Trump on Covid 19

[Notch7]

Is it true Trump hasnt banned countries where he owns resorts ir hotels.
No idea if its true or not.

I fear that America could be badly hit.

 

[JohnD]

Trading on Wall Street was temporarily suspended as a result of sharp falls after Trumps speech.




"The sharp moves lower for global stocks followed US president Donald Trump’s announcement of a travel ban in a televised address late on Wednesday after the World Health Organization said the crisis was now a “pandemic”.

“This was the most expensive speech in history,” said Luca Paolini, chief strategist at Pictet Asset Management, pointing to the slide in the value of US stock futures as President Trump spoke. “Investors are voting with their feet, and I can’t blame them. Markets wanted reassuring, and this was not reassuring.”

https://www.ft.com/content/454b7bb2...egmentId=3d08be62-315f-7330-5bbd-af33dc531acb


In other news:

"Did Trump Administration Fire the US Pandemic Response Team?"

spoiler alert: Yes.

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-fire-pandemic-team/

 

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[charliegolf]

"Spelling is disturbing in this one!"

 

[Brigadier]

I find it very amusing that the amurcans have narrowed their pool of potential next presidents to A-grade Coronavirus fodder

 

[fillyboy]

Is it true Trump hasnt banned countries where he owns resorts ir hotels.
No idea if its true or not.

No, I believe Trump has banned travel from countries where John D's pension fund holds shares.

 

[JohnD]

I believe

silly filly.

 

[fillyboy]

silly filly.

If I were you John, I'd get that pension pot as far away as possible from anything remotely linked to the Euro, Andrex would be my tip.

 

[Mottie]

Yep. Buy, buy, buy. Then wipe, wipe, wipe.

 

[fillyboy]

Interesting, the Chinese are claiming the virus started in America.

 

[noseall]

Interesting, the Chinese are claiming the virus started in America.

Oddly, Trump claims it started in China.

 

[motorbiking]

Its sensible for America to temporarily ban travel from mainland Europe (France, Spain, Germany) - they have been hit hard, relative to the US, particularly when you look at cases per capita. The UK with its physical boarders is well below where it should be in the rankings. We should be showing low thousands by now, given our population density and climate.

 

[sbgasman]

 

[IT Minion]

Its sensible for America to temporarily ban travel from mainland Europe (France, Spain, Germany) - they have been hit hard, relative to the US, particularly when you look at cases per capita. The UK with its physical boarders is well below where it should be in the rankings. We should be showing low thousands by now, given our population density and climate.

It helps that we can only test 2-4,000 cases a day and that we're no longer testing people who haven't been admitted to hospital.

Let's not break out the bubbly yet.

 

[Notch7]

Its sensible for America to temporarily ban travel from mainland Europe (France, Spain, Germany) - they have been hit hard, relative to the US, particularly when you look at cases per capita. The UK with its physical boarders is well below where it should be in the rankings. We should be showing low thousands by now, given our population density and climate.

We havent done much testing

The chief medical advisor says there could be 5000 to 10,000 cases