04-03-2020, 08:14 PM
(04-02-2020, 09:25 PM)oncemoreuntothejimbreech Wrote: That tweet was five days after they even knew this new virus even existed. Within 15 days they had evidence it was spread from human to human. That was January. Over a month later Trump was still calling this a Democrat hoax. That ten days didn’t affect the US’ ability to prepare. It only affected Thailand, Japan, and South Korea.
You’re not holding the WHO to any standard. You’re just repeating conservative propaganda. Two days ago Pompeo was in the media claiming they had no idea it would be this bad, but there was video in the media showing Chinese citizens being forcible removed from their building kicking and scream by people in full head to toe PPE and taken to forced quarantine. And they got the balls to claim they didn’t know? LOL Some anonymous Chinese dude is literally clinging to his door frame by his fingernails while being dragged to quarantine against his will and they had no idea? F’n laughable. That was over 3 weeks before Trump called it a Democrat hoax.
Hell, even now the mode of transmission is still under investigation because this virus is brand new and there are very few studies and the studies that are out there are all less than 3 months in duration and the results are conflicting.
You keep bringing up the Trump administration as if I'm disagreeing with you on any of that. And my meme had nothing to do with Trump anyways. And Dr. Tedros wasn't blaming Trump; he was blaming the whole world for reaction to slow. Except himself of course - no blame there.
This is also the 2nd or 3rd time you said Trump called the virus a hoax. That's not what he said. He was referring to the politicizing, criticizing and blaming coming from the Democrats. Politifact and Washington Post (not exact pro Trump sources) debunked this weeks ago when Biden tried running an edited clip in a campaign ad.
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/15/joe-biden/ad-watch-biden-video-twists-trumps-words-coronavir/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/03/13/biden-ad-manipulates-video-slam-trump/
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