Trump vows to screen travelers after first American dies of coronavirus

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Sunday said travelers from countries at high risk of coronavirus would be screened before boarding and upon arrival as the government scrambled to reassure Americans after the first death in the United States.

Officials from Washington state on Saturday said a man in his 50s with underlying conditions had died, and two of three confirmed coronavirus cases in the state had links to a long-term care facility in the city of Kirkland.

The Trump administration is scrambling to respond to the fast-spreading virus that originated in China through travel restrictions and widespread messaging on safety procedures, while working to avert public panic. A total of 68 cases have been reported in the United States.

Trump underscored efforts to prevent a further spread, amid growing criticism from Democrats about the administration's handling of the crisis.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-vows-to-screen-travelers-after-first-american-dies-of-coronavirus/ar-BB10AZLn?li=BBnb7Kz

[Siwsan]

1. No doubt they have no real ideas or plans for how to implement this process

[marybourg]

2. I thought it was all a hoax

to undermine the stable genius.

[virgogal]

5. He knew it wasn't a hoax and

took action a month ago.

[Kingofalldems]

9. And what was that?

[virgogal]

14. A month ago.

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/01/31/white-house-to-hold-briefing-on-coronavirus-friday-afternoon.html

[HipChick]

3. How?

[MissB]

4. My guess is just taking a temperature scan

And ask a few questions. I don’t think they mean to actually sample and test for it.

[HipChick]

12. I went through screening in Asia

last year....it was a stop, on the way back to the States, it was chaos...
It's going to be a miracle for them to try and fully implementing that here....

[Johnny2X2X]

6. Should have been doing this for 6 weeks

We did almost nothing because Trump didn’t want the economy being threatened by a health crisis.

[soryang]

10. +++++++++

the administration's response has been pitiful. It's a disgrace. Very little transparency because they've done almost nothing thus far.

[louis-t]

7. He doesn't really mean that.

And he has no plan to accomplish it.

[Raftergirl]

8. He can screen all he wants

but we are now seeing community spread here.

Screening travelers from other countries that have outbreaks won’t stop it from spreading here, since we are already experiencing our own outbreaks.

[duforsure]

11. So, is it still a hoax?

When did he know it was a serious Health threat, and why did he lie saying it was contained when he knew it wasn't? He was well aware of it sooner than he'll admit to, and he intentionally mislead the American people by lying about it. He created fear by his lying, and caused the markets to drop so bad, because no one trusts anything he says. He couldn't have had a worse response, and everyone who heard him agrees, except others who fear his power of revenge if they disagree. The GOP are too scared to speak out against him.

[struggle4progress]

13. He brought infected Diamond Princess passengers back to the US

Coronavirus-stricken cruise ship passengers returned to US against CDC advice
By Stephanie Pappas - Live Science Contributor
9 days ago

... On Feb. 16, the U.S. State Department and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) evacuated 328 American passengers from Japan, where the Diamond Princess was docked, to the United States. As the passengers awaited their flight out of Haneda Airport in Tokyo, HHS officials found that 14 of them had just tested positive for COVID-19.

None of the infected passengers were showing symptoms of the virus, triggering a debate between the State Department and the CDC. The State Department and a Trump administration health official wanted to send the passengers home on the chartered flight out of Japan anyway, the Post reported. CDC officials, however, warned against evacuating the infected, due to concerns over re-exposing healthy passengers to the virus. When State Department and administration officials decided to go through with the evacuation, the CDC's principal deputy director, Anne Schuchat, requested not to be included in the news release announcing the decision.

"CDC did weigh in on this and explicitly recommended against it," Schuchat wrote in an email to the State Department, a HHS official told the Post ...

CDC: There are now 53 COVID-19 cases in U.S. as more Diamond Princess passengers test positive
By Jaimy Lee
Published: Feb 24, 2020 1:31 p.m. ET

There are now 53 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the U.S. as more people who returned from the Diamond Princess cruise ship tested positive for the virus, according to a new update from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That's a total of 39 U.S. nationals who had been on the Diamond Princess who have been infected by the virus ...

[Ms. Toad]

16. He doesn't count those, since apprently he has a mad about them.

He had repeatedly noted between 15 and 22 patients in the US. There are currently more than 70.

[Ms. Toad]

15. Too little, too late. n/t

[Initech]

17. Yay more shit we have to put up with at the airport!