So Here’s Why People Are Panicking A Little
Okay, first off, Trump ordered federal health officials to go dark and to hold all their meetings as classified. Reuters says this is “an unusual step that has restricted information and hampered the U.S. government’s response to the contagion, according to four Trump administration officials”
Hell, he already stopped press conferences so only he can speak to the public. Now he’s cutting us off from the experts who can tell us what they know using information they didn’t genetically inherit from their uncle.
And then to show why we need that information, it was discovered today that Congressvarmint Matt Gaetz and Mark Meadows, the latest in a long line of not-the-best-people Chief of Staff, got tested for the Coronavirus when other people were told the test weren’t available.
The two lawmakers also said they were exhibiting no symptoms of respiratory illness, raising questions of why they were tested at all.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that health-care providers prioritize tests for hospitalized patients who are exhibiting coronavirus symptoms, elderly and medically fragile individuals, along with others who have shown signs of illness after contact with a known or suspected coronavirus patient.
Yeah, and Gaetz was the one making fun of the virus by wearing a gas mask to congress. Rumor has it that he took the test from his 75 year old grandmother with a hacking cough and a fever. ‘Cuz he’s just that kind of guy.
McCaul is fine if you don’t get him off script. He is always fully scripted, and combed. Well, except for this morning when he was