More than 190,000 Americans have died of the coronavirus. The United States leads the world in infections, and the virus is still claiming lives. Soon, it will exceed 200,000.
Today is the premiere of, American Pathogen, a 30-minute documentary puts on record Trump’s historic mishandling of the Coronavirus pandemic. The message is clear: this tragedy was avoidable.
Watch it here (and share!) – AmericanPathogen.com.
Send it to your friends and spread the message: Vote 2020!
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An even better 1 and a half hour documentary about Trump.
https://unfitfilm.com/
How many tell-all books, how many films/videos, how many Michael Cohens, how many exposes, how many Lincoln Projects does it take to convince the undecided that Trump is unfit to run a hot dog stand?!! The Trump zombies are a lost cause and would vote for Trump no matter what he does.
He may be unfit to run a hot dog stand, but he is fit to devour a hot dog stand (and I suspect he has eaten a couple (or three).)
Pleease, SDP, I am bursting like an overcooked hot dog from laughing!! Doesn’t jibe w/my pandemic diet…
Here’s something else that’s being mishandled. The skies in California are orange, people in Denver have been ordered to stay inside because of wildfire smoke, states can’t fight the wildfires because their prison firefighters have COVID and PEOPLE THINK THE GREEN NEW DEAL IS SOME KIND OF RADICAL LEFTIST NONSENSE. Seriously, folks, we have less than 10 years before it’s game over and neither Trump nor Biden have any serious plans to address global warming (except, maybe, nuclear winter). When there’s a bomb that’s going to go off in 10 minutes and cause massive destruction, the guy who says he’s going to defuse it in an hour isn’t any better than the guy who doesn’t plan to defuse it at all.
If you want to increase Biden’s chances of winning, push him on the Green New Deal. We can’t wait until after the election and hope he can be “pushed left”.
Our daughter just sent us a picture from her window–she lives in San Francisco–yes, the sky is orange. Yesterday, it was 90 degrees in Colorado…& then…it snowed!!
Yep, he’d better get the G.N.D. to be a DONE deal because, if not, we’re done!
LA experienced its highest temperature ever recorded: 121 degrees.
That’s Death Valley range.
Some day in the not too distant future, the entire US West will effectively be like Death Valley. Hot, dry and barren.
Its going to happen. The only question is when.
Death Valley recorded the third highest temperature EVER on August 16 of this year, by the way
130 degrees F
“We can’t wait until after the election and hope he can be “pushed left”.
Biden is already far to the left of Trump on Climate Change. The people who said that Trump was no worse than the Democrats in 2016 obviously did not care about the climate and did not care about preventing the lifetime appointments of right wing Supreme Court justices and right wing federal judges who would protect the interests of businesses over the environment. (People who actually did care about those issues — like Bernie Sanders — supported the democrat).
If you care about climate change, then clearly you would do everything in your power to make sure Trump and the Republicans are defeated and a democrat wins. If things like climate change and racism and the Supreme Court mean as little to you in 2020 as they did in 2016, then you will vote for anyone but the democrats. Trump supporters and those on the left who think Climate Change and the Supreme Court have as little importance to them as fighting racism will join together to demonize the democrats and work hard to defeat them.
I put it up at OEN and told everyone to share it! Thanks for this post.
Haven’t watched it yet but as in the notes above – I hope this gets spread far and wide.
And, I hope talking points are extracted to share everywhere.
A teacher from a rural district sadly just died from covid – contracted before school opened.
Connect the dots… all the way back to the president’s incompetence and self-interest. Testing that was promised (by a local suburban red congressman) in March and April never appeared. Outstate cities were pressured to reopen churches and everything too soon. And, districts like this one were pressured to open in person.
All because of the president’s actions and inactions – AND because of the two red senators and representatives who said and did nothing.
Every school billboard and sign should read:
In person would be open if the President had not ignored this for months and your senators had not ignored the presidents lies and misinformation campaigns
The geniuses of ed reform have not considered that if they pull funding from public schools and distribute it to families public schools will never reopen:
“As many parents decide to keep their children at home and many public schools choose not to reopen, demand for educational choice will almost certainly increase.
In this environment, parents need more viable ways to educate their children.
Policymakers could help parents by reforming the laws and regulations around eight school choice ideas, including hybrid homeschooling, open enrollment, and education savings accounts for homeschoolers.”
These are the people who run our public education debate. They don’t think past next Wednesday. The recklessness and lack of understanding about how systems work is just stunning.
Incredibly cavalier about systems that tens of millions of children rely on. It’s all just a big experiment. If it goes bad, well, who cares? None of them use public schools.
https://www.aei.org/research-products/report/eight-school-choice-reforms-for-the-coronavirus-era/
Chiara,
Thank you.
Off topic, but still relevant.
I read this today and it made me want to puke.
Good grief … this is kindergarten for crying out loud. The DEFORMERS are out of control. Trump is out of control.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/elgin-courier-news/ct-ecn-elgin-area-kindergarten-readiness-scores-st-0909-20200908-hcewde7qxjbipphx3anmqv6wd4-story.html
REALLY??? With everything that’s going on, U-46 is SO concerned about “readiness,” “assessment?”
A 3rd Grade teacher just died of covid in N.C.
An entire family I know exposed to a covid + 6-year old became sickened & tested positive (both children–aged 6–had sore throats, fever). The grandparents are in their late 70s or 80s.
I must confess that I have not had time today to watch the film, will do so this evening. A recent German study of MRIs on heart activity noted a significant amount of heart issues (myocarditis) in COVID patients, even those with mild symptoms. As we have been warned since Day 1 of knowledge about COVID, in underscores the perils of uncertainty surround the disease and its effects. As a story released today states:
“There are no long-term data to indicate whether this inflammation is clinically relevant for an individual, whether it will lead to heart failure, arrhythmias, or other chronic complications, Nagel said.
“Nor is it clear how long it might take to disappear in those who suffer no long-term consequences. That process took around 2 years for the lingering pulmonary function issues seen with the prior SARS coronavirus outbreak.
“But Nagel’s study suggested that for some subset of patients there really will be clinical consequences for the heart long-term…
“‘Even so, while that “will change their outcome statistically, again that doesn’t mean on an individual level,’ Nagel said. ‘The person who has that doesn’t need to worry that they are now going to die sooner. But on a population level, if you have a million people with COVID and 22% of them develop more scar…there is a relevant risk that we’ll have a larger incidence of heart failure and chain of outcome in 10 years’ time.'”
Another example of William Burroughs’s observation that “Death needs time for what it kills to grow in.” One more disturbing suggestion implied in the study–little-to-no studies have been done on infected people who are asymptomatic. Are myocarditis or other maladies lurking within their bodies?
https://www.medpagetoday.com/resource-centers/focus-chronic-lymphocytic-leukemia/cll-recent-trends-survival-and-prevalence/2809
Sorry, link above is wrong, here’s the right one:
https://www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdisease/covid19/88487
Which pathogen does the title refer to, SARS-CoV-2 or the Moronavirus trumpinskii orangii?
Yikes. That would be the Moronavirus trumpinski orangii
👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽
Speaking of pathogens, get a load of this:
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-releases-list-potential-supreme-court-nominees_n_5f58f2e5c5b6b48507fa9f64
I saw this. If I had sat and thought to myself, who would be the most ridiculous person for Trump to nominate to the Supreme Court, these folks would have immediately sprung to mind. There are a couple jackals in the Plumpton Park Zoo in Maryland whom Trump might also consider. They would have the same ethical code that Trump does.
I had to stop watching the video at 21 minutes. Because I have lived with PTSD since Vietnam in 1966, I work hard to control my anger and seldom get angry. Every morning for years now, I meditate to start the day feeling peaceful and calm.
But, watching this documentary, I could feel the pressure growing in my chest like an H-bomb about to explode.
To say that I HATE and DESPISE Trump no way comes close to what I think about him now.
To say that I HATE and DESPISE anyone that supports and votes for Trump in no way comes close to what I think about them.
When it comes to Trump and his supporters, I do not agree to disagree. If Trump steals the election in November, the only recourse left will be a Civil War that will make the 1st one back in the 19th century look peaceful in comparison.
Trumpism is terminal cancer and the only way to survive that Truimpish terminal cancer is to cut it out, all of it.
Bob Woodward’s book and audio tapes of his interviews with Trump, 18 hours, have just been released. They show Trump has lied about the Pandemic since February and full understood how dangerous it was. He is on tape saying “he did not want to panic people.” Better to lie in other words, and let people die.
By no small coincidence today, some rightwing fan of Trump nominated him for the Nobel Peace Prize.
So heads up for the latest round of distractions from Trump, the Killer in Chief and the truth denier in Chief, aided by Fox news and Trump’s fans.
Next up: Trump is about to announce of his nominees for the Supreme Court. He and his ultra right wing supporters are hoping that RBG will not survive through a January 2021 inauguration.
The depths of depravity in Trump’s swamp have not yet been reached. Trump’s fixer, Michael Cohen, has said that if Trump does not win the election, and more criminal activity is disclosed, Trump could still try to stay in office, and if necessary pardon himself and resign. That would leave us with Pious Pence and Bill Barr in charge of the country.
Pure evil, wishing death on RBG, not to mention all Americans whose lives were cut short.
New name for it45: the grim reaper (or the dim reaper).
All in lower case, for it is lower class.
Or no class.
Remember the bad ole days when his hate was primarily directed at Brown people coming across the southern border? Seems so long ago.
The 20th Amendment says that the new Congress will convene on January 3.
Trump can’t put through a new appointment to the Supreme Court if Democrats win the Senate.
The 20th Amendment also says that the President’s term of office ends on January 20.
Section 1. The terms of the President and Vice President shall end at noon on the 20th day of January, and the terms of Senators and Representatives at noon on the 3d day of January, of the years in which such terms would have ended if this article had not been ratified; and the terms of their successors shall then begin.
Section 2. The Congress shall assemble at least once in every year, and such meeting shall begin at noon on the 3d day of January, unless they shall by law appoint a different day.
Section 3. If, at the time fixed for the beginning of the term of the President, the President elect shall have died, the Vice President elect shall become President. If a President shall not have been chosen before the time fixed for the beginning of his term, or if the President elect shall have failed to qualify, then the Vice President elect shall act as President until a President shall have qualified; and the Congress may by law provide for the case wherein neither a President elect nor a Vice President elect shall have qualified, declaring who shall then act as President, or the manner in which one who is to act shall be selected, and such person shall act accordingly until a President or Vice President shall have qualified.
Section 4. The Congress may by law provide for the case of the death of any of the persons from whom the House of Representatives may choose a President whenever the right of choice shall have devolved upon them, and for the case of the death of any of the persons from whom the Senate may choose a Vice President whenever the right of choice shall have devolved upon them.
Section 5. Sections 1 and 2 shall take effect on the 15th day of October following the ratification of this article.
Section 6. This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States within seven years from the date of its submission.
The US Constitution is so yesterday.
But it’s still very touching that people still quote it.
From POLITICO: “I continue to have an issue with kids getting tested and repeatedly and even university students in a widespread manner…and I disagree with Dr. Fauci on this. Vehemently,” Paul Alexander wrote in one Aug. 27 email, responding to a press-office summary of what Fauci intended to tell a Bloomberg reporter.
And on Tuesday, Alexander told Fauci’s press team that the scientist should not promote mask-wearing by children during an MSNBC interview.
“Can you ensure Dr. Fauci indicates masks are for the teachers in schools. Not for children,” Paul Alexander wrote. “There is no data, none, zero, across the entire world, that shows children especially young children, spread this virus to other children, or to adults or to their teachers. None. And if it did occur, the risk is essentially zero,” he continued — adding without evidence that children take influenza home, but not the coronavirus.
I shared it on social media. This film is even more damaging now that the Woodward tapes have come out. They show that Trump knew better, but deliberately under sold the danger of the virus to the people.
He claims he wanted to protect people and prevent panic. He lied for our good. And people wouldn’t wear masks or social distance because he said it was a Democratic hoax. And almost 200,000 are dead.
Like the not-so-long-days-ago, when doctors didn’t tell patients (or family members) that they had terminal cancer. It was an obsolete, damning practice then and still is.
Wondering if this will have effect on the climate as Krakatoa did.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/california-smoke-orange-skies_n_5f590c26c5b62874bc1765ce
Meant this comment for Retiredbutmissthekids above.
Volcanoes like krakatoa send soot and sulfur dioxide up into the stratosphere where it stays for some time (a year or sometimes longer) and blots out some of the sunlight..
Wildfires only inject smoke and soot into the troposphere where it is fairly quickly rained out.
Krakatoa was also a particularly violent and massive eruption . Most volcanic eruptions that send aerosols into the stratosphere only have a short term (a year) on the global temperature. Pinatubo was one such eruption.
Trump has always run his companies this way. “No bad news”. That isn’t a business plan — it is a plan that lavishly benefits Trump while it drives his companies into bankruptcy again and again. Trump doesn’t care as long as he benefits.
Half of Americans could be dying of COVID-19 in overwhelmed hospitals while 3/4 of the forests are burning and Trump would be saying how great things are. And his supporters would believe him and some on the left would say that we need to stop criticizing Trump and focus our hatred on the Democrats instead.
Trump policy for his base: Pit on a happy face.
Trump policy for re-election: frighten people that their homes, their lives, and their religion are under attack.