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From the link you gave, "During a Feb. 28, 2020, campaign rally in South Carolina, President Donald Trump likened the Democrats' criticism of his administratio

From the link you gave, "During a Feb. 28, 2020, campaign rally in South Carolina, President Donald Trump likened the Democrats' criticism of his administration's response to the new coronavirus outbreak to their efforts to impeach him, saying "this is their new hoax." " So while he didn't exactly, it doesn't show a person who cares for reality. Snopes says "mixture" on it's veracity. > he's happy to have people on his task force who will publicly contradict him You mean he doesn't care enough to put out the right information in the first place, and relies on being 'cleaned up afterwards' by his staff (who he keeps sacking)? He's made a mess of this primarily. The buck stops with him. The CDC does seemed to have fouled up badly but that doesn't exempt Trump's bizarre and dangerous response to a real crisis.

roenxi 7y ago
The Snopes article is perfectly clear; the answer to the question "Did Trump call the coronavirus a hoax?" is no and atoav was precisely wrong on that point. There is a Hoax hoax afoot here. Trump banned travel from China in early February, and the hoax comment is late February. It is pretty obvious from his actions that he takes Coronavirus much more seriously than the flu whatever his public message. > He's made a mess of this primarily. The buck stops with him. Yeah, but we don't know how this plays out. There are a bunch of drugs against Coronavirus starting to complete clinical trials, so this may actually get nipped in the bud as far as the US is concerned. It is a real test of the Trump administration though, no argument there.
- cglace 7y ago
  You seriously think a new drug will be ready to treat this within a few months?
  - thu2111 7y ago
    It could be. I did my own research on that a couple of weeks ago. If you look at the latencies involved with developing antibodies they're not that high, especially if you get lucky and are willing to throw money around. Humanity is right at the start of the whole protein design revolution - I don't think our regulatory infrastructure is set up for it yet. But where there's a will ...
  - roenxi 7y ago
    Depends what standard you hold 'ready' to. There are a bunch of things that by rights should help treat COVID-19, the clinical trials are due to start finishing in late March through to May and - depending on the drug - production might be fast or slow. I've read patchy reports (eg, https://www.hngn.com/articles/228138/20200223/coronavirus-cure-chloroquine-confirmed-effective.htm https://www.hngn.com/articles/228138/20200223/coronavirus-cu...) that the Chinese have started marking out specific drugs as effective for treatment. And of course Remdesivir is getting positive sounding press although I havn't seen any actual data. It isn't really a question of whether we have something that works against COVID-19 because we surely do. The tricky part is figuring out what so it can be systematically delivered, and working out manufacturing. With a bit of luck (eg, chloroquine working out) the risk profile of the pandemic looks very different.

roenxi 7y ago

The Snopes article is perfectly clear; the answer to the question "Did Trump call the coronavirus a hoax?" is no and atoav was precisely wrong on that point. There is a Hoax hoax afoot here. Trump banned travel from China in early February, and the hoax comment is late February. It is pretty obvious from his actions that he takes Coronavirus much more seriously than the flu whatever his public message. > He's made a mess of this primarily. The buck stops with him. Yeah, but we don't know how this plays out. There are a bunch of drugs against Coronavirus starting to complete clinical trials, so this may actually get nipped in the bud as far as the US is concerned. It is a real test of the Trump administration though, no argument there.

cglace 7y ago
You seriously think a new drug will be ready to treat this within a few months?
- thu2111 7y ago
  It could be. I did my own research on that a couple of weeks ago. If you look at the latencies involved with developing antibodies they're not that high, especially if you get lucky and are willing to throw money around. Humanity is right at the start of the whole protein design revolution - I don't think our regulatory infrastructure is set up for it yet. But where there's a will ...
- roenxi 7y ago
  Depends what standard you hold 'ready' to. There are a bunch of things that by rights should help treat COVID-19, the clinical trials are due to start finishing in late March through to May and - depending on the drug - production might be fast or slow. I've read patchy reports (eg, https://www.hngn.com/articles/228138/20200223/coronavirus-cure-chloroquine-confirmed-effective.htm https://www.hngn.com/articles/228138/20200223/coronavirus-cu...) that the Chinese have started marking out specific drugs as effective for treatment. And of course Remdesivir is getting positive sounding press although I havn't seen any actual data. It isn't really a question of whether we have something that works against COVID-19 because we surely do. The tricky part is figuring out what so it can be systematically delivered, and working out manufacturing. With a bit of luck (eg, chloroquine working out) the risk profile of the pandemic looks very different.