. They are pissed off about the lack of data.

ETA: there is no consistent message and direction from the top hampering efforts of the experts

No surprise there

wnylib

(21,448 posts)
18. Does anybody know who these
Mon Mar 9, 2020, 04:52 PM
Mar 2020

Last edited Mon Mar 9, 2020, 06:24 PM - Edit history (1)

people are who are offering free legal advice and protection?

0rganism

(23,947 posts)
20. free legal's one thing, who's providing witness relocation and bodyguards?
Mon Mar 9, 2020, 04:59 PM
Mar 2020

nothing these assholes like more than doxxing a leaker
hell, doesn't even have to be the right person, they'll go after anyone and call it justified

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