2 min agoUS health secretary says Trump has acted decisively against coronavirus From CNN's Ross Levitt Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar is appearing this morning in front of the House Ways & Means Committee to talk about the 2021 budget. CNN obtained Azar's opening statement in which he praises the President's team for their actions so far. Here's Azar's complete opening statement:
The Budget reflects how seriously we take the threat of other infectious diseases, such as the novel coronavirus. It prioritizes CDC’s infectious disease programs, raising spending by $135 million from FY2020 levels to $4.3 billion, and maintains $675 million in state and local preparedness funding. We have only 15 cases of the novel coronavirus detected here in the United States; alongside 3 cases among Americans repatriated from Wuhan; and 42 cases among American passengers repatriated from the Diamond Princess. As President Trump, Vice President Pence, and I emphasized yesterday, the immediate risk to the American public remains low—in significant part because of the President’s decisive actions so far. We are working closely with state, local, and private sector partners to prepare for mitigating the virus’s potential spread in the United States, because we expect to see more cases here. In terms of identifying cases, CDC has been able to test 3,625 specimens as of this morning. At least 40 public health laboratories should now be able to test using modified existing CDC test kits. In addition, a newly manufactured CDC test can be sent to 93 public health labs as soon as Monday, and there is a privately manufactured test based on the new CDC test that can be sent to those same labs as soon as tomorrow, pending FDA clearance. On Monday, OMB sent a request to make funding available for preparedness and response, including for therapeutics, vaccines, personal protective equipment, state and local support, and surveillance. As the President made clear yesterday, we are open to your views on what levels of spending may be appropriate and politics have no place in our mutual efforts to keep the American people safe. As Chairman of the President’s coronavirus task force, and working in conjunction with the administration’s lead for the virus, Vice President Pence, I look forward to engaging with Congress on that.
没人关心一下政治斗争？ Rush Limbaugh is fueling a coronavirus conspiracy theory about Rod Rosenstein's sister February 26, 2020 Dr. Nancy Messonnier, the award-winning director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, has worked in the public health sector since 1995. But for some people, apparently, her accomplishments and experience pale in comparison to the fact she's the sister of former Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein. Messonnier reportedly angered President Trump on Tuesday when she said it's not a question of if, but when and how fiercely, the coronavirus will hit the United States. "She never should have said that," a senior administration official told CNBC. "It's bad." But some of Trump's supporters, like conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh, have taken things a step further. Limbaugh, who has said the coronavirus is nothing more than the common cold and a scare tactic meant to hurt Trump by tanking the stock market, doubled down on his conspiracy theory Wednesday by tying Messonnier to her brother, who is, to put it gently, not viewed favorably by Trump and his allies, thanks to his role overseeing former Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into 2016 Russian election interference. Limbaugh falsely suggested Messonnier was part of a "deep state" conspiracy to exploit the coronavirus to bring down Trump.
Rush Limbaugh is fueling a coronavirus conspiracy theory about Rod Rosenstein's sister February 26, 2020 Dr. Nancy Messonnier, the award-winning director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, has worked in the public health sector since 1995. But for some people, apparently, her accomplishments and experience pale in comparison to the fact she's the sister of former Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein.
Messonnier reportedly angered President Trump on Tuesday when she said it's not a question of if, but when and how fiercely, the coronavirus will hit the United States. "She never should have said that," a senior administration official told CNBC. "It's bad."
But some of Trump's supporters, like conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh, have taken things a step further. Limbaugh, who has said the coronavirus is nothing more than the common cold and a scare tactic meant to hurt Trump by tanking the stock market, doubled down on his conspiracy theory Wednesday by tying Messonnier to her brother, who is, to put it gently, not viewed favorably by Trump and his allies, thanks to his role overseeing former Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into 2016 Russian election interference.
Limbaugh falsely suggested Messonnier was part of a "deep state" conspiracy to exploit the coronavirus to bring down Trump. muyangnv 发表于 2/27/2020 10:46:47 AM
2 min ago US health official: If coronavirus spreads, "it’ll look and feel to the American people more like a severe flu season" US Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said the United States is in “active containment mode” and is using isolation units for positive coronavirus patients to contain spread. This morning, speaking with the House Ways & Means Committee about the 2021 budget, Azar said currently, when a patient tests positive, they go into an “Ebola-like isolation unit” adding “that is not what’s indicated medically for these individuals.” “It's really important we correct this impression that it will require this massive hospital isolation for normal patients,” Azar said. “If we end up having broader spread, it’ll be a much more common approach. As [CDC’s Principal Deputy Director Dr. Anne] Schuchat called it, it’ll look and feel to the American people more like a severe flu season, in terms of the interventions and approaches you see.” Azar said most people who get coronavirus will have mild to moderate symptoms and will be able to stay home, treating it like the severe flu or cold.
1 min ago US senator unveils plan to move border wall funds to coronavirus outbreak prevention From CNN's Daniella Diaz US Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren unveiled legislation in the Senate today that would move funds being used for construction of the border wall to combat the coronavirus outbreak. The Prioritizing Pandemic Prevention Act would provide a "down payment" of an estimated $10 billion in funding for coronavirus efforts, per the legislation. "The coronavirus outbreak poses serious health, diplomatic, and economic threats to the United States, and we must be prepared to confront it head-on," Warren said in a statement below. "Rather than use taxpayer dollars to pay for a monument to hate and division, my bill will help ensure that the federal government has the resources it needs to adequately respond to this emergency." Warren announced she was going to do this during her CNN town hall Wednesday night, telling Don Lemon she would direct "every dollar" that President Trump is spending on the southern border wall to combating the coronavirus. Warren also said last night that Vice President Mike Pence, who Trump announced would lead the effort against the coronavirus, is "actively disqualified" from overseeing a public health crisis. "He is not the person who should be in charge," Warren said.
US Congress is close to a bipartisan agreement on coronavirus response, Nancy Pelosi says From Clare Foran, Haley Byrd, Saran Tarawaley, Manu Raju and Laurie Ure House Speaker Nancy Pelosi at her weekly presser criticized the Trump administration’s handling of the coronavirus outbreak and said that lawmakers are “close to a bipartisan agreement in the Congress” related to funding. “Unfortunately up until now the Trump administration has mounted an opaque and often chaotic response to this outbreak,” Pelosi said. She added: “That was up until now. Now we are trying to work in a bipartisan way, that’s one of the reasons that I was delayed in meeting with you this morning. We’re coming close to a bipartisan agreement in the Congress as to how we can go forward with a number that is a good start. We don’t know how much we will need. Hopefully not so much more because prevention will work, but nonetheless we have to be ready to do what we need to do.”
Does the flu shot protect me from coronavirus? Your coronavirus questions, answered Many readers have asked if people who got a flu shot this year are less likely to get coronavirus. Dr. Leana Wen, the former health commissioner of Baltimore, said the flu shot doesn't protect people from coronavirus — but that doesn't mean you shouldn't get it. Here's how she put it: "The flu, influenza is a separate virus from coronavirus. And so getting the flu shot does not protect you from getting coronavirus — but it does protect you from getting the flu, which is important because there have been over — there have been tens of thousands of deaths from influenza this season in the US." Wen urged Americans who have not get gotten a flu shot to get it now. Older people and those with chronic conditions should also consider getting the pneumonia vaccine.
要花$4000做一个检测 没钱的根本做不起啊
一个RT-PCR，几千美金，太搞笑了！
按这个价，钱老们早就身价千万了
有一股势力想把老川拉下来也不是一天两天了。看看CNN，MSNBC之流天天报道的内容就知道目前这股势力的风向是什么。
这个女“科学家”的用词确实不当，让主流那几个积极分子抓到把柄了。但是我个人认为，她的言辞知识希望大众重视，尤其是各个地方的学校，公司能够早点开始计划准备，不要临时抱佛脚而已。病毒这个东西没有什么一定如何，一定不如何。美国目前是各个地方做好准备的最佳时机。现在不未雨绸缪，万一的万一发生，不就懵了吗？
Rush比较激进大家都知道。
是啊。知道内情的上来说说，为啥这个检测这么贵？另外，别国的检测成本多少？
这个只是测试，发现阳性的话，后续还要花💰💰💰
想问一下。$3270是什么？哪里有说吗？
现在越来越多雇主只提供HDHP，很多中产看病都要大出血，疑似新冠又被要求直接去ER（因为一般诊所和医院更没防护），测出来就算不是新冠也要付ER的钱。测flu就要3270，保险后自负1400，老实说这不比测新冠价格骇人更像一个好消息。
UC跟ER的区别都分不清么？ER进门啥还没做就已经要4，5百了
yes, 必须CDC测试才可以，所以纽约政府一直希望CDC能下放权力
贪婪的医疗卫生系统。
where did you see the price?