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Shutting down travel from China is exactly what the US should have done in January, as well as shutting down travel from anywhere that has a significant outbrea

Shutting down travel from China is exactly what the US should have done in January, as well as shutting down travel from anywhere that has a significant outbreak. Had we done that, we might have been able to contain the disease, or, at least limited the damage significantly. But, Trump was too busy painting it as a Democratic hoax to be bothered to do anything.

_-david-_ 7y ago
Trump did shut down travel from China in January. He did it before many other countries.
- pmiller2 7y ago
  Restrictions did not take effect until Feb 2.
- sg47 7y ago
  That was not the only thing he shut down. The pandemic task force in 2018 for that matter.
bufferoverflow 7y ago
No. You don't understand. By the end of January the disease already spread to the US. It was in multiple random places. We knew of 7 cases, but by now we know there were tons more asymptomatic and barely symptomatic. And stop spreading fake news, Trump has never claimed the virus was a democratic hoax. He said the politicization of it was. Why would he close travel from China if he thought it was a hoax? You don't even think your fake news through.
- pmiller2 7y ago
  The disease was known to have pandemic potential for weeks before Trump did anything. He could have shut down travel in the beginning of January. But, he was too busy politicizing things himself, by calling Democratic criticism of his so called "response" a hoax. So, he waited until literally the last day of January to do anything. That's not fake news. That's reality. Here are his actual words: > Now the Democrats are politicizing the coronavirus, you know that right? Coronavirus, they’re politicizing it. We did one of the great jobs. You say, “How’s President Trump doing?” They go, “Oh, not good, not good.” They have no clue. They don’t have any clue. They can’t even count their votes in Iowa. They can’t even count. No, they can’t. They can’t count their votes. > One of my people came up to me and said, “Mr. President, they tried to beat you on Russia, Russia, Russia.” That didn’t work out too well. They couldn’t do it. They tried the impeachment hoax. That was on a perfect conversation. They tried anything. They tried it over and over. They’d been doing it since you got in. It’s all turning. They lost. It’s all turning. Think of it. Think of it. And this is their new hoax. The antecedent of "this" is "the virus." This is what he said, buddy. Why don't you think that through while the death toll keeps going up?
- sg47 7y ago
  You know that not everyone here is an idiot and can understand what Trump said right. Don't interpret Trump's words for us.
- ModernMech 7y ago
  Why would he have spent the month of February doing nothing except holding rallies and golfing if he didn't think it was a hoax?
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_-david-_ 7y ago

Trump did shut down travel from China in January. He did it before many other countries.

pmiller2 7y ago
Restrictions did not take effect until Feb 2.
sg47 7y ago
That was not the only thing he shut down. The pandemic task force in 2018 for that matter.

bufferoverflow 7y ago

No. You don't understand. By the end of January the disease already spread to the US. It was in multiple random places. We knew of 7 cases, but by now we know there were tons more asymptomatic and barely symptomatic. And stop spreading fake news, Trump has never claimed the virus was a democratic hoax. He said the politicization of it was. Why would he close travel from China if he thought it was a hoax? You don't even think your fake news through.

pmiller2 7y ago
The disease was known to have pandemic potential for weeks before Trump did anything. He could have shut down travel in the beginning of January. But, he was too busy politicizing things himself, by calling Democratic criticism of his so called "response" a hoax. So, he waited until literally the last day of January to do anything. That's not fake news. That's reality. Here are his actual words: > Now the Democrats are politicizing the coronavirus, you know that right? Coronavirus, they’re politicizing it. We did one of the great jobs. You say, “How’s President Trump doing?” They go, “Oh, not good, not good.” They have no clue. They don’t have any clue. They can’t even count their votes in Iowa. They can’t even count. No, they can’t. They can’t count their votes. > One of my people came up to me and said, “Mr. President, they tried to beat you on Russia, Russia, Russia.” That didn’t work out too well. They couldn’t do it. They tried the impeachment hoax. That was on a perfect conversation. They tried anything. They tried it over and over. They’d been doing it since you got in. It’s all turning. They lost. It’s all turning. Think of it. Think of it. And this is their new hoax. The antecedent of "this" is "the virus." This is what he said, buddy. Why don't you think that through while the death toll keeps going up?
sg47 7y ago
You know that not everyone here is an idiot and can understand what Trump said right. Don't interpret Trump's words for us.
ModernMech 7y ago
Why would he have spent the month of February doing nothing except holding rallies and golfing if he didn't think it was a hoax?
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