A plan to defeat coronavirus finally emerges, but it's not from the White House

[mfcorey1]

A national plan to fight the coronavirus pandemic in the United States and return Americans to jobs and classrooms is emerging — but not from the White House.

Instead, a collection of governors, former government officials, disease specialists and nonprofits are pursuing a strategy that relies on the three pillars of disease control: ramp up testing to identify people who are infected. Find everyone they interact with by deploying contact tracing on a scale America has never attempted before. And focus restrictions more narrowly on the infected and their contacts so the rest of society doesn’t have to stay in permanent lockdown.

But there is no evidence yet the White House will pursue such a strategy.

Instead, the president and his top advisers have fixated almost exclusively on plans to reopen the U.S. economy by the end of the month, though they haven’t detailed how they will do so without triggering another outbreak. President Trump has been especially focused on creating a second coronavirus task force aimed at combating the economic ramifications of the virus.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/a-plan-to-defeat-coronavirus-finally-emerges-but-its-not-from-the-white-house/ar-BB12rUrj?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=mailsignout

[Caliman73]

1. Trump will then try to take all the credit.

He will push his stupid plan of relaxing the guidelines. The Coalition will work to and eventually push back against the virus, then Trump will try to take credit for the idea and the results. He will declare it his victory.

I just hope the media will do its goddamned job for one fucking time and not let him get away with it.

Any reasonably intelligent person would realize that we should have done massive testing to see who has it, who doesn't, who may be immune, then formulate our strategies for containment and public policy around social distancing and the economic impact based on the data.

Trump's response was based SOLELY on his desire to make himself look good and bolster his election chances. It was ALL about trying to control the messaging not the virus.

He will try to do it again at the tail end of this situation. We cannot let him.

[Laffy Kat]

2. If 45 reopens the country...

There will be a recrudescence, I guarantee you, and it will be bad.