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On 3/24/2020 at 5:13 AM, JohnsonJones said:

That said there are guesses that range from 150K to 500K+ deaths from it. 

Just remember those numbers when this is over.  Then you can thank the Trump administration for keeping the numbers down below the 50,000 level and say he saved over 100,000 lives.

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44 minutes ago, Carborendum said:

Just remember those numbers when this is over.  Then you can thank the Trump administration for keeping the numbers down below the 50,000 level and say he saved over 100,000 lives.

As per Elder Holland's Talk yesterday, we can hope.

However, I think it depends on how it happens.  If there is a sudden drop off right after conference or near our fast Friday, I may be more inclined to attribute it to President Nelson and the miracles of the Lord than to Trump.  I don't expect many to do so if that happens (even here), but I think President Nelson may be concerned about it and has been focusing on praying about it. 

He gave quite the blessing in conference yesterday.

We are around 10K deaths thus far in the US (and around 17K recovered).  With exponential increase it could be bad...but with the social distancing and other measures within the states, we can hope that these things instituted by State and local governments are having a good effect. 

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25 minutes ago, JohnsonJones said:

If there is a sudden drop off right after conference or near our fast Friday, I may be more inclined to attribute it to President Nelson and the miracles of the Lord than to Trump. 

Everything good always comes from the Lord.  But what tool was used?  How did the Lord do it?

Our fasting and the blessing from Pres. Nelson will certainly be factors.  No question.  And if the drop off is stark and sudden with little to explain it, certainly even atheists must pause for at least a moment and consider "something unusual" happened.  But if it is a gradual drop off, then it is quite possible that the tools used were what we would consider mundane measures being taken.

If the cases are increasing, but the deaths are decreasing due to medication and equipment, then certainly the humans that are the Lord's hands deserve some credit for the hard work they've put in.

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1 minute ago, Carborendum said:

Everything good always comes from the Lord.  But what tool was used?  How did the Lord do it?

Our fasting and the blessing from Pres. Nelson will certainly be factors.  No question.  And if the drop off is stark and sudden with little to explain it, certainly even atheists must pause for at least a moment and consider "something unusual" happened.  But if it is a gradual drop off, then it is quite possible that the tools used were what we would consider mundane measures being taken.

If the cases are increasing, but the deaths are decreasing due to medication and equipment, then certainly the humans that are the Lord's hands deserve some credit for the hard work they've put in.

We can attribute some to Human's doing all they can, but a drop off with how it has been increasing exponentially, I'd attribute that to the Lord.

Not all the numbers are in yet, but yesterday it appears that there may have suddenly started to be a level off.  I am not sure it will continue or decrease, but if it does, I think that there is a strong probability it is from the Lord rather than manmade.  As I said, if these things do occur, I think there will be those even here who will find other reasons than to attribute it to the Lord.

But I do not know what the future holds.  We can hope, as was a very prevalent them in Elder Holland's talk, and pray that the cases and people that this current virus is affecting goes down and that, in accordance to other talks, we can return to a life of normalcy sometime in the future.

Even beyond this, the economic impacts it has already had, and that may continue are also of concerns.  Little was said of that (and understandably as lives and health are of the foremost concerns right now) but it is another concern that I can see coming on the horizon.  Farmers are told to cut back (at least some of them have been) in food production already in preparations for less food being ordered.  If we rebound quickly but after the planting season, we may have some other things that pop up in the next year that are also of great concern.

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3 minutes ago, JohnsonJones said:

We can attribute some to Human's doing all they can, but a drop off with how it has been increasing exponentially, I'd attribute that to the Lord.

I realize you're a purported historian, but do you actually have any math background at all?

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1 hour ago, JohnsonJones said:

If there is a sudden drop off right after conference or near our fast Friday, I may be more inclined to attribute it to President Nelson and the miracles of the Lord than to Trump. 

Deal.  I'm keeping score in Colorado.  Here's the daily death chart, up to the day of conference.  (Blue line is statewide, red line is my county.)

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CO daily death toll, counting backwards from today: 14, 15, 14, 17, 11

I'll post an update later today to see if we get a "sudden drop off" - that would mean less than 14 deaths.  I'll post another update the day after our Friday fast, to see what happens then.

Full disclosure: I've seen genuine miracles in my life that have come about through prayer and priesthood blessings.  I've heard a hundred faith-promoting-stories that could be chance, or could be divine intervention.   I'm guessing God will not alter the laws of physics and biology and viral population spread factors because the world unites in prayer, but I'd be very much happy to learn I've guessed wrong.  Having you see your inclination realized through hard data would make me happy.

Again, I have personally witnessed and experienced miracles.  It's just that I've learned that when I expect God's blessings to be dramatically and undeniably shown in ways that I expect, I've pretty much always been disappointed.  Can't really be disappointed in God, much better lesson is to be disappointed in myself for setting up a hoop for God to jump through.

 

 

 

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2 hours ago, Carborendum said:

I realize you're a purported historian, but do you actually have any math background at all?

LOL.

Well...I do basic math, but last time I actually took Math as in study math and actually be involved heavy in it was during the years of my undergraduate which were decades ago.

However, yes, I'm not a mathematician, nor do I do a LOT of it in my field.  That's more for those involved with the maths, physics, hard sciences and engineers and their degrees.  Don't fall back on my knowledge if one wants to know the answer to math questions.

I will say that we can do a lot to help and that the local and state governments have done a great deal in many ways.  Trump only recommended and didn't really do much (or hasn't done much that I've seen...yet) and some states which did not put in their own local regulations and enforcement showed the results of that recommendation...Florida and Louisiana are currently not doing all that hot.  They were late locally in adhering.  I'd put the onus on what we have done as humanity in the states more on the state and local government actions than anything Trump has done...at least thus far (or the Federal Government, to give a fair share all around, the Democrats were so focused on their witch hunt that the distractions also caused a detrimental effect in my opinion).

I don't see the 'stimulus' as actually being all that useful in fighting the Coronavirus, or actually in relation to dollars spent, even actually being an effective use of money to get the economy out of the slump it is going into.

Thus far, if it gets turned around the Lord has my first thanks in a miracle, and after that it would be that many governors and local governments did all they could to try to stem the tide of the virus when they realized that the Federal Government wasn't going to do squat.  As it is, we STILL have the most infections in the world...and that's probably not ALL the infections we have as we didn't even have the tests to see how far the infections spread.

Even with their measures in place we've still seen the virus spreading and cases increasing drastically.  If we end up with lower predictions than the original ones (originally, I think it was a little less than 100K deaths, but that was with certain expectations which I'm not sure were met) I think we can thank the Lord.  If it continues to rise as it has, but stops short of the 150K I still think we can thank the Lord.  I think we may have been doing what we can, but the Lord in these cases is perhaps doing far more than people may attribute to him. 

Personal thoughts on the matter...of course.  We all have different beliefs, opinions, and thoughts, these are simply mine on the matter currently.

1 hour ago, NeuroTypical said:

Deal.  I'm keeping score in Colorado.  Here's the daily death chart, up to the day of conference.  (Blue line is statewide, red line is my county.)

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CO daily death toll, counting backwards from today: 14, 15, 14, 17, 11

I'll post an update later today to see if we get a "sudden drop off" - that would mean less than 14 deaths.  I'll post another update the day after our Friday fast, to see what happens then.

Full disclosure: I've seen genuine miracles in my life that have come about through prayer and priesthood blessings.  I've heard a hundred faith-promoting-stories that could be chance, or could be divine intervention.   I'm guessing God will not alter the laws of physics and biology and viral population spread factors because the world unites in prayer, but I'd be very much happy to learn I've guessed wrong.  Having you see your inclination realized through hard data would make me happy.

Again, I have personally witnessed and experienced miracles.  It's just that I've learned that when I expect God's blessings to be dramatically and undeniably shown in ways that I expect, I've pretty much always been disappointed.  Can't really be disappointed in God, much better lesson is to be disappointed in myself for setting up a hoop for God to jump through.

 

 

 

I don't feel as if it's a hoop, but more exercising what I heard in conference (and what I got out of it may be different than what other people did, we all get different things out of conference).

Elder Holland's talk on hope resonated with me, and I think President Nelson knows about medicine and science.  He seems to give weight to prayer and fasting as well, and even if I see the science and other items, I have faith, or at least a hope, in the direction of the Prophet at times (and sometimes faith fails me, I admit that, but I still can hope, especially in these drastic times).

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1 hour ago, JohnsonJones said:

He seems to give weight to prayer and fasting as well, and even if I see the science and other items, I have faith, or at least a hope, in the direction of the Prophet at times (and sometimes faith fails me, I admit that, but I still can hope, especially in these drastic times).

Me too.  But if I don't see a dip in deaths the day of, or day after, I won't be concluding that we're not righteous enough or something like that. 

Stand by for updated charts.

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Ok.  Two charts side by side.  The second day of General Conference, and today:

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I added a "General Conference" line.  County went up at the same rate.  State went up by less than it has, continuing what is hopefully the start of a positive trend.   See you on Friday, the day of the worldwide fast!

 

 

 

 

 

 

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22 hours ago, JohnsonJones said:

Well...I do basic math, but last time I actually took Math as in study math and actually be involved heavy in it was during the years of my undergraduate which were decades ago.

However, yes, I'm not a mathematician, nor do I do a LOT of it in my field.  That's more for those involved with the maths, physics, hard sciences and engineers and their degrees.  Don't fall back on my knowledge if one wants to know the answer to math questions.

In that case, I'd venture to guess that you're not really qualified to determine what type of "drop off" would be indicative of which cause based on any graph.  I would then suppose that no matter what, you're simply not going to give ANY credit to Trump whatsoever.

22 hours ago, JohnsonJones said:

I will say that we can do a lot to help and that the local and state governments have done a great deal in many ways.  Trump only recommended and didn't really do much (or hasn't done much that I've seen...yet)

You haven't heard of his efforts to get equipment to hospitals and other vital medical services?  

https://www.desertsun.com/story/news/2020/03/22/coronavirus-trump-approves-national-guard-hospital-beds-and-equipment-california/2896039001/

https://calmatters.org/health/coronavirus/2020/03/california-coronavirus-hospital-beds-masks-equipment-gavin-newom/

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/president-donald-j-trump-mobilized-full-resources-federal-government-respond-coronavirus/

Or perhaps you haven't heard the discussion already underway about Chloroquine?  He has ordered the FDA to cut as much red tape as possible regarding the approval of this drug for use on Corona patients.  He still asks the professionals and experts to use professional judgment to maintain scientific integrity in the approval, but he got the government red tape out of the way.  

If we see in the next few weeks, a continued rise in cases, but fewer deaths paralleling the use of the drug, then we know that it was a direct result of Trump's actions that saved lives.

22 hours ago, JohnsonJones said:

I don't see the 'stimulus' as actually being all that useful in fighting the Coronavirus,

It was never meant to.

22 hours ago, JohnsonJones said:

or actually in relation to dollars spent, even actually being an effective use of money to get the economy out of the slump it is going into.

Who knows?  Economists are saying that it is like the first dose of a medication.  And if it doesn't work, we need another dose.  The worst thing that will happen is that we'll have tremendous levels of inflation.  And considering the alternative, that's a price most are willing to pay.

22 hours ago, JohnsonJones said:

Thus far, if it gets turned around the Lord has my first thanks in a miracle,

No arguments there.

22 hours ago, JohnsonJones said:

and after that it would be that many governors and local governments did all they could to try to stem the tide of the virus when they realized that the Federal Government wasn't going to do squat. 

No, they only did that by getting prodded by Trump's recommendations and following his lead.  But you apparently don't follow the news well enough to know any of that because you're only listening to what you're being spoon fed by the media.

At the same time, I think most governors are doing the best they think they can given their individual circumstances and individual state needs.  That is why a one-size-fits all solution at the national level simply cannot be sought.

22 hours ago, JohnsonJones said:

As it is, we STILL have the most infections in the world...and that's probably not ALL the infections we have as we didn't even have the tests to see how far the infections spread.

We have the most infections in the world because we have had the most tests.  Only South Korea has comparable numbers per capita because they've also been doing that level (per capita) of testing.  Most other nations don't know they have a case until someone is brought into the hospital on their death beds.  That's also why we have a much lower mortality rate than other countries. But again, lack of math skills would make you oblivious to these facts.

22 hours ago, JohnsonJones said:

Even with their measures in place we've still seen the virus spreading and cases increasing drastically. 

Because of incubation period.  This has all been addressed in the media by multiple sources.  Again, not being able to accurately read a graph vis-a-vis the activities surrounding said graph would give you the impression that things are getting worse than they seem.

It is very interesting how important math is in understanding so much of the world around us.  I don't see why an area of study like history would not include some strong emphasis on learning to see patterns in mathematical data.  It is so vitally important in understanding the reality of a situation.

22 hours ago, JohnsonJones said:

If we end up with lower predictions than the original ones (originally, I think it was a little less than 100K deaths, but that was with certain expectations which I'm not sure were met)

The original predictions went all over the place -- IF no precautions (like the social distancing guidelines that Trump produced) were taken.  The LOWEST number I saw was about 100,000.  But WITH the precautions, the predictions are much lower.  And those predictions are lower.

We currently have about 330,000 cumulative cases (latest number).  We have about 1.5% mortality rate -- which is in line with the lowest in the world.

22 hours ago, JohnsonJones said:

I think we can thank the Lord.  If it continues to rise as it has, but stops short of the 150K I still think we can thank the Lord.  I think we may have been doing what we can, but the Lord in these cases is perhaps doing far more than people may attribute to him. 

Personal thoughts on the matter...of course.  We all have different beliefs, opinions, and thoughts, these are simply mine on the matter currently.

I don't feel as if it's a hoop, but more exercising what I heard in conference (and what I got out of it may be different than what other people did, we all get different things out of conference).

Elder Holland's talk on hope resonated with me, and I think President Nelson knows about medicine and science.  He seems to give weight to prayer and fasting as well, and even if I see the science and other items, I have faith, or at least a hope, in the direction of the Prophet at times (and sometimes faith fails me, I admit that, but I still can hope, especially in these drastic times).

Again, I have no argument with giving credit to the Lord for anything good.  But I can't help but wonder if it were a Democrat in office, if you'd be more willing to acknowledge that there was some democrat official that the Lord was using as one of His many tools in His bag.

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I think the above conversation with JJ is proof positive that it doesn't matter if irrefutable proof could outline exactly how many lives were saved because of Trump's actions, people still refuse to give him any credit for anything good.

Orange Man = bad.

Anything Orange Man does = bad.

Orange Man saves lives = Someone else saved lives, Orange man bad.

He could point out some weird anomaly in cancer studies that would lead to a cure for cancer in just a few weeks.  NOPE, Trump didn't do anything.  Orange Man Bad.  Cancer researchers saved lives.

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3 hours ago, Carborendum said:

In that case, I'd venture to guess that you're not really qualified to determine what type of "drop off" would be indicative of which cause based on any graph.  I would then suppose that no matter what, you're simply not going to give ANY credit to Trump whatsoever.

You haven't heard of his efforts to get equipment to hospitals and other vital medical services?  

https://www.desertsun.com/story/news/2020/03/22/coronavirus-trump-approves-national-guard-hospital-beds-and-equipment-california/2896039001/

https://calmatters.org/health/coronavirus/2020/03/california-coronavirus-hospital-beds-masks-equipment-gavin-newom/

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/president-donald-j-trump-mobilized-full-resources-federal-government-respond-coronavirus/

Or perhaps you haven't heard the discussion already underway about Chloroquine?  He has ordered the FDA to cut as much red tape as possible regarding the approval of this drug for use on Corona patients.  He still asks the professionals and experts to use professional judgment to maintain scientific integrity in the approval, but he got the government red tape out of the way.  

If we see in the next few weeks, a continued rise in cases, but fewer deaths paralleling the use of the drug, then we know that it was a direct result of Trump's actions that saved lives.

It was never meant to.

Who knows?  Economists are saying that it is like the first dose of a medication.  And if it doesn't work, we need another dose.  The worst thing that will happen is that we'll have tremendous levels of inflation.  And considering the alternative, that's a price most are willing to pay.

No arguments there.

No, they only did that by getting prodded by Trump's recommendations and following his lead.  But you apparently don't follow the news well enough to know any of that because you're only listening to what you're being spoon fed by the media.

At the same time, I think most governors are doing the best they think they can given their individual circumstances and individual state needs.  That is why a one-size-fits all solution at the national level simply cannot be sought.

We have the most infections in the world because we have had the most tests.  Only South Korea has comparable numbers per capita because they've also been doing that level (per capita) of testing.  Most other nations don't know they have a case until someone is brought into the hospital on their death beds.  That's also why we have a much lower mortality rate than other countries. But again, lack of math skills would make you oblivious to these facts.

Because of incubation period.  This has all been addressed in the media by multiple sources.  Again, not being able to accurately read a graph vis-a-vis the activities surrounding said graph would give you the impression that things are getting worse than they seem.

It is very interesting how important math is in understanding so much of the world around us.  I don't see why an area of study like history would not include some strong emphasis on learning to see patterns in mathematical data.  It is so vitally important in understanding the reality of a situation.

The original predictions went all over the place -- IF no precautions (like the social distancing guidelines that Trump produced) were taken.  The LOWEST number I saw was about 100,000.  But WITH the precautions, the predictions are much lower.  And those predictions are lower.

We currently have about 330,000 cumulative cases (latest number).  We have about 1.5% mortality rate -- which is in line with the lowest in the world.

Again, I have no argument with giving credit to the Lord for anything good.  But I can't help but wonder if it were a Democrat in office, if you'd be more willing to acknowledge that there was some democrat official that the Lord was using as one of His many tools in His bag.

You make a mistake in assuming anyone who is not a Republican is a Democrat.

I am an independent, and though that is very liberal for this forum, I feel it is actually those who are like me who actually determine elections and other choices regarding these items.

Original projections had 100 million infected with around 96K (or 490K, depending on who you asked) dead.  That's if we let it run wild.

Many projections have given a grimmer picture (150-500K dead, or worse) since then. 

If we had been proactive, one projection waaay back (well, more like a few months ago) was that we may have been able to keep it under a Million infections and less than 10K dead.  We are already past the dead on that projection, and I expect we will surpass the infection limit within the next two weeks if not sooner (No, I'm not a mathematician, I think if we did the exponential thing it probably would be within the next week or something similar probably).  Being proactive is something from the past now, but I think that alone shows how badly we BOFFED it on this one.

Instead, the question is if we can keep it lower then the initial projections (which Trump has said would show...success??) or if the grimmer predictions will come to pass instead.

3 hours ago, Carborendum said:

I think the above conversation with JJ is proof positive that it doesn't matter if irrefutable proof could outline exactly how many lives were saved because of Trump's actions, people still refuse to give him any credit for anything good.

Orange Man = bad.

Anything Orange Man does = bad.

Orange Man saves lives = Someone else saved lives, Orange man bad.

He could point out some weird anomaly in cancer studies that would lead to a cure for cancer in just a few weeks.  NOPE, Trump didn't do anything.  Orange Man Bad.  Cancer researchers saved lives.

I've actually defended Trump at some points, so that's not actually correct.  That I absolutely do not think he took the right actions on this currently, or thus far...is also absolutely correct.

I don't think he's actually done much and have NOT SEEN sources which actually SHOW he's done anything at all that I consider helpful.

Perhaps that's also because I do not like the 'stimulus' that was passed either and think it is in effective.

If that's just the "first dose" of medicine...that's an expensive dose.  We are likely to go bankrupt before we get the entire dose if that's the case.  Two Trillion dollars a dose for as little as it does (In my Opinion) is not a good thing. 

It should be less than a Trillion.  Money should go to help the Airlines, and a little to the Small Businesses with the option for more later after we see the true economic hit.  In addition...ONLY those who are out of work or lost their jobs should get the stimulus money.  Others don't need it, their money is still coming in and until they can go out, they won't be able to spend much more than they already are!

2 Trillion in a Stimulus is FAR too much money to spend on this thing thus far.  It's a diversion to take our minds off the real actions.

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5 minutes ago, Carborendum said:

Yup, you're right.  Trump NEVER did a thing to help with the Coronavirus issues.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-gets-indias-export-ban-reversed-on-potential-coronavirus-treatment

Nope, nothing at all...  Never...

Anything at all that I consider Helpful currently.

This could be though, we'll see.  AT least it's something more than nothing...right.

Whether this ends up being helpful or not depends on whether this treatment actually does anything to cure or help the current infections and healing in the US or not.

Right now we have no conclusive evidence that hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) actually helps or cures it or not.  There were some studies done, but they were on people who mostly did not have it heavily or were not critical cases.  When tried on more serious cases in a VERY LIMITED study it did not show results. 

They are still working on figuring out about this.  Some think that it could be that those who were in the original tests were already mild cases and thus many of them got better on their own (considering that it is at the highest mortality, seeming to be around 15%, meaning 85% would recover naturally anyways).  Others think that it may have helped, but only if utilized early on.

We do not know whether this will be an effective cure or not as of right now.

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2 hours ago, JohnsonJones said:

I don't think he's actually done much and have NOT SEEN sources which actually SHOW he's done anything at all that I consider helpful.

That's because you have a love-affair with CNN.

All of these happened in the Trump Administration.  Of course, CNN will say - "this timeline just proves Trump did nothing!".

December 31: China reports the discovery of the coronavirus to the World Health Organization.

January 3: CDC Director Robert Redford sent an email to the director of the Chinese CDC, George Gao, formally offering to send U.S. experts to China to investigate the coronavirus.

January 5: CDC Director Redford sent another email to the Chinese CDC Director, George Gao, formally offering to send U.S. experts to China to investigate the coronavirus outbreak,

January 6: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a travel notice for Wuhan, China due to the spreading coronavirus.

January 7: The CDC established a coronavirus incident management system to better share and respond to information about the virus.

January 11: The CDC issued a Level I travel health notice for Wuhan, China.

January 17: The CDC began implementing public health entry screening at the 3 U.S. airports that received the most travelers from Wuhan – San Francisco, New York JFK, and Los Angeles.

January 20: Dr. Fauci announces the National Institutes of Health is already working on the development of a vaccine for the coronavirus.

January 21: The CDC activated its emergency operations center to provide ongoing support to the coronavirus response.

January 23: The CDC sought a “special emergency authorization” from the FDA to allow states to use its newly developed coronavirus test.

January 27: President Trump tweeted that he made an offer to President Xi Jinping to send experts to China to investigate the coronavirus outbreak.

January 27: The CDC issued a level III travel health notice urging Americans to avoid all nonessential travel to China due to the coronavirus.

January 27: The White House Coronavirus Task Force started meeting to help monitor and contain the spread of the virus and provide updates to the President. 

January 29: The White House announced the formation of the Coronavirus Task Force to help monitor and contain the spread of the virus and provide updates to the President. 

January 31: The Trump Administration:

  • Declared the coronavirus a public health emergency.
     
  • Announced Chinese travel restrictions.
     
  • Suspended entry into the United States for foreign nationals who pose a risk of transmitting the coronavirus.

January 31: The Department of Homeland Security took critical steps to funnel all flights from China into just 7 domestic U.S. airports.

February 3: The CDC had a team ready to travel to China to obtain critical information on the novel coronavirus, but were in the U.S. awaiting permission to enter by the Chinese government.

February 4: President Trump vowed in his State of the Union Address to “take all necessary steps” to protect Americans from the coronavirus.

February 6: The CDC began shipping CDC-Developed test kits for the 2019 Novel Coronavirus to U.S. and international labs.

February 7: President Trump told reporters that the CDC is working with China on the coronavirus. 

February 9: The White House Coronavirus Task Force briefed governors from across the nation at the National Governors’ Association Meeting in Washington.

February 11: The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) expanded a partnership with Janssen Research & Development to “expedite the development” of a coronavirus vaccine.

February 12: The U.S. shipped test kits for the 2019 novel coronavirus to approximately 30 countries who lacked the necessary reagents and other materials.

February 12: The CDC was prepared to travel to China but had yet to receive permission from the Chinese government.

February 14: The CDC began working with five labs to conduct “community-based influenza surveillance” to study and detect the spread of coronavirus.

February 18: HHS announced it would engage with Sanofi Pasteur in an effort to quickly develop a coronavirus vaccine and to develop treatment for coronavirus infections.

February 22: A WHO team of international experts arrives in Wuhan, China.

February 24: The Trump Administration sent a letter to Congress requesting at least $2.5 billion to help combat the spread of the coronavirus.

February 26: President Trump discussed coronavirus containment efforts with Indian PM Modi and updated the press on his Administration’s containment efforts in the U.S. during his state visit to India.

February 29: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) allowed certified labs to develop and begin testing coronavirus testing kits while reviewing pending applications.

February 29: The Trump Administration:

  • Announced a level 4 travel advisory to areas of Italy and South Korea.
     
  • Barred all travel to Iran.
     
  • Barred the entry of foreign citizens who visited Iran in the last 14 days.

March 3: The CDC lifted federal restrictions on coronavirus testing to allow any American to be tested for coronavirus, “subject to doctor’s orders.”

March 3: The White House announced President Trump donated his fourth quarter salary to fight the coronavirus.

March 4: The Trump Administration announced the purchase of approximately 500 million N95 respirators over the next 18 months to respond to the outbreak of the novel coronavirus.

March 4: Secretary Azar announced that HHS was transferring $35 million to the CDC to help state and local communities that have been impacted most by the coronavirus.

March 6: President Trump signed an $8.3 billion bill to fight the coronavirus outbreak.

The bill provides $7.76 billion to federal, state, & local agencies to combat the coronavirus and authorizes an additional $500 million in waivers for Medicare telehealth restrictions.

March 9: President Trump called on Congress to pass a payroll tax cut over coronavirus.

March 10: President Trump and VP Pence met with top health insurance companies and secured a commitment to waive co-pays for coronavirus testing.

March 11: President Trump:

  • Announced travel restrictions on foreigners who had visited Europe in the last 14 days.
     
  • Directed the Small Business Administration to issue low-interest loans to affected small businesses and called on congress to increase this fund by $50 billion.
     
  • Directed the Treasury Department to defer tax payments for affected individuals & businesses, & provide $200 billion in “additional liquidity.”
     
  • Met with American bankers at the White House to discuss coronavirus.

March 13: President Trump declared a national emergency in order to access $42 billion in existing funds to combat the coronavirus.

March 13: President Trump announced:

  • Public-private partnerships to open up drive-through testing collection sites.
     
  • A pause on interest payments on federal student loans.
     
  • An order to the Department of Energy to purchase oil for the strategic petroleum reserve.

March 13: The Food & Drug Administration:

  • Granted Roche AG an emergency approval for automated coronavirus testing kits.
     
  • Issued an emergency approval to Thermo Fisher for a coronavirus test within 24 hours of receiving the request.

March 13: HHS announced funding for the development of two new rapid diagnostic tests, which would be able to detect coronavirus in approximately 1 hour.

March 14: The Coronavirus Relief Bill passed the House of Representatives.

March 14: The Trump Administration announced the European travel ban will extend to the UK and Ireland.

March 15: President Trump held a phone call with over two dozen grocery store executives to discuss on-going demand for food and other supplies.

March 15: HHS announced it is projected to have 1.9 million COVID-19 tests available in 2,000 labs this week.

March 15: Google announced a partnership with the Trump Administration to develop a website dedicated to coronavirus education, prevention, & local resources.

March 15: All 50 states were contacted through FEMA to coordinate “federally-supported, state-led efforts” to end coronavirus.

March 16: President Trump:

  • Held a tele-conference with governors to discuss coronavirus preparedness and response.
     
  • Participated in a call with G7 leaders who committed to increasing coordination in response to the coronavirus and restoring global economic confidence.
     
  • Announced that the first potential vaccine for coronavirus has entered a phase one trial in a record amount of time.
     
  • Announced “15 days to slow the spread” coronavirus guidance.

March 16: The FDA announced it was empowering states to authorize tests developed and used by labs in their states.

March 16: Asst. Secretary for Health confirmed the availability of 1 million coronavirus tests, and projected 2 million tests available the next week and 5 million the following.

March 17: President Trump announced:

  • CMS will expand telehealth benefits for Medicare beneficiaries.
     
  • Relevant Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act penalties will not be enforced.
     
  • The Army Corps of Engineers is on ”standby” to assist federal & state governments.

March 17: President Trump spoke to fast food executives from Wendy’s, McDonald’s and Burger King to discuss drive-thru services recommended by CDC

March 17: President Trump met with tourism industry representatives along with industrial supply, retail, and wholesale representatives.

March 17: Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin met with lawmakers to discuss stimulus measures to relieve the economic burden of coronavirus on certain industries, businesses, and American workers.

March 17: Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced a partnership between USDA, Baylor University, McLane Global, and Pepsi Co. to provide one million meals per weak to rural children in response to widespread school closures.

March 17: The Treasury Department:

  • Contributed $10 billion through the economic stabilization fund to the Federal Reserve’s commercial paper funding facility.
     
  • Deferred $300 billion in tax payments for 90 days without penalty, up to $1 million for individuals & $10 million for business.

March 17: The Department of Defense announced it will make available to HHS up to five million respirator masks and 2,000 ventilators.

March 18: President Trump signed the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, which provides free testing and paid sick leave for workers impacted by the coronavirus.

March 18: President Trump announced:

  • Temporary closure of the U.S.-Canada border to non-essential traffic.
     
  • Plans to invoke the Defense Production Act in order to increase the number of necessary supplies needed to combat coronavirus.
     
  • FEMA has been activated in every region at its highest level of response.
     
  • The U.S. Navy will deploy USNS Comfort and USNS Mercy hospital ships.
     
  • All foreclosures and evictions will be suspended for a period of time.

March 18: Secretary of Defense Mark Esper confirmed:

  • 1 million masks are now immediately available.
     
  • The Army Corps of Engineers is in NY consulting on how to best assist state officials.

March 18: HHS temporarily suspended a regulation that prevents doctors from practicing across state lines.

March 18: President Trump spoke to:

  • Doctors, physicians, and nurses on the front lines containing the spread of coronavirus.
     
  • 130 CEOs of the Business Roundtable to discuss on-going public-private partnerships in response to the coronavirus pandemic.

March 19: President Trump announced:

  • Very encouraging progress shown by anti-malaria drug Hydroxychloroquine for fighting coronavirus.
     
  • Carnival Cruise Lines will make ships available for use as hospitals in impacted areas to use for non-coronavirus patients. 

March 19:  Vice President Pence announced tens of thousands of ventilators have been identified that can be converted to treat patients.

March 19: The State Department issued a global level 4 health advisory, telling Americans to avoid all international travel due to coronavirus.

March 19: President Trump directed FEMA to take the lead on the Federal Government’s coronavirus response & visited FEMA HQ with Vice President Pence for a video call with Governors.

March 20: The U.S. and Mexico agree to mutually restrict nonessential cross-border traffic.

March 20: Secretary Mnuchin announced at the direction of President Trump that tax day will be moved from April 15 to July 15 for all taxpayers and businesses.

March 20:  President Trump:

  • Spoke with Sen. Schumer about coronavirus response & stimulus measures
     
  • Held a call with over 12,000 small business owners to discuss relief efforts
     
  • Announced the CDC will invoke Title 42 to provide border patrol with tools to secure the borders

March 20: The Department of Education announced it will:

  • Not enforce standardized testing requirements for the remainder of the school year
     
  • Allow federal student loan borrowers to stop payments without penalty for 60 days

March 20: Secretary Azar announced:

  • FEMA is coordinating and assisting coronavirus testing at labs across the country
     
  • The CDC is suspending all illegal entries to the country based on the public health threat, via Section 362 of the Public Health & Security Act

March 20: Secretary Azar sent a letter to all 50 Governors that the federal government is buying and making available 200,000 testing swabs

March 21: Vice President Pence announced to date over 195,000 Americans tested for coronavirus and have received their results

March 21: The Trump Administration announced HHS placed an order for hundreds of millions of N95 masks through FEMA

March 21: The FDA announced it had given emergency approval to a new coronavirus test that delivers results in hours, with an intended rollout of March 30

March 21: Adm. Giroir confirmed 10 million testing kits had been put into the commercial market from March 2 through March 14

March 22: President Trump approved major disaster declarations for:

  • Washington State
     
  • California

March 22: President Trump announced: 

  • Governors will remain in command of National Guard forces & the federal govt will fund 100% of operations cost
     
  • He directed the federal govt to provide 4 large federal medical stations with 2,000 beds for CA & 1,000 beds for NY & WA.

March 22:  President Trump confirmed his administration was working with Peru & Honduras to return Americans stranded in both countries as a result of travel restrictions.

March 22: Vice President Pence announced: 

  • The testing backlog will be resolved by midweek.
     
  • To date, over 254,000 Americans have been tested for coronavirus and received their results.

March 22:  President Trump announced that the USNS Mercy will be deployed to Los Angeles.

March 22: FEMA issued guidance for tribal governments to seek federal assistance under the President’s emergency declaration.

March 23: President Trump signed an executive order invoking section 4512 of the Defense Production Act to prohibit the hoarding of vital medical supplies.

March 23: VP Pence announced:

  • 313,000 Americans were tested for the coronavirus & received results.
     
  • FEMA established a supply chain stabilization task force so Americans get supplies they need.
     
  • HHS will have commercial labs prioritize testing for hospitalized patients.

March 23:  The White House Office of Science & Technology Policy announced a public-private consortium to:

  • Advance coronavirus research.
     
  • Provide access to computing technology and resources for researchers.

March 23: Attorney General Barr announced: 

  • The Justice Department held a National Task Force meeting on hoarding and price gouging.
     
  • Each of the 93 U.S. Attorney General offices is designating a lead prosectuor to prevent hoarding.

March 23: President Trump announced HHS is working to designate essential medical supplies as “scarce” to prohibit hoarding of these items.

March 23: The Treasury Department announced it is working with the Federal Reserve to lend up to $300 billion to businesses and local governments.

March 24: President Trump announced the Army Corps of Engineers & the National Guard are constructing four hospitals and four medical centers in New York.

March 24: President Trump approved a major disaster declaration for the state of Iowa related to the coronavirus outbreak.

March 24: Vice President Pence:

  • Confirmed FEMA sent New York 2,000 ventilators.
     
  • Announced individuals who have recently been in New York should self-quarantine for 14 days.

March 24: Dr. Deborah Birx announced the U.S. has conducted more coronavirus tests in the last week than South Korea has over the prior eight weeks.

March 24: The U.S. Army issued orders for three army hospitals to deploy their health care professionals to New York and Washington state, at the direction of Secretary of the Army Ryan McCarthy.

March 25: President Trump approved major disaster declarations related to the #coronavirus outbreak for:

  • Texas
     
  • Florida
     
  • North Carolina

March 25:  President Trump & Vice President Pence held a conference call with 140 non-profit organization leaders, including The Salvation Army & The Red Cross, to discuss coronavirus response efforts.

March 25: President Trump signed a bill reauthorizing The Older Americans Act, which supports senior citizens by providing meals, transportation, and other crucial services.

March 25: Vice President Pence

  • Held a conference call with equipment manufacturers to discuss on-going coronavirus response efforts.

  • Announced 432,000 Americans have been tested for coronavirus and received results.
     
  • Confirmed 4,000 ventilators were delivered to New York.

March 25: Vice President Pence held discussions with multiple governors, including the Governor of Indiana & the Governor of Michigan 

March 26: President Trump approved major disaster declarations related to the coronavirus outbreak for:

  • Illinois

  • New Jersey
     
  • Maryland
     
  • Missouri

March 26:  President Trump announced the USNS Comfort will depart for NYC on Saturday to assist in the coronavirus response – 3 weeks ahead of schedule!

March 26: President Trump participated in a video conference with the leaders of the G20 to discuss the global coronavirus response & the need for countries to share information and data on the spread of the virus.

March 26: President Trump held a phone call with Chinese President Xi Jinping to discuss the coronavirus.

March 26: Vice President Pence announced 552,000 Americans have been tested for coronavirus and received their results.

March 26: Dr. Fauci announced the Federal Government is working with companies to speed up production of potential coronavirus vaccines while those drugs are still in the trial phase.

March 27: President Trump signed The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act into law.

March 27: President Trump signed a Defense Production Act memorandum ordering General Motors (GM) "to accept, perform, and prioritize federal contractors for ventilators.

March 27: President Trump signed an executive order allowing the military to activate members of the Selected Reserve and Ready Reserve to active duty to assist with the Federal response to the coronavirus.

March 27: President Trump approved major disaster declarations related to the coronavirus outbreak for:

  • South Carolina
     
  • Puerto Rico

March 27:  President Trump appointed Office of Trade and Manufacturing policy director Peter Navarro to serve as the Defense Production Act Policy Coordinator.

March 27: President Trump announced that 100,000 ventilators are projected to be manufactured in the next 100 days, three times the amount typically manufactured in one year.

March 27: President Trump announced that Boeing offered the use of three "Dreamlifter" cargo air crafts to transport medical supplies across the country.

March 27: Partnering with FEMA, the CDC, and the Coronavirus Task Force, Apple released a coronavirus app which allows users to screen for their symptoms.

March 27: President Trump spoke with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson about the global coronavirus response and committed to helping provide ventilators to the U.K. where possible.

March 27: Vice President Pence announced that 685,000 Americans have been tested for coronavirus and received their test results.

March 27: Emory University began enrolling participants for a phase one clinical trial, sponsored by the NIH's National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), of a new, potential coronavirus vaccine.

March 27: FEMA Administrator Pete Gaynor spoke to the director of each of the state's emergency operations about the state-led, federally-supported coronavirus response effort.

March 27: The USNS Mercy arrived in the port of Los Angelse to help relieve the strain on hospital facilities in Southern California.

March 28: President Trump visited Norfolk, VA to send off the USNS Comfort to New York City where it will help relieve the strain on local hospitals.

March 28: President Trump approved major disaster declarations related to the coronavirus outbreak for:

  • Guam
     
  • Michigan
     
  • Massachusetts 
     
  • Kentucky
     
  • Colorado

March 28: President Trump spoke with New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis regarding the coronavirus response effort.

March 28: The CDC issued new guidance for residents of New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut to avoid non-essential domestic travel for 14 days to #StopTheSpread of the coronavirus within the U.S.

March 29: President Trump announced that CDC guidelines will be extended through April 30 to promote #socialdistancing and other measures to stop the spread of the #coronavirus.

March 29: President Trump approved major disaster declarations related to the coronavirus outbreak for:

  • Connecticut
     
  • Oregon
     
  • Georgia
     
  • Washington DC

March 29:  President Trump met with supply chain distributors including FedEx, Cardinal Health, and UPS to discuss ways to get state and local governments necessary medical supplies to combat the coronavirus.

March 29: President Trump congratulated the Army Corps of Engineers for having completed construction on a 2,900 bedroom temporary hospital at the Javits Center in New York.

March 29: President Trump tweeted his support for the FDA to expedite the approval process to approve mask sterilization equipment produced by Battelle.

March 29: President Trump announced the on-going study of 1,100 patients in New York being treated with Hydroxychloroquine for coronavirus.

March 29: President Trump directed the Treasury & Labor Departments to look at reinstating deductions of business expenses at restaurants, bars, and entertainment businesses to help the hospitality industry.

March 29: The first "Project Airbridge" shipment of medical supplies from abroad, organized by FEMA, landed at JFK airport, carrying 80 tons of masks, face shields, and other vital medical supplies.

March 29: President Trump announced that Cigna and Humana are waving co-pays for coronavirus treatment.

March 29: Vice President Pence sent a letter to hospital administrators requesting that hospitals across the country report their coronavirus data to the Federal Government in addition to state authorities.

March 29: Adm. Giroir announced that 894,000 Americans have been tested for coronavirus and received their results.

March 29: HHS accepted 30 million doses of Hydroxychloroquine, donated by Sandoz, and one million doses of Chloroquine, donated by Bayer Pharmaceuticals, for clinical trials and possible treatment of coronavirus patients.

March 30: President Trump announced that one million Americans have been tested for coronavirus and received their results.

March 30: President Trump approved major disaster declarations related to the coronavirus outbreak for:

  • Alabama
     
  • Kansas
     
  • Pennsylvania
     
  • Rhode Island

March 30:  Secretary Azar announced that the FDA has approved Battelle’s N95 mask sanitization process for use to decontaminate tens of thousands of masks per day.

March 30: President Trump announced further private sector commitments to manufacture personal protective equipment  by MyPillow, Honeywell, Jockey, Procter & Gamble, and United Technologies.

March 30: President Trump announced, to date, FEMA has dedicated $1.3 billion to assist New York State’s coronavirus response.

March 30: President Trump announced “more than 14,000” National Guard service members have been activated to respond to the coronavirus outbreak.

March 30: President Trump spoke with the nation’s governors about their need for medical supplies.

March 30: President Trump announced that in the coming days the Federal Government will be delivering:

  • 400 ventilators to Michigan
     
  • 300 ventilators to New Jersey
     
  • 150 ventilators to Louisiana
     
  • 150 ventilators to Illinois
     
  • 50 ventilators to Connecticut

March 30:  President Trump spoke to Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte of Italy and pledged to send $100 million of medical supplies to aid Italy’s battle against coronavirus.

March 30: Answering President Trump’s call for the private sector to join the fight against the #coronavirus, Ford Motor Company committed to producing 50,000 ventilators in the next 100 days.

March 30: On coronavirus testing, Secretary Azar announced that the U.S. is currently testing nearly 100,000 samples per day.

March 30: HHS took steps to accelerate a clinical trial of a potential coronavirus vaccine developed by Janssen Research & Development.

March 30: CMS announced new regulatory changes to cut red tape and give flexibility to America’s health care workers by relaxing hospital workforce regulations, expanding child care, meal, and laundry services for health care workers, expanding tele-health reimbursement, and more.

March 30: The USNS Comfort arrived in New York Harbor, providing more than 1,000 more hospital beds for patients without coronavirus, to relieve pressure on local hospitals.

March 30: The USNS Mercy began treating patients in Los Angeles.

March 31: President Trump officially issued “30 Days To Slow The Spread” guidance to mitigate the outbreak of coronavirus.

March 31: President Trump approved major disaster declarations related to the coronavirus outbreak for:

  • Ohio
     
  • Montana

March 31: President Trump participated in a conference call with executives of American Network Service Providers to promote connectivity amid social distancing.

March 31: President Trump announced that the federal government is stockpiling 10,000 ventilators to be urgently distributed as needed once the coronavirus pandemic hits its peak in the U.S.

March 31: President Trump announced that the Treasury Department and SBA are rapidly mobilizing money from the CARES Act’s $349 billion paycheck protection program, with the program set to be “up and running” by April 3.

March 31: President Trump spoke to Michigan Governor Whitmer about the state’s need for ventilators.

March 31: President Trump announced the Army Corps of Engineers & FEMA will construct:

  • 8 facilities with 50,000 bed capacity in California
     
  • A field hospital with 250 bed capacity in Michigan
     
  • 2 field hospitals in Louisiana with 500 bed capacity
     
  • An alternative care sight in New Orleans with a 3,000 bed capacity

March 31: President Trump spoke with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan about the international effort to defeat the coronavirus and support the global economy.

March 31: President Trump and the First Lady spoke with their Majesties King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia of Spain about efforts to combat the coronavirus.

March 31: Vice President Pence announced that 10 states now have access to federal funding for The National Guard to respond to the coronavirus outbreak.

March 31: Vice President Pence announced that 17,000 National Guard Servicemen have been activated across the country to assist in the coronavirus response.

March 31: Vice President Pence announced that 1.1 million coronavirus tests have been completed.

March 31: Adm. Giroir & Surgeon General Adams issued an open letter to the U.S. health care community about how to optimize the use of ventilators.

March 31: The FDA issued an emergency use authorization for a two-minute coronavirus antibody test developed by Bodysphere Inc.

March 31: The Treasury Department and IRS launched the employee retention credit, created by the CARES Act to incentivize businesses to keep their employees on payroll, and said businesses can begin using it.

March 31: The VA announced that it had expanded virtual services to veterans, continuing to provide care while limiting in-person interactions that could potentially harm vulnerable populations at VA facilities.

April 1: President Trump approved a major disaster declaration related to the coronavirus outbreak for:

  • North Dakota
     
  • Hawaii
     
  • The Northern Mariana Islands

April 1: President Trump spoke to Walmart CEO Doug McMillon about the need to procure gowns for hospitals

April 1: President Trump spoke to military families whose relocation or reunion with loved ones was impacted by the coronavirus.

April 1: President Trump announced that the construction & refurbishing of two additional hospital ships like the USNS Mercy and USNS Comfort are being considered.

April 1: Vice President Pence announced that 1.2 million coronavirus tests have been completed.

April 1: The White House, HHS, and the FDA worked with Senator Rob Portman to acquire and authorize for use over two million gowns donated to the Strategic National Stockpile by Cardinal Health.

April 1: Dr. Birx announced that the White House issued a challenge to universities and states to develop ELISA, or Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assays, tests to detect coronavirus antibodies in larger communities more quickly.

April 1: The Treasury Department released FAQs to help small and medium businesses understand the paid sick and family leave tax credits now offered under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act.

April 1: The Department of Labor posted a temporary rule to implement the Families First Coronavirus Response Act in order to provide paid sick and family leave.

April 1: In New York City, the USNS Comfort began treating its first patients.

April 1: The VA opened its East Orange, NJ medical center to serve non-veteran coronavirus patients to assist the state and FEMA in their response to coronavirus.

April 1: The Treasury Department announced that Social Security recipients, including senior citizens, disabled Americans, and low-income Americans who do not file tax returns will have their coronavirus relief payments directly deposited into their bank accounts.

April 2: President Trump invoked the Defense Production Act to direct 3M to produce more N95 respirator masks.

April 2: President Trump invoked the Defense Production Act to help 6 companies (General Electric, Hill-Rom Holdings, Medtronic, ResMed, eRoyal Philips, and Vyaire Medical) get the supplies they need to make ventilators.

April 2: President Trump approved major disaster declarations related to the #coronavirus outbreak for:

  • Virginia
     
  • Tennessee
     
  • The U.S. Virgin Islands

April 2: President Trump discussed the production of ventilators with GM CEO Mary Barra.

April 2: President Trump announced that The Javits Center temporary hospital will be converted into a coronavirus hospital.

April 2: President Trump announced that the Department of Defense will be establishing 48 more ICU beds in New York.

April 2: President Trump announced that the Federal Government will be establishing a coronavirus hospital in Louisiana and Texas.

April 2: President Trump took an additional coronavirus test and tested negative.

April 2: President Trump ordered the Federal Government to cover the costs of all National Guard operations in states with recently approved disaster declarations.

April 2: President Trump sent Senator Chuck Schumer a letter debunking false claims made against the Trump Administration’s coronavirus response.

April 2: Secretary Mnuchin and Small Business Administrator Jovita Carranza announced that the Paycheck Protection Program, created by the CARES Act to provide $350 billion in loans to small businesses, will be launched tomorrow.

April 2: Secretary Mnuchin announced that the first relief payments will be dispersed within two weeks.

April 2: Vice President Pence announced that 1.3 million coronavirus tests have been completed.

April 2: Vice President Pence announced that all Blue Cross Blue Shield Members will be waiving out of pocket costs for coronavirus treatment.

April 2: Rear Adm. Polowczyk announced FEMA’s Supply Chain Stabilization Task Force has delivered:

  • 27.1 million surgical masks
     
  • 19.5 N95 million respirator masks
     
  • 22.4 million surgical gloves
     
  • 5.2 million face shields
     
  • Over 7,600 ventilators

April 2: First Lady Melania Trump had a phone call with Mrs. Sophie Grégoire Trudeau of Canada, who is recovering from the coronavirus.

April 2: The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced $25 billion in federal funding to support public transportation systems in response to the coronavirus.

April 2: The Department of Justice and HHS distributed 192,000 N95 respirator masks confiscated from price gougers to health care workers in New York and New Jersey.

April 2: The FDA approved the first coronavirus antibody test, developed by Cellex.

April 2: The FDA issued new guidance to increase the supply of blood donations, reducing the deferral period for gay men from 12 months to 3 months.

April 2: The Department of Education donated 5,760 N95 respirator masks discovered in storage to aid the fight against the coronavirus.

April 2: Secretary Pompeo announced that the State Department has now brought home 30,000 Americans stranded overseas as a result of coronavirus-related travel restrictions.

April 2: April 2: HHS announced it was relaxing enforcement of HIPAA violations to encourage health care providers to share coronavirus data and information with federal and state health care officials.

April 2: The Trump Administration issued recommendations to nursing homes to help mitigate the spread of coronavirus.

April 2: HUD announced it was immediately making $3 billion of CARES Act funding available to help America’s low-income families and most vulnerable citizens across the nation.

April 2: The Energy Department announced it would immediately make 30 million barrels of the strategic petroleum reserve’s (SPR’s) oil storage capacity available to struggling U.S. oil producers.

April 3: President Trump announced new voluntary CDC guidelines that all Americans wear non-medical, fabric or cloth face masks to prevent asymptomatic spread of coronavirus.

April 3: The President met with energy execs from Phillips 66, Devon Energy, Continental Resources, Hilcorp Energy, Occidental Petroleum, The American Petroleum Institute, The Energy Transfer Partners, Chevron, & Exxon Mobil to discuss coronavirus’ impact on the energy industry.

April 3: President Trump spoke with French President Emmanuel Macron to discuss convening the five permanent members of the UN Security Council in an effort to defeat the coronavirus and discuss its impact on the world.

April 3: President Trump approved major disaster declarations related to the coronavirus outbreak for:

  • New Hampshire
     
  • West Virginia
     
  • Indiana
     
  • Arkansas
     
  • Oregon

April 3: President Trump signed a Presidential Memorandum blocking the export of N95 and other respirator masks, surgical masks, PPE gloves, and surgical gloves to ensure they are available in the U.S. – designating them as “scarce” under the Defense Production Act.

April 3: President Trump announced that Anthem will waive co-pays for coronavirus treatment for 60 days.

April 3: President Trump announced that uninsured Americans will have their coronavirus treatment covered, using funding from the CARES Act.

April 3: Trump Administration officials spoke to the directors of the two largest health care providers in Louisiana, Ochsner and LCMC Health, to discuss their need for medical supplies.

April 3: President Trump directed FEMA to send Ochsner Surgical Gowns.

April 3: President Trump announced that 9,000 retired Army medical personnel have volunteered and are assisting the federal response to the coronavirus.

April 3: President Trump announced that the DOJ and HHS have together secured:

  • 200,000 N95 masks
     
  • 130,000 surgical masks
     
  • 600,000 gloves

from hoarders and have distributed the supplies to health care workers.

April 3: Vice President Pence announced that 1.4 million coronavirus tests have been completed to date.

April 3: Vice President Pence announced that 18,000 machines are already available across the country to administer Abbott 15 Minute Coronavirus Tests, with another 1,200 soon to be distributed to states.

April 3: Vice President Pence announced that a Project Airbridge flight landed in Columbus, Ohio with medical supplies.

April 3: Secretary Azar announced a public-private partnership with Oracle to collect crowd-sourced data on coronavirus therapeutic treatments.

April 3: The SBA launched the Paycheck Protection Program for small businesses impacted by the coronavirus pandemic, issuing more than 17,500 loans valued at $5.4 billion.

April 3: The Army Corps of Engineers is working with states to assess 750 requests for temporary hospital facilities, having completed 673 already.

April 3: The FDA announced it would coordinate the national effort to develop blood-related therapies for COVID-19.

April 3: The Defense Department’s Joint Acquisition Task Force launched a new portal giving the private sector the ability to submit information and solutions to the DoD.

April 3: The State Department announced that they have awarded contracts for 8 new medical facilities, totaling 9,693 new beds.

April 3: The Department of Labor issued guidance to help employers reduce their use of N95 respirators, freeing up supply for the coronavirus response.

April 3: HUD announced it is making $200 million in Indian housing block grants for Indian Tribes under the CARES Act.

April 3: EPA Administrator Wheeler held a call with retailers and marketplace platforms to discuss ways to protect consumers from fake disinfectants.

April 3: First Lady Melania Trump held a phone call with Mrs. Brigitte Macron of France to discuss the coronavirus response.

April 4: President Trump announced that 1,000 members of the Defense Department’s Medical Corps will be deployed to New York to assist in the fight against coronavirus.

April 4: President Trump spoke to commissioners of major league sports organizations including the MLB, NFL, & NBA, recognizing what the leagues, teams, and players are doing in their communities to combat coronavirus.

April 4: President Trump tweeted encouragement to American children unable to start their Little League baseball season on time due to coronavirus.

April 4: President Trump approved major disaster declarations related to the coronavirus outbreak for:

  • Nebraska
     
  • Wisconsin
     
  • Maine
     
  • Nevada

April 4: President Trump announced that he was considering a second coronavirus task force focused on the economy.

April 4: President Trump urged PM Modi of India to allow Hydroxychloroquine to be shipped to the United States.

April 4: President Trump announced that the U.S. government has repatriated over 40,000 Americans from 75 countries.

April 4: Vice President Pence spoke to Governors of New York, New Jersey, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, and Maryland.

April 4: FEMA obligated $44 million to Iowa under the state’s major disaster declaration to combat the coronavirus.

April 5: President Trump approved major disaster declarations related to the coronavirus outbreak for:

  • South Dakota
     
  • New Mexico
     
  • Oklahoma
     
  • Mississippi

April 5: April 5: President Trump announced that by Tuesday, 3,000 military and medical personnel will have deployed to New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut to assist in the coronavirus response effort.

April 5: President Trump announced that the Trump Administration will be sending New York 600,000 N95 masks tomorrow, including 200,000 to Suffolk County alone.

April 5: President Trump announced that the Administration will soon send:

  • 300 ventilators to Michigan
     
  • 200 ventilators to Louisiana
     
  • 600 ventilators to Illinois
     
  • 100 ventilators to Massachusetts
     
  • 500 ventilators to New Jersey

April 5: President Trump announced the establishment of a federal coronavirus medical station in Washington D.C.

April 5: President Trump announced that Washington has returned 400 ventilators to the strategic national stockpile.

April 5: President Trump announced that 1.67 million coronavirus tests have been completed.

April 5: President Trump announced that the government has stockpiled 29 million doses of Hydroxychloroquine

April 5: Dr. Birx announced that testing in the New York metro area, New Jersey, Louisiana, and Washington has exceeded the testing rate of Spain and Italy

April 5: Adm. Polowczyk announced that three Project Airbridge flights of medical supplies landed across the US today carrying:

  • 1 million gowns
     
  • 2.8 million surgical masks
     
  • 11.8 million gloves

April 5: Adm. Polowczyk spoke to top health officials from states severely impacted by the coronavirus to discuss the supply chain.

April 5: Secretary Wilkie announced that the VA is making 1,500 beds available at VA hospitals to help states and localities across the country.

April 5: Vice President Pence spoke to governors from states severely impacted by the coronavirus, including Michigan, Louisiana, and Illinois.

April 5: FEMA and The Army Corps of Engineers completed renovations at the McCormick Place Pavilion in Chicago, providing an additional 500 hospital beds for the city

April 6: President Trump announced an agreement with 3M to produce and import 55.5 million N95 masks each month for the next three months.

April 6: President Trump held a call with CEOs from pharmaceutical and bio-tech companies to discuss potential coronavirus therapeutics.

April 6: President Trump had a “very friendly” phone call with former Vice President Joe Biden to discuss the coronavirus.

April 6: President Trump announced that 1.79 million coronavirus tests have been completed.

April 6: President Trump approved Governor Murphy’s request to allow New Jersey patients aboard the USNS Comfort.

April 6: President Trump approved Governor Cuomo’s request to allow the treatment of coronavirus patients on the USNS Comfort.

April 6: President Trump announced that CVS will open two new drive-thru coronavirus testing sites in Georgia and Rhode Island. Both will use Abbott’s rapid coronavirus test.

April 6: President Trump announced that the FDA authorized Inovio’s potential coronavirus vaccine for a clinical trial, wile 10 potential coronavirus therapeutic agents are in “active trials” with another 15 potential therapeutics in plans for clinical trials.

April 6: President Trump praised the work of the private sector, including Apple and Salesforce, who have agreed to donate personal protective equipment to help defeat the coronavirus.

April 6: President Trump announced that The Army Corps of Engineers is building 22 field hospitals and alternative care sites in 18 states.

April 6: President Trump announced that 8,450 hospital beds and 8,000 ventilators have been deployed across the country from federal stockpiles.

April 6: Vice President Pence announced that to date $4.1 billion has been allocated to states under federal disaster declarations.

April 6: Vice President Pence announced that 21,000 National Guard Servicemen have been activated across the country to assist in the fight against coronavirus.

April 6: VP Pence announced that thanks to California’s donation of 500 ventilators, the federal government will send:

  • 200 ventilators to MD
     
  • 100 ventilators to DE
     
  • 100 ventilators to NV
     
  • 50 ventilators to DC
     
  • 50 ventilators to Guam & the Northern Mariana Islands

Apil 6: The CDC began publishing a new, data-centered coronavirus surveillance report on coronavirus.gov.

April 6: HHS announced an additional $186 million in CDC funding for state and local jurisdictions combatting the coronavirus.

April 6: HHS announced it will be purchasing 15 minute coronavirus tests from Abbott for state, territorial, and tribal labs and for the Strategic National Stockpile.

April 6: The Department of Education announced a streamlined process making it easier for states to use federal education funding for distance learning during the coronavirus outbreak.

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1 hour ago, anatess2 said:

 

That's because you have a love-affair with CNN.

All of these happened in the Trump Administration.  Of course, CNN will say - "this timeline just proves Trump did nothing!".

 

Actually, I don't normally watch or read CNN currently.  I think I've actually said that recently.  My information hasn't come from CNN.  The most CNN I normally read has been the articles @Vort posts (seemingly on a regular basis).

Just at the top of your list, I'm curious why you think the US or Trump caused China to report the Coronavirus to WHO...much less some of the rest of it.

And no, your listing of stuff I've heard from others is not really convincing me. 

If Trump had SERIOUSLY taken it into effect, we'd be more like Japan which has admittedly 1/3 the population of the US. (126 million).  They've had around 4000 cases.  Multiplied by 3 that means around 12K in relation to the US.  Japan is also a LOT More urban for the most part (more like NY than Utah) and have had 92 deaths (x3 would be 186 cases), took in the Diamond Princess initially and had the Coronavirus that caused this on their shores pretty quickly.

However, that raises ANOTHER thing I've been wondering about.

There are various articles on COVID-19 currently.  One article in particular was interesting in that it said that the virus can live on plastic and steel for a long time (many days), cardboard up to 24 hours and paper several hours.  HOWEVER, as the virus has an outer wall that protects it and thus insulates it (which enables it to exist for such long periods outside the human body) if that outer wall is destroyed the virus dies rather quickly.  As such, it still takes hand soap 15 minutes to kill it if you let it sit on it, purifiers (like Lysol and such) several minutes, and so on. 

What is interesting is that it had a different take on the environments.  In their experiments it showed that high heat actually can cause the virus to deteriorate more quickly.  In addition, it was NOT wet environments, but DRY heat that killed it even quicker.  The reason for this was that dryness caused something with the outer shell so that it dries out and can't exist for as long.  If one raised the temperature to 99 degrees F or 37 degrees C, the virus on that same plastic and steel only lasted a day or less.

This thing on dry environments actually counters a lot of what I've heard the media saying about wet or humid environments being hostile to the virus.

They did say that cold helped the virus live longer overall.

However, I wonder how much of that applies.  It appears that the colder the environment, the harder time the virus has had when we look at the world.  However, many of those areas which were still a little cold ALSO seem to be more dry than many other areas(at least the more populated ones that have been cold recently) that are similar latitude, but more humid and have worse cases.  The areas which would be humid and at the perfect temperatures over the past month would have been some of the spots I have attributed to them not taking proper measures, but it may be more than that (this is my OWN thoughts, none of the news have actually come out with this yet, if they even will).  Florida, Texas (specifically East Texas, West Texas is dry), and Louisiana would be the PERFECT incubators in March.  They are the right temperature (not too hot, not too cold), humid (which means the virus won't dry out as much).  It could be that the humidity has caused it to be worse.

It also could mean bad days for Japan in the future if it is the dry and cold or dry and hot that help hold the spread, as it is warming up quickly and can be VERY humid in Japan as well.

It may also mean it could get worse for Arizona, Utah, and Idaho (predominately areas composed of members of the Church) for a little bit as the rainy season pipes up and it starts hitting the perfect temperatures there, unless people remain isolated and such.  On the otherhand, if this holds true, once summer rolls around into July and August you could see the virus literally dying out in that area (no telling what the fall holds though).

Just some thoughts regarding the items I read on this.  (and sorry, I don't think the stuff is out there for the public, though there may be a source that has the same information somewhere...not sure).

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14 hours ago, JohnsonJones said:

Actually, I don't normally watch or read CNN currently.  I think I've actually said that recently.  My information hasn't come from CNN.  The most CNN I normally read has been the articles @Vort posts (seemingly on a regular basis).

It was not meant to be literal.

 

14 hours ago, JohnsonJones said:

Just at the top of your list, I'm curious why you think the US or Trump caused China to report the Coronavirus to WHO...much less some of the rest of it.

It's a TIMELINE, not a resume.  You were supposed to see how the US acted within the corona virus events timeline - On Dec 31, China reported the virus to WHO so in Jan 3, the CDC (Trump Administration) offered to do research on the virus.  What was Congress doing?  IMPEACHING TRUMP.

Maybe your brain processes memes better:

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On 4/6/2020 at 5:32 PM, NeuroTypical said:

Ok.  Two charts side by side.  The second day of General Conference, and today:

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I added a "General Conference" line.  County went up at the same rate.  State went up by less than it has, continuing what is hopefully the start of a positive trend.   See you on Friday, the day of the worldwide fast!

Well, it looks like we'll never get any real data, even from the US:

https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2020-04-08/doctors-death-highlights-limits-of-coronavirus-death-count

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avAxz70JlAE

So, any graph or numbers won't tell us anything useful.  So, everyone go on and continue believing whatever you're going to believe, because we'll never actually get any facts. (as if anyone was going to change their minds anyway).

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Any sort of statistical analysis relies on good data.  Garbage in, garbage out.  So yes, the only deaths feeding my chart, are those recorded by the Colorado dept of Public Health & Environment as COVID related.  That means it's likely to be low, and not likely to be high.

Still, even with incomplete data, we will be able to see trends, as long as the data isn't total garbage.  And spotting trends will be useful, because it'll tell us when it's safe to relax our guard in stages.  

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2 minutes ago, NeuroTypical said:

Still, even with incomplete data, we will be able to see trends, as long as the data isn't total garbage.  And spotting trends will be useful, because it'll tell us when it's safe to relax our guard in stages.  

This is my question.  I admit I haven't watched EVERY press briefing.  But the ones I've watched do not set a clear exit strategy.  Anybody know what it is?

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31 minutes ago, anatess2 said:

This is my question.  I admit I haven't watched EVERY press briefing.  But the ones I've watched do not set a clear exit strategy.  Anybody know what it is?

I don't.  The only exit strategy I can see right now is one going into recession (probably hitting that already) and possibly going into a deep depression.  Not a good exit strategy.

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My family's exit strategy:
- Remain 98% bunkered with hightened protective measures as long as the death numbers continue to rise in my county.
- Once numbers start declining, slowly ease off on the bunkering, but keep hightened measures until new cases stop showing up in my county.
- Work largely from home for the long tail of this thing.  
- Expect everyone to relax too early, leading to numbers rising again.

"Back to normal" = 2 weeks with no new cases reported in my county.  I'm hoping for August, expecting maybe November. 

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1 hour ago, NeuroTypical said:

My family's exit strategy:
- Remain 98% bunkered with hightened protective measures as long as the death numbers continue to rise in my county.
- Once numbers start declining, slowly ease off on the bunkering, but keep hightened measures until new cases stop showing up in my county.
- Work largely from home for the long tail of this thing.  
- Expect everyone to relax too early, leading to numbers rising again.

"Back to normal" = 2 weeks with no new cases reported in my county.  I'm hoping for August, expecting maybe November. 

So, what's the model projection on covid deaths versus hunger/depression/suicide/etc deaths on a prolonged economic shutdown?

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On 4/6/2020 at 8:25 AM, JohnsonJones said:

We can attribute some to Human's doing all they can, but a drop off with how it has been increasing exponentially, I'd attribute that to the Lord.

JJ,

I'm going to apologize to you for diminishing your comments.

We will be receiving relief.  And it will be the Lord's doing, and His alone.

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