McEnany on 200K deaths: Some COVID-19 models predicted more lives lost

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany on Tuesday cited more dire predictions from medical experts when asked about the Trump administration's response to the U.S. passing the grim milestone of 200,000 deaths from COVID-19.

"As you've heard several doctors in the task force note from this podium, we were looking at the prospect of 2 million people potentially perishing from the coronavirus in this country," McEnany said at a press briefing when asked for her message to Americans who may be "outraged" by the administration's handling of the pandemic.

"We grieve when even one life is lost," she added. "But the fact that we have come nowhere near that number is a testament to this president taking immediate action."

McEnany pointed to the president's decision in late January to prohibit some travel from China and his move in March to do the same with Europe. Experts have questioned the value of the ban on Europe in particular, noting the virus had likely already spread throughout much of the U.S. by then.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/mcenany-on-200k-deaths-some-covid-19-models-predicted-more-lives-lost/ar-BB19jrQ1?li=BBnbcA1&ocid=DELLDHP

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1. I would need to see evidence of grieving

I don't think she could point to a single sympathetic word or action.

And they can't have it both ways. Was it that dangerous or not?

It still isn't over. Every time they celebrate limiting it to a certain number, that number quickly gets eclipsed.

[Vinca]

2. What's she going to say if it hits 2 million. It could have been 200 million?

If we don't have a safe and effective vaccine in the near future, it will be just like flu season every year. As it is, they've estimated the vaccine's effectiveness at about 50%. This is going to get worse before it gets better.

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3. And yet practically every other country on the planet did better than Trump did

Some of them were even the shithole countries Trump holds in such contempt. The only reason the death toll hasn't been worse is because a lot of people simply ignored Trump and his less-than-useless actions.

[Hekate]

4. Ignorance is strength

[Initech]

5. "The death of one is a tragedy. The deaths of many is a statistic." - Joseph Stalin

Second time I've used this quote today.

[Volaris]

6. No, it's a testament to at least some of We The People being smarter than a box of rusty hammers.

WE did that; and trump and his government of useless traitors did LESS THAN NOTHING with the effort we all made on their behalf.

This is beside the fact, that this isn't over yet; it's not like Covid finished its work week early and took off friday for early retirement. Its not like no one else is going to die...

And seriously, what at this point, is the press corps even doing there?
She can stand up there and tell lies to the red light on the camera just as easily as she can with an audience, and if they're not gonna actually DO THEIR JOBS AND FIGHT BACK, why even show up for work?; the access cannot be worth it at this point.

Besides. If they all just walked out and said we're boycotting this bullshit, it wouldnt take 2 weeks and the WH would be begging them to come back, because in light of anything else to write about, these guys and gals would start trashing this grifter cabal in about 24 hours, and the Grifters all know it.