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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsLarry Kudlow gets testy after CNN airs video of him saying in Feb. the coronavirus was 'contained'
Back in February, White House National Economic Council director Larry Kudlow announced that the coronavirus was contained. In fact, it was pretty close to airtight, he claimed.
Two months later and, well, lets just say it didnt play out that way.
CNNs Jake Tapper on Sunday showed the clip to Kudlow, asking him, is there a disconnect between what people such as you who want things to be better than they are, so as to help the economy, are saying, and what people in the health field are saying?
Kudlow was clearly peeved.
For the umpteenth time I will say, my quote then was based on the actual facts which at the time there were only 40 or 50 cases and it was contained, he said, touting the same refrain his boss has often repeated, that the travel restrictions boldly placed on China made a huge difference.
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/larry-kudlow-unravels-after-cnn-airs-video-of-him-saying-in-february-that-the-coronavirus-was-contained-2020-05-03?siteid=yhoof2&yptr=yahoo
Aw you poor baby.
captain queeg
(10,085 posts)SoonerPride
(12,286 posts)Its locked into the United States and isnt floating off into space.
Total containment!
Shermann
(7,399 posts)...or so the talking point goes.
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)releasing the virus.
Jim__
(14,059 posts)honest.abe
(8,610 posts)or all of the above.
Any fool knows just because there were only 50 cases does not mean a virus is contained. A virus pandemic has to start somewhere. Even one case can explode to millions.
belpejic
(720 posts)Every time I hear him speak I think he's loaded.
Crunchy Frog
(26,574 posts)there were already people dying.
The reason there were "only 50 cases" was that there was no testing available because the CDC fucked up, and Trump wanted to maintain the fiction that it wasn't here for as long as possible.
keithbvadu2
(36,640 posts)If 'contained', why did Trump release it?
Cha
(296,780 posts)ProfessorGAC
(64,827 posts)One does not consider an epidemic contained before it actually hits.
He's been wrong about everything in the past, so we're not surprised he was wrong again.
He's always been stupid, so...ibid!