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We should but Trump, Pence are politicizing this. Marsha, this isn't the flu. Not a cold. Not a Democratic hoax.
It's a epidemic that Trump ignored. He had 2 months warning.
WHO "leaders should prepare their country they're responsible for".
We aren't. It makes it #TrumpsVirus https://t.co/ge9WtutOBS | 1 |
This moment demands sobriety and honesty, order and clarity, and expertise.
Trump is prone to hyperbole and falsehoods, has a penchant for creating chaos and confusion, and has hollowed out the very government agencies responsible for the tasks at hand.
https://t.co/u90E2V8PYH | 1 |
Scientific and medical decisions should never be influenced by politics even in mundane circumstances. Given what is at stake, WHO’s decisions regarding the Wuhan virus so far is very concerning. https://t.co/WZM5fHp34g | 1 |
The 2019 n-CoV outbreak has exposed how very little people known about viruses, how very little people know about influenza and how little people understand disease risk in general. It also shows how susceptible we are to misinformation and sensationalism. | 1 |
Medical experts at the White House have to patiently explain to Trump that his idea of using the flu vaccine to address the coronavirus will not work. https://t.co/acghVStSvK | 1 |
@locusdesperatus Thank you. Also, Coronavirus is a general term for a group of several viruses. Such as, pneumonia or the common cold. We all had a Coronavirus at one point. This strain that's spreading now is just more severe. | 1 |
It's almost like it's not the flu. https://t.co/Y28cyyplAa | 1 |
I'm not saying panic but let's stop acting like the coronavirus is completely overblown by the media or even a hoax. https://t.co/W4JQF7UAXj | 1 |
A careful study of the Spanish flu reveals that “the earlier, more forcefully and longer cities responded, the better their economic recovery.â€
In English: Public health shutdowns helped rather than hurt the economy.
https://t.co/omOIMGIx1f | 1 |
WHO says the novel coronavirus appears deadlier than flu:
"Globally, about 3.4% of reported COVID-19 cases have died. By comparison, seasonal flu generally kills far fewer than 1% of those infected," WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said. | 1 |
Why the people saying "don't worry about coronavirus, worry about the flu" are not just wrong, but actively dangerous: https://t.co/4EDxOyEDHi | 1 |
Someone I love very much lost a family member to #covid19 yesterday. Because of your inhumanity, callousness and incompetence we have a new leading cause of death in our country. That’s not fake news, Mr. President. I wish it were. https://t.co/SHp7PnfeeH | 1 |
Prepping for #coronavirus is not much different from prepping for severe weather, or the flu, or any kind of outbreak or disaster --- it all starts with a plan. @CDCgov has some great tips to help you and your loved ones develop a plan of action: https://t.co/zD2U68ma1p #COVID19 https://t.co/H3VI6pqQyL | 1 |
This is not just like the flu, folks. https://t.co/Oz5hprQkbR | 1 |
Dear @DHS_Wolf: Highly disturbing you don’t know basic facts. The mortality rate for the flu is about 0.1%, and it killed over 60,000 people in the 2018-19 season. Coronavirus is about 20 times deadlier. That’s why people are freaked out.
You need to correct your testimony. https://t.co/fxr0oJPcYg | 1 |
As usual, Trump is looking to deflect blame for his own failures.
After he wasted weeks calling COVID-19 as harmless as the flu.
International cooperation on public health has never been more critical.
Freezing funding for the World Health Organization will only make it worse. https://t.co/EHenSBOc4X | 1 |
This is not seasonal flu. I know. My husband has it. He is 52 & has been sick for 2 weeks. He coughed up blood & is on oxygen. Many are worse. Listen to doctors!
Trump downplays coronavirus by comparing it to the seasonal flu. It’s not a fair comparison https://t.co/FYaIuhri2a | 1 |
The highly anticipated whistleblower report from Bright is expected to focus on hydroxychloroquine, a drug that Trump hyped as a “game changer†but that was found to be of no clinical benefit to coronavirus patients, and increased their chances of death. https://t.co/o120POJ5VW | 1 |
Please, please guys. Here in northern #Italy we made one big mistake. Everybody kept saying "It's just flu" and now our intensive care units are collapsing. Everybody kept going outside like nothing happened and now our grandparents and parents are dying.
#coronavirus is not #flu | 1 |
Dear @realDonaldTrump: Here are some ideas to combat the coronavirus:
-Tell the truth
-Restore @WhiteHouse pandemic position
-Reverse your cuts to @CDCgov
-Reverse your cuts to @NIH
-Have @DHS_Wolf stop telling people the kill rate is same as the flu. It’s 20 times deadlier. https://t.co/PkXaAN8Ccr | 1 |
Washing your hands is the the best defense for respiratory and food borne illnesses like #coronavirus #COVID19 #flu #SARS #MERS #norovirus #Salmonella #Ecoli.
Devo would sing: “Wash it! Wash it good!â€
https://t.co/gwPiV6BRRk | 1 |
People most likely to ignore symptoms of flu (or coronavirus) and continue working lack:
1. sick leave,
2. good health insurance,
3. unemployment insurance, or
4. eligibility for food stamps, Medicaid, or public assistance unless they work.
In other words, most Americans. | 1 |
The coronavirus that is infecting thousands of people per day in China is much deadlier than the common flu, according to a new analysis by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention in China. https://t.co/9itDLJC975 | 1 |
As the Coronavirus makes its way into the U.S. scammers are cashing in on our anxiety about the disease. Look out for fake cures, phony prevention measures, and other coronavirus cons.
https://t.co/UWnWIP8wk6 | 1 |
Yesterday one of my patients died of COVID-19 so fuck everyone who says open everything, we’re going to get it anyway, it’s fake. He was young, had a family, and his life ahead of him. People talking about it like it doesn’t matter. Only because it hasn’t happened to you. | 1 |
Worthwhile read. But the uncertainty & confusion is being inflamed by untrustworthy, hyper-politicized leadership in DC. We should be hearing more from the Tony Faucis on coronavirus and less from the Trumps, Pences, Cottons and whoever TF else. Simple. Period. https://t.co/3b9oIk6cfV | 1 |
A lesson from the Spanish flu: there's no trade-off between public health and the economy. The cities that saw business rebound quickest after the pandemic were the ones that took the strictest measures to protect their residents. https://t.co/lrXdKL0vGF | 1 |
@thejimjams @Cernovich I really hate these comparisons. 1) flu season started a while ago 2) most ppl have some immunity to the flu. Neither of those things apply to the Coronavirus. U r comparing 2 diff things. | 1 |
The president seems to be criticizing measures (he says approvingly that in dealing with the flu "nothing is shut down") his own public health professionals are urgently recommending. One additional recommendation our public health professionals should make: Ignore our president. https://t.co/1xVFAXTYEU | 1 |
@MikeMadden @EricColumbus This is a new strain of the coronavirus, the current flu shot will not protect you from it if you are exposed. | 1 |
The President is called out on his repeated attempts to try to downplay the mortality rate of Coronavirus by citing flu deaths... His answer falls short https://t.co/XVPXrdNCeM | 1 |
They say the mortality rate for Coronavirus is higher than the flu. Consider though that we have a flu vaccine and yet in 2019, 16,000 Americans died from the flu. Imagine if we did not have that vaccine. The flu would be a pandemic. #OpeningStatement https://t.co/0Meli8m2I2 | 1 |
Average deaths per year from the flu (past 9 years) in the US: 37,461
Deaths from coronavirus in just the last ~6 weeks after incredible lockdowns/isolation across the country: 40,000+
There are not strong enough words for the idiots who keep screaming this is "just the flu." | 1 |
@FrankLuntz Frank, this is SIGNIFICANTLY more serious than the flu
https://t.co/44apLnzLGH | 1 |
@tkinfo7 @DrEricDing @CT_Bergstrom @nataliexdean Usual seasonal flu death rate (UK) is 0.1 to 0.2%. So Covid-19 death rate of 1% makes it between 5-10 times more lethal. We don't know how long immunity might last. Nor what long term consequences of Covid-19 might be. Covid-19 causes more serious illness and cripples he... | 1 |
Health experts issue warning: Coronavirus is not the same as the flu https://t.co/VLEQizwbSL | 1 |
35-40% of Americans think its not serious, take no precautionary measures, and it spreads for no other reason than sheer ignorance. The GOP and their war on undermining science and facts gonna turn this into the 1918 Spanish flu epidemic...what the actual fuck. https://t.co/OCQPrUY6ls | 1 |
The flu but 10-20 times more deadly. https://t.co/MebloKsq0v https://t.co/ttGsLagtxt | 1 |
I've been hearing a lot of people comparing the coronavirus to the common cold or flu. That is pure propaganda. It's a lot more contagious and has a much higher mortality rate for seniors. I'm not saying to panic, but also don't be a fool. | 1 |
"This is the most frightening disease I've ever encountered in my career."
Richard Hatchett, the doctor leading efforts to find a vaccine for coronavirus, says it is much more lethal than normal flu. https://t.co/1tjJ2ed0Hq | 1 |
Boris Johnson believed the warnings about coronavirus were overblown. He is now in intensive care. Please, please take this pandemic seriously. https://t.co/Y59jKydiAh | 1 |
People keep asking why is COVID-19 more of a concern than seasonal flu. This comes down to why scientists keep using the word "novel" to describe the infection.
We develop vaccines every year for season flu. COVID-19 is new. It is not seasonal. We have no vaccine and no immunity | 1 |
Republicans attacking media coverage of coronavirus as "fake" are encouraging their supporters to not trust accurate news about the future spread of the virus.
This could very well cost lives. | 1 |
so I guess this is not just the normal flu. This shit looks serious. https://t.co/xXb60qUWdO | 1 |
@DoctorYasmin I already got my flu shot though. There's no vaccine for coronavirus yet so for me personally that worries me more than the flu. | 1 |
Americans deserve a president who will listen to science and act decisively to mitigate the pandemic—not waste time, peddle fake cures, and wish it away. https://t.co/NDxCZYGroS | 1 |
This is absolutely frightening.
My colleagues risk their lives in the fight against this virus everyday.
We need to trust that public health principles & sound science ALWAYS take precedence over politics.
Otherwise, people will die.
This is not hyperbole. Americans will die. https://t.co/BmQAbGXwoK | 1 |
3) To the promoters/believers that this "virus is a hoax, there are empty hospitals, the flu is worse, nicotine cures it, Sodium Chloride cures it"
STOP IT! Before more people die! Please stay at home and wear a face mask, you could be saving the life of someone's loved one! | 1 |
This is so telling. FIFTY THOUSAND PEOPLE ARE DEAD and people in places like Alabama are so disconnected from reality that they're "still deciding if this thing is real or fake."
YOU DON'T GET TO "DECIDE" WHAT'S REAL. https://t.co/jlBkRHt3y9 | 1 |
County I grew up in,19k people, 0 ICU beds $25k median income, high % of diabetes, hypertension, obesity. My 83 mother was alarmed because people were not social distancing. They have gone from 1 to 9 cases and 1 death. Country folk think they are immune. They are not #COVID19 | 1 |
@kguillen2021 @littledeekay @RepSwalwell @realDonaldTrump "Although the symptoms of COVID-19 and the flu can look similar, the two illnesses are caused by different viruses." | 1 |
2.3% mortality rate is higher than the flu. https://t.co/B2KQZdmD5w | 1 |
Governor Inslee: This is not just your ordinary flu. This is at least 10 times more fatal than flu. It demands a response consistent with the threat.
#COVID19 #coronaviruswashington @KUOW | 1 |
@CourierBoyUK @SkyNewsBreak But we do have vaccines for the flu, not for nCoV...please be smarter | 1 |
#NEW: CDC Director Dr. Robert Redfield on Coronavirus:
"Right now there is no evidence to me that this [Coronovirus] outbreak is at all under control. It is definitely not controlled. And the sooner we can help them get it under control, the better for the whole world." | 1 |
More than 1,000 in US die in a single day from coronavirus, doubling the worst daily death toll of the flu https://t.co/OugXR8sfcW | 1 |
Some of yalls tweets have me 🤔
It’s okay to be worried about coronavirus and the regular flu and gun control and also climate change all at once.
You don’t have to just choose one!
In fact, they’re all related!
A house of horrors! as they say... | 1 |
It really alternative reality
Media talks elections on and on like it’s all normal. Why don’t they mention...
Gerrymandering
Voter purging
Insecure machines
Russian interference
Closed voting sites
China Interference
Propaganda
Social media fake ads
Iranian Interference | 1 |
Inbox: @JoeBiden announces the formation of a public health advisory committee to address coronavirus.
It’s made up of academics and former administrators in health and security. https://t.co/OYgZPu7N9x | 1 |
@Faded1414 @astall35 @10TV It's really too early for anyone to make definitive comparisons between seasonal flu and this corona strain since it was just identified 2 mos ago. Also just starting to proliferate around the globe. Early Corona death rate % does appear to be higher which is most concerning. | 1 |
Anybody else reading The Great Influenza & getting angry about it? We’ve seen all this before. Awful politicians making same bad decisions. Refusal to enact social distancing measures. Refusal to follow public health experts. We have seen all this before & learned nothing. https://t.co/Cn6KNVMn2O | 1 |
@johncardillo COVID-19 is exponentially more contagious than the flu. The ignorance you spew is criminal. | 1 |
Dr. Anthony Fauci: “Right now, today, as we speak, there is no proven, safe and effective direct therapy for coronavirus disease. For sure.â€
Fauci is for humanity.
Any other MAGA official is a liar. | 1 |
Russia is attacking the #COVIDー19 response by flooding Twitter w/2M tweets from fake accts. containing disinfo & linked to state media.
“...part of an effort to 'take advantage of a health crisis, where people are terrified worldwide, to try to advance [Russian] priorities.'†https://t.co/rpEVFqFne6 | 1 |
The end result of Trump attacking the Dems and claiming #CORONAVIRUS “hoax†is that his followers are now on Twitter saying it’s no worse than the flu, no higher mortality, or it’s only the elderly, etc.
All patently false. Mortality rate 20X higher, affects all. | 1 |
“THINK ABOUT THATâ€: Is @realDonaldTrump making a huge mistake comparing current #COVID19 stats to yearly flu stats? https://t.co/WFlsXVqhmM | 1 |
Trumps decision to downplay the #coronavirus is not going to play well anywhere and to compare it against the common flu is a massive mistake. https://t.co/RNOVjxfHXw | 1 |
The flu pandemic of 1918 killed more than 50 million people worldwide. The lessons of that outbreak could save countless lives in the fight against the coronavirus, writes global health expert @jonoquick. https://t.co/cvmdvCK0jx | 1 |
Early results are in for the drug Trump has been hyping as a cure, and unfortunately, it’s not good.
We need to be guided by science, not hucksters or hype. Irresponsibly promoting unproven treatments is not a strategy for dealing with a pandemic.
Only the absence of strategy. https://t.co/T0iCEmo03A | 1 |
Florida man who called coronavirus 'fake crisis' gets infected https://t.co/oZwPjXQ1Kd #SmartNews | 1 |
COVID19 is not the flu.
https://t.co/2WMRQShLOF https://t.co/oC16upiLnY | 1 |
“It’s not even as bad as the flu†lol bet you guys feel dumb now https://t.co/4m88spfCIg | 1 |
At a time when the government is trying to carefully control messaging about the possibility of a coronavirus cure, the president’s penchant for on-camera hyperbole has been a constant challenge https://t.co/i3i4xRm9a0 | 1 |
The almost 3,000 casualties (and 80,000 sick) from the #coronavirus so far did not fake it. They perished from a known, clearly identified pathogen: #COVIDー19 . Let’s respect their memory. It’s not a #hoax.
https://t.co/aRUpbmKPlC | 1 |
Wash your hands, get vaccinated (for the flu and all other preventable infections), support science education, and vote https://t.co/RVMpG5RzOX | 1 |
Also worth noting that Trump's attempt to blame WHO for his bungling is absurd. How did Vietnam, Taiwan and even the Indian state of Kerala do so much better than the US? Because they didn't have a leader as inept as ours who kept insisting the coronavirus was just the flu. | 1 |
@SenBobCasey @29Sinclair Donnie...political does not have a place during a pandemic crisis...over 80,000 citizens have died...thousands are now dying daily...it is about lives...LIVES! | 1 |
The #coronavirus is more serious than the flu. https://t.co/nIut3Fmgt0 | 1 |
Crews began installing hand sanitizers at the main entrance of schools, as well as in all 900+ of our buses to prevent flu & coronavirus.
This process will take a few days.
We are also hanging flyers on campuses showing proper cleanliness procedures.
Be prepared, not scared. https://t.co/RDwCPxpUlx | 1 |
Here’s what we know about the coronavirus. It spreads just like the flu so when an infected person coughs the droplets can land on nearby objects like phones, door handles, and people. That’s why it’s important to wash your hands before touching your eyes, nose, mouth, or eating. | 1 |
@TBW123 @mrbromwich Coronavirus is not the flu and absolutely NO Dr agrees with Trump. Quit spreading misinformation and ignorance | 1 |
Next time someone tries to compare COVID-19 to the seasonal flu and argues that the hype has been exaggerated (by liberals 🙄) ask them to point to a time when 500 people died within 24 hours in one U.S. city from the seasonal flu. https://t.co/qiwIz5Onom | 1 |
Data has shown the new coronavirus disease to be considerably deadlier than the usual seasonal flu, but it appears to spread less easily, @WHO confirmed this week https://t.co/ZKuLb1ZIxz https://t.co/aN2PNtwi8U | 1 |
NEW: State Dept told the Senate that "an entire ecosystem" of Russian actors — state media, official accounts, conspiracy sites, & "legions" of fake personas — are preying on fears to push "false narratives" on the coronavirus.
@DCExaminer w/ @Joelmentum
https://t.co/CPTpBOGriA | 1 |
Friends please avoid non-veg for days until this virus gets cleared. #coronavirus #CoronavirusAlert personal hygiene is imp. So avoid eating out. Hugging. Shaking hands. (Spread= inhalation, thru animal) suspected ways..body fluids like sweat also. TCðŸ‘
https://t.co/PteQdztzjN | 1 |
Nigeria’s Centre for Disease Control warning against @realDonaldTrump's influence after 2 people were hospitalized in Lagos for chloroquine overdoses. Another dangerous disgrace to America that this is necessary. Nigeria has reported 22 COVID-19 infections as of Saturday, Mar21. https://t.co/aCCJ8aPZuC | 1 |
Legendary magician and Vegas icon Roy Horn, best known as part of the duo Siegfried and Roy, died due to complications from COVID-19. @DebRobertsABC reports. https://t.co/lBDbq9TLba https://t.co/rmcZeJxVwn | 1 |
The cracks are being exposed. Inequality, hyper-partisanship, and an MSM interested in fanning the flames are the cause. The political response to #COVID19 has pushed the national stress to a breaking point. We need calm, predictable leadership. | 1 |
NEW: Amid the global war against the coronavirus pandemic, many countries such as Ecuador are also finding themselves in a fight against fake and misleading news. https://t.co/t09aJ0uv96 | 1 |
If they closed The Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem because of #coronavirus for the first time since 1349 I think we can have the government make the fake mega churches down south close for a month or two https://t.co/gPxIyRUqYU | 1 |
Please don’t compare coronavirus to the flu. Yes, we know the flu is bad. But here’s the thing about coronavirus: we have no idea how bad it will get. https://t.co/AH6TWK46TM | 1 |
@GarrettSprints It's a 2% death rate for COVID-19 overall...the flu has a death rate of .1%. | 1 |
How bad will this pandemic be?
One of the main variables is how effective social distancing is.
That means YOU can influence the outcome.
Stay Home. Save Lives. | 1 |
It's #WorldImmunizationWeek!
Vaccine-preventable diseases include:
Cervical cancer
Cholera
Diphtheria
Ebola
Hep B
Influenza
Japanese encephalitis
Measles
Meningitis
Mumps
Pertussis
Pneumonia
Polio
Rabies
Rotavirus
Rubella
Tetanus
Typhoid
Varicella
Yellow Fever
Yes, #VaccinesWork! https://t.co/vMevI5tiSQ | 1 |
It's no different than the flu they said. It will be gone by April they said.
More like almost 4 times as deadly. Maybe they meant April 2022 I dunno https://t.co/BRn9dy1XKY | 1 |
Trump last week: Coronavirus cases “going very substantially downâ€
Fauci today: “The bottom line it’s going to get worse.â€
Trump: vaccine in “monthsâ€
Fauci: vaccine in “a year to year & a halfâ€
Trump: death rate “way under 1%â€
Fauci: death rate 1%, 10x “more lethal†than flu | 1 |
@XRPisthe1 @Breaking911 Fatality rate is ~2% with Novel Coronavirus. It's much less than 1% for common flu. The 1918 "Spanish Flu" had a 2% fatality rate too. | 1 |
@adazzlinhaze 2% deaths from corona virus vs. 0.1% deaths from the flu. It’s a world outbreak for a reason, more serious than the flu. | 1 |
The best ways to prevent the spread of coronavirus, flu or anything else! (from experts):
✅ wash your hands
✅ avoid close contact with others who are sick
✅ cover your sneeze or cough
✅ if you're sick, stay home
https://t.co/ijCwjzoRv1 | 1 |
Why do we have 639k infections with 31k COVID19 deaths in the US, leading the world by far... we have an entire political party whose voters fall for fake news and misinformation that claim COVID19 is either fake or not as bad as media says. WE NEED CHANGE https://t.co/QpEplXqRw3 | 1 |
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