Meadows doubles down on White House pandemic response: 'We're not going to control it'

[sabra]

Source: The Hill

White House chief of staff Mark Meadows on Monday rejected the notion that the Trump administration has given up on fighting the spread of the coronavirus, but then doubled down on his controversial remarks that the U.S. will not control the virus.

"We're going to defeat the virus; we're not going to control it," Meadows told reporters outside the White House. "We will try to contain it as best we can, but ... we need to make sure that we have therapeutics and vaccines."

Meadows was seeking to defend comments he made Sunday, when he told CNN "we’re not going to control the pandemic,” an extraordinary admission that the administration has essentially given up on fighting the spread of the coronavirus.

He also told CNN's Jake Tapper that, "We are gonna control the fact that we get vaccines, therapeutics and other mitigations."

Read more: https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/522763-meadows-doubles-down-on-white-house-pandemic-response-were-not-going-to`

[Sherman A1]

1. Why would they start now?

They have never wanted to do so, it's a little late to get going, even if they wanted to do so, which they don't.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

2. Like no other civilized country has controlled it? Look at curves for S.Africa, NZ

Check out New York and California! They controlled it.

Republicons are too blinded by ideology and greed to see what works.

[OneCrazyDiamond]

3. I don't know about NY

But in California cases are on the rise again.

https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/10/26/coronavirus-californias-largest-counties-report-uptick-in-cases/

Check the little spike at the end of the records
https://covid19.ca.gov/state-dashboard/

We were in 2-4k a day, and are back to 5-6k. Hopefully it won't last, but thankfully the deaths haven't happened like before (yet).

[TheRealNorth]

5. when you got half the population disregarding prevention measures....

You can't do much unless you start fining or jailing people.

Its like complaining that seat belt laws don't prevent people people from flying through windshields. ..... people still have to comply with those laws and buckle up.

[OneCrazyDiamond]

8. I hear that.

Sometimes I think we should jail them, but the jails are hotbeds for covid too. I wish they would get their acts together.

[PSPS]

4. Then get out of the way and we'll do it.

Putin is having a field day riling up the masses with disinformation and divisive messages on social media here and around the world. Trump's constant amplification of it is the biggest problem.

[VA_Jill]

6. Nope

"we're just gonna let y'all die!"

[sakabatou]

7. They've waved the white flag

[CountAllVotes]

9. Disgusting

These are murderers, all of them.

Life in prison!!!

Noting less!

DUMP tRUMP !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[flibbitygiblets]

10. Republicans are nothing but CHEETO-EATING COVID SURRENDER MONKEYS

Man, that reference takes me back to the early DU days when our biggest problem was Dumya angling to get into a couple of unprovoked wars.

[calclar]

11. THE ATLAS SOLUTION REVEALED.....

AND YOU NOW KNOW WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.

"HERD", "POPULATION", ETC (WHATEVER) IMMUNUNITY IN ACTION IN DISGUISE.

IT'S BEEN THE UNDERLYING PHILOSOPHY FROM THE BEGINNING.

[progree]

12. Just as the 7 day moving average of new U.S. cases has also reached an all-time-high

69,814 cases, exceeding the previous mid-July peak. So it's not just an outlier one day or two day spike kinda thing.

It's also important because every graph I've seen of U.S. new cases has a bold line (usually red) showing the 7 day moving average. Well that line, at last, for the first time, is higher than the last peak which was in July.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/coronavirus-us-cases.html

Mainstream media picking up the story:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/us-coronavirus-cases-hit-highest-7-day-average-since-the-pandemic-began/ar-BB1aojF8?ocid=NL_ENUS_D1_20201026_8_2

[keithbvadu2]

13. Why did Trump let it get out of control?

Earlier this year... TRUMP: No. Not at all. And we have it totally under control.

Why did Trump let it get out of control?

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100213095312

52 days ago, CNBC:
JOE KERNEN: Have you been briefed by the CDC? Are there worries about a pandemic at this point?

PRESIDENT TRUMP: No. Not at all. And we have it totally under control. It's 1 person coming from China, and we have it under control. It's-going to be just fine...

[LudwigPastorius]

14. "We're going to defeat the virus"

You aren't doing jack shit, Mark...just like you've been doing.

You should standing in line at FedEx Office getting copies of your resume made, because you're fucking out of a job, son.