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lark

(23,091 posts)
5. It's both.
Wed Mar 11, 2020, 10:17 AM
Mar 2020

drumpf refused to allow CDC to use the test being used around the world and in stock. He demanded a new vendor - one in which he owned stock - and it took them 8 weeks (of course they are incompetent) and the test was flawed. So we are now 9 weeks behind the curve and it's for pure profit motives. Now, does drumpf also want to use this for political purposes - yes. He thinks he can keep illness #'s down by not allowing testing, but it's just building the #;s more as infected people are undiagnosed and walking around. He thinks he can use this to fuck up SS and cut taxes for the rich and if there is a pandemic, he will call a National Emergency and stop the elections - for health reasons. He hates us and is ok with us dying as long as PUtin guarantees him staying in office.

Johnny2X2X

(19,038 posts)
2. Guarantee Trump wants to make money off from it
Wed Mar 11, 2020, 07:35 AM
Mar 2020

Total incompetence coupled with greed. Trump has a donor he wanted to help so it’s slow.

KewlKat

(5,624 posts)
3. The delay is to hide the extent of the infection here...IT'S ABOUT THE NUMBERS!
Wed Mar 11, 2020, 07:58 AM
Mar 2020

Remember his lame comment about having the cruise ship disembark in the US. He didn’t want the numbers to rise because they’re illness wasn’t his fault. Well those os us in the US that are sick and spreading the illness are his fault now due to incompetence and inaction.

uponit7771

(90,335 posts)
6. K&R, China reported CV19 genetic sequence on Jan 12!! We still don't have WHO's mass test kits !!
Wed Mar 11, 2020, 10:21 AM
Mar 2020

Because Trump's crony had to make some money off the CDC

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