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March 25, 2020

This was 100% preventable

Thanx Donny.

We did not need a global pandemic response team

We did not need that epidemiologist in China from the CDC watching out for potential global pandemics

We did not need scientists working on a coronavirus vaccine (SARs) that was defunded in 2018

We did not need those W.H.O.'s C-19 test kits

We did not need to know about the late Jan./early Feb. C-19 case in Seattle that was discovered by
Seattle's Dept. of Health and the University of Washington. (Trump's CDC told them not to talk about
their findings and to stop testing.)

We did not need to prepare for C-19 after our intel briefed Trump and company about the threat that
coronavirus was to America and the world.

March 24, 2020

Health officials confirm 7th coronavirus death in Ohio (Gallipolis, OH)

GALLIPOLIS, Ohio (WSYX/WTTE) — Health officials in Gallia County reported its first coronavirus case and death Tuesday morning, bringing the statewide death total to at least seven.

The health department did not share any identifying information to protect the victim's family. Everyone who has been in contact with the deceased person has been contacted, the health department shared.


"This is a devastating situation and our thoughts and prayers go out to all those impacted by this tragic passing." said Gallia County Health Department on Facebook. "We assure all of you that a thorough case investigation has been conducted and all relevant parties have been contacted. We thank you for your continued cooperation and support."

https://abc6onyourside.com/news/local/health-officials-confirm-7th-coronavirus-death-in-ohio

******

Gallipolis, OH is a little river town in S.E. OH on the Ohio ... if it is there then it is everywhere.

March 21, 2020

24,000 confirmed cases today of C-19 yesterday it was @ about 15,000

C-19 is exploding and I know that not testing asymptomatic has to be done but that will allow the
disease to sweep the nation because people are highly contagious for 2 to 3 weeks prior to starting
to show signs of the disease.

God Damn it none of this had to happen. Thanx Donny and Trump voters.

March 21, 2020

We should not be going through this C-19 hellscape now. I hope all those Trump voting mother ...

... fuckers are happy now because nothing tastes sweeter than "liberal tears."

Trump fired Obama's Global Pandemic Response Team whose job it was to be on the
look out for exactly what we are going through right now with C-19.

Somebody or somebodies stopped the funding for a coronavirus vaccine (SARs) in 2018.

In late Jan./early Feb. of 2020 the Seattle Dept. of Health and the University of Washington found a case
of C-19 and reported it to the Trump run CDC and they were told to stop testing.

Trump turned down the W.H.O. C-19 test kits which were critically needed. The rumor is that he wanted
to make money by selling his own C-19 test kits.

Trump, Fox, and the republicans told us time after time that C-19 was a hoax. And then did nothing to
prepare America and the world for the coming wave of illness and death.

As per me in my little house in Columbus, OH I am worried sick about my son, his wife, and my
2 1/2 year old grand daughter because they live in a condo where people are stacked on top of each other,
they want to move in with her parents in a larger detached home for the duration but they have to
get her step dad tested for C-19 first ... he worked in hospitals and flew around the country ... but
they can't get him tested, and my elderly mother is sheltering in place in her home and I am trying to
support her and keep her in the house. BTW my little landscape biz (native plants) is kind of D.O.A.
right now. If the virus finds me and I die so be it but I am worried about my family, friends, neighbors,
DU people, and my lab puppy.

God damn those Trump voting mother fuckers .... they helped to keep it close enough so that Russia
could steal the elections for Trump and many other races too. Russ Feingold was @ a 90 to 95%
of winning his race in Wisconsin for the U.S. Senate.

And please don't tell me with a President Hillary Clinton we would not be so far up "Shit's Creek."

God Damn we should not be going through this crap right now.

(repost)

March 21, 2020

We should not be going through this C-19 hellscape now. I hope all those Trump voting mother ...

... fuckers are happy now because nothing tastes sweeter than "liberal tears."

Trump fired Obama's Global Pandemic Response Team whose job it was to be on the
look out for exactly what we going through now with C-19.

Somebody or somebodies stopped the funding for a coronavirus vaccine (SARs) in 2018.

In late Jan./early Feb. of 2020 the Seattle Dept. of Health and the University of Washington found a case
of C-19 and reported it to the Trump run CDC and they were told to stop testing.

Trump turned down the W.H.O. C-19 test kits which were critically needed. The rumor is that he wanted
to make money by selling his own C-19 test kits.

Trump, Fox, and the republicans told us time after time that C-19 was a hoax. And then did nothing to
prepare America and the world for the coming wave of illness and death.

As per me in my little house in Columbus, OH I am worried sick about my son, his wife, and my
2 1/2 year old grand daughter because they live in a condo where people are stacked on top of each other,
they want to move in with her parents in a larger detached home for the duration but they have to
get her step dad tested for C-19 first ... he worked in hospitals and flew around the country ... but
they can't get him tested, and my elderly mother is sheltering in place in her home and I am trying to
support her and keep her in the house. BTW my little landscape biz (native plants) is kind of D.O.A.
right now. If the virus finds me and I die so be it but I am worried about my family, friends, neighbors,
DU people, and my lab puppy.

God damn those Trump voting mother fuckers .... they helped to keep it close enough so that Russia
could steal the elections for Trump and many other races too. Russ Feingold was @ a 90 to 95%
of winning his race in Wisconsin for the U.S. Senate.

And please don't tell me with a President Hillary Clinton we would not be so far up "Shit's Creek."

God Damn we should not be going through this crap right now.




March 20, 2020

My Friend, "I believe we know in our hearts that, together we are strong, but divided we are weak."

Please read this when you get a chance.

My Friend, Jennifer Brunner was Ohio's Sec. of State, won the John F Kennedy Profiles in
Courage Award, did a study on the vulnerabilities of electronic voting machines (Everest
Study https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2007/12/14/422072/-), had death threats against
her thanx to Sean Hannity and Fox News (Brunner & Acorn are rigging OH's vote bullshit),
she is now sitting on the bench in OH's 10th district court of appeals, and is running for the
Ohio Supreme court this year. She likes dogs too.


An Essay on the New American Character by Judge Jennifer Brunner

I’ve been meaning to write this for a long time, but it wasn’t until this trial of the American people in the face of a world pandemic that it became urgent to say these words. So please bear with me with an open mind and heart, because I am speaking to each one of you. In this time of pandemic, our “American character” is being tested, molded and shaped. To get through this, each of us must dwell in our heart of hearts on what we stand for and on what is our character as a nation of people.

Perceiving this will help us persevere. Living it we will surely succeed. We are a diverse nation that has always grown in order to remain united. What we do and say in these times is a part of the crucible that is molding a new American character for now and the future. It is this character that will see us through this time and those of the near future.

We, the people of the United States of America, are caught in the crest of a worldwide pandemic not seen in this land for more than 100 years. We must be strong, loving, kind and smart toward one another as we deal with this crisis, because this trial is redeveloping the character of our nation and the lifeblood of our future.

Who are we, the American people, and what are we made of? What is our character? Some would emphasize our national heritage (predominantly white and Christian) to be the fount of all other aspects of this American character. Others would take just one look at our children and young people and acknowledge without a word that the rugged individualism depicted by actor John Wayne in American Western films of more than 50 years ago died with his mortal body. It’s time to put away the leather chaps and spurs of the dusty frontier of the American cowboy after a lusty, saloon-laced gun battle. America has changed.

snip

This is our American character. This is our strength. As people of today’s longest continuing democracy, we are bonded in this character. We are the citizens of a country governed by a rule of law based in human dignity and respect. Knowing who we are strengthens us to help and rely on one another. Our character is us, and our future depends on us being who we are.

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/3/19/1929199/-An-Essay-on-the-New-American-Character#comment_76741091

March 19, 2020

China Virus is a Russian talking point. Just my best guess.

Trump is working for Putin and to that end Putin wants America ripped apart along
social, ethnic, religious, and political lines. Remember the NFL Players Kneeling
"dust up?" Russia was behind that and although I might be wrong I smell Trump's
Vlad Daddy all over this "China Virus" crap.


Russia deploying coronavirus disinformation to sow panic in West, EU document says

WORLD NEWS MARCH 18, 2020 / 5:28 AM / UPDATED 2 HOURS AGO

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Russian media have deployed a “significant disinformation campaign” against the West to worsen the impact of the coronavirus, generate panic and sow distrust, according to a European Union document seen by Reuters.

The Kremlin denied the allegations on Wednesday, saying they were unfounded and lacked common sense.

The EU document said the Russian campaign, pushing fake news online in English, Spanish, Italian, German and French, uses contradictory, confusing and malicious reports to make it harder for the EU to communicate its response to the pandemic.

“A significant disinformation campaign by Russian state media and pro-Kremlin outlets regarding COVID-19 is ongoing,” said the nine-page internal document, dated March 16, using the name of the disease that can be caused by the coronavirus.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-disinformation/russia-deploying-coronavirus-disinformation-to-sow-panic-in-west-eu-document-says-idUSKBN21518F

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