Buffalo_Gal

Many companies are working together on a vaccine. If we get it, we will scale up. Johnson & Johnson is scaling up now before they have a final vaccine. Ha! He just called the press the "lame stream media." Press: asked about Boris Johnson (UK guy) Trump: He sounded fantastic! Just like the old Boris. He was surprised as he expected him to sound terrible. He's (Boris) is an incredible guy. They are lucky to have him over there. Press: Kim Jong Un? Heard anything? Trump: Monologuing. Trump said, "I think the report was incorrect. Let's put it that way." I think it was a fake report by CNN. CNN is fake news, don't talk to me. He's ignoring the CNN reporter. ?

Trump is walking a line between aiding the states vs not-aiding them. (He was attacked about Mitch.) Trump: I hope people enjoy the sun. Trump asking Birx if she has any idea if the heat or sun will help with a treatment. She will look into it. Trump is definitely qualifying his answers as the press is trying to pin him down for a quote.

House passed the bill Trump just said he will sign it tonight.

That is interesting, I cannot find the political breakdown on that poll. Could you provide it? All it says is: The nationwide poll was conducted April 16-20, 2020 using the AmeriSpeak® Panel, the probability-based panel of NORC at the University of Chicago. Online and telephone interviews using landlines and cell phones were conducted with 1,057 adults. The margin of sampling error is plus or minus 4.0 percentage points. Which is pretty worthless.

Press: asking about hydroxychloroquine again Trump: works for some, not for others

Press: how long until conclusive results? Bryan: we got the virus in February. We are now starting to get results and find out something new and different. The task force asked them to come in with their findings. Press: contacted foreign counterparts Bryan: mentioned a master list that is available online

Press: This is an emerging result? Is it conclusive? Bryan: We are looking at this. As a scientific community we are continuing to explore it. Press: New Orleans? Bryan: This is a chain. Heat, humidity, solar, weakens it. It is another tool. Keep up social distancing. Press: Can the disinfectant be injected? Bryan: We don't do that at our lab. Trump jumped in to explain something. Press: Wouldn't people be better outside than inside? Bryan: It would be irresponsible to say that, continue social distancing. Trump: sun? Bryant: Will kill it directly, used a playground equipment as an example... will kill where exposed, not underneath. Trump: On Hands? Bryan: Lives longer on non-porous than porous surfaces, so in theory, you are correct.

Press: will social distancing be extended? Trump: we will see Trump: I once mentioned it goes away with heat and light, and the #fakenews didn't like that, but now it seems like it may be the case.

FIND THIS GUY'S CLIP!! Bleach kills it in 5 minutes, isopropyl alcohol kills in in 30 seconds Trump - asking about hitting the body with a light, or inside the body with a light. They will be testing that. Trump also asking about disinfectant in the lungs. The guy said they will be testing that.

Pence: the $75B in the new bill to help hospitals. Encouraging states to restart elective surgeries, either across the state or county-by-county, where possible. Task force received state reopening plans, 16 states have given them formal plans. Bill Bryan, Senior Official Performing the Duties of the Under Secretary for Science and Technology - study Working on R&D Bio-defense analysis center (Fredrick MD), works with a buncha agencies. Emerging results trends (showing slides) Solar light kills it in the air and on surfaces. (Gotta find this slide for accuracy) Sun + 80& humidity + temp over 70, dies on surface in 2 minutes (half life) Aerosol - they are suspending the virus to include sunlight. Working with John Hopkins. * does not survive well in droplets or saliva in sunlight + 20% humidity + solar it dies fast.

Pence: Task force met today. Data shows promising signs of process. Naming the big cities, pass their peak. Decline in hospitalizations. Back on to guidelines. Hoping that by summer much of this will be behind us. Ben Carson of HUD will be refocusing a council for the impact on COVID-19 on minorities. Bill Bryan (homeland security) will be coming up with the impact of heat and sunlight on coronavirus. Governor call tomorrow. Listing how, after the call on Monday, how many more people are able to be tested daily in each state.

You know, day after day I listen to this, and the logistics of what has happened in the last 4-6 weeks is simply amazing. Trump: Expanded access program for transfusions (3K people in it). Convalescent plasma will be used for a concentrated antibody treatment that does not have to be matched to blood type. Clinical trials will begin soon. AI experts are scanning the data of the 52K papers on COVID-19.

Trump: Chatting out the money for the paycheck protection program (right now, the House is voting on a rule suspension) Speaking about colleges sending back money (specifically Harvard) Rapid decline in new cases 46 states report a drop in symptoms Scientists have released a temperature report... virus does better in cooler temperatures, less well in humid,warmer climates. (Guy will be up later to discuss this) "Very close" to a vaccine (testing will take a while)

Trump up

Not quite all your puddles belong to us... Supreme Court says Clean Water Act applies to some groundwater pollution The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that the Clean Water Act requires the federal government to regulate some groundwater pollutants that find their way into navigable waters such as oceans, rivers and streams. The 6-3 opinion penned by Justice Stephen Breyer is a middle ground position that rejects the Trump administration's push for lesser regulation, but wipes away a lower court ruling which would have required more permits under the law. </snip>

Divided Supreme Court rules for Trump administration in requiring immigrant's removal The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a lower court's decision that an immigrant with lawful permanent resident status cannot fight deportation due to a previous offense, even though that crime was not grounds for his removal. In a 5-4 ruling with conservative justices on one side and liberals on the other, the court ruled for the Trump administration in holding that the statute in question, as drafted by Congress, requires deportation in the case of Andre Barton, even though the assault offenses that prevent him from appealing were not enough to deport him in the first place. </snip>

Long thread, but the Reader's Digest version is NC is on lock down until May 8th.

You must be married. ?

Well now, that certainly cleared that up.

I have no issues with Nancy's freestanding fridge and freezer combo, mostly because I have the a similar set-up. I also like ice cream, and was not kidding when I said I covet her ice cream collection. You can bet many in the news media that roasted her for her lack of self-awareness have similar paired set-ups. However, it was simply horrible look at this moment in time. Breathtakingly unaware, it truly does scream "Nancy Antoinette" at a time when many Americans are losing their job, and the Democrats continually hold-up needed funding while attempting to stuff bills with pork projects. If you (generic you) cannot see that, maybe having a look through the lay-off numbers will help?

So, what does this mean in English?

If Obama had EVER taken any hostility from the press, I would have been shocked. Note that neither of your examples involved a "journalist", never mind a "journalist" in the White House briefing room. There is no reason for the press to screech at a President in the briefing room. Ask a question respectfully. That question should be tough, fair, and with a point that promotes an answer/discussion. Screaming at the President, yelling at him in the middle of an answer, is not the way to forge a reputation for journalistic integrity. There are several people in the WH briefings that ask hard question without resorting to hysterics. There is no need for the disrespectful theatrics we see from the press in that room.

If that report (and the one from CA) is accurate, looks like "we are all gonna get it" wasn't just doom and gloom, it was pretty accurate. I'd still like to see a vaccine though, as I am sure everyone else would, too. And then there is the crossing of fingers hoping this thing does not morph much more and the vaccine remains effective. Now that we have all been cooped up for 4-6 weeks, washing off all the good germs with the bad germs and constantly killing the good germs with Purell, how long will herd immunity take to happen for those of us that have been locked-down that do not regularly use public transportation?

Looks like China is gonna pay more to WHO: China pledges additional $30 million for World Health Organization China has committed $30 million to the World Health Organization one week after President Trump halted U.S. funding to the United Nations agency that has emerged as a battleground for influence between the two powers. </snip>