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[yakov_a_jerkov]

Трамп вчера на пресс-конференции сказал, что он, скорее всего, протестируется на коронавирус.

Вчера ближе к полуночи Белый Дом запостил заявление врача Трампа о том, что "testing for COVID-19 is not currently indicated".



Сегодня утром Трамп сообщил, что уже протестировался, и результат будет известен "через день-два".

А уже сегодня вечером Белый Дом запостил заявление того же врача Трампа, о том, что Трамп получил отрицательный результат теста.



Действительно ли Трамп уже получил отрицательный результат теста? Тестировали ли его, вообще? Who knows?

Трамп врет обо всем. И люди вокруг него, в том числе и вполне до этого уважаемые, покрывают его вранье.

Например, на вчерашней пресс-конференции Трамп объявил о том, что Гугл "очень быстро" сделает вебсайт, на котором люди смогут проверить рекомендовано ли им протестироваться, и узнать адрес, по которому они могут это тестирование пройти.

I want to thank Google. Google is helping to develop a website. It’s going to be very quickly done, unlike websites of the past, to determine whether a test is warranted and to facilitate testing at a nearby convenient location.

We have many, many locations behind us, by the way. We cover the — this country in large part. So the world, by the way — we’re not going to be talking about the world right now. But we cover very, very strongly our country. Stores in virtually every location.

Google has 1,700 engineers working on this right now. They’ve made tremendous progress. Our overriding goal is to stop the spread of the virus and to help all Americans who have been impacted by this.

Again, we don’t want everybody taking this test; it’s totally unnecessary. And this will pass. This will pass through, and we’re going to be even stronger for it. We’ve learned a lot. A tremendous amount has been learned.

Одна тысяча семьсот инженеров Гугла работают над вебсайтом! Sounds like a lot, but maybe it isn't, I don't know.

В любом случае, даже если не обращать внимание на число инженеров, то, что объявил Трамп, мало похоже на реальность.

И Dr. Deborah Birx, стоявшая рядом, с энтузиазмом приняла в этом участие:

DR. BIRX: Thank you, Mr. President. It’s a pleasure to be here with all of you. [...]

So we want to also announce this new approach to testing, which will start in the screening website up here, facilitated by Google, where clients and patients and people that have interest can go, fill out a screening questionnaire — move down for symptoms or risk factors, yes. They would move down this and be told where the drive-thru options would be for them to receive this test. The labs will then move to the high-throughput automated machines to be able to provide results in 24 to 36 hours.

That is the intent of this approach. We have seen it work just in our own United States, and we want to bring this across the continent.

Thank you very much.

Она даже диаграмму принесла на пресс-конференцию.



P.S. Что касается тысячи семисот инженеров. У сына как-то живот болел. Ему тогда было лет восемь, наверное.

Привезли мы его к врачу. Врач его спрашивает: что ты ел? Сын отвечает: пиццу. How much pizza? Nine bites.

Я, когда читаю о том, как Трамп pulling numbers out of his ass, всегда эти nine bites вспоминаю.

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"Who knows?"

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[phoonzang.livejournal.com]

Один раз я даже управлял департаментом И странно: директор уехал, куда уехал - неизвестно. Ну, натурально пошли толки: как, что, кому занять место? Многие из генералов находились охотники и брались, но подойдут, бывало, — нет, мудрено. Кажется, и легко на вид, а рассмотришь — просто черт возьми! После видят, нечего делать, — ко мне. И в ту же минуту по улицам курьеры, курьеры курьеры... можете представить себе, тридцать пять тысяч одних курьеров!

[tijd.livejournal.com]

Something very important, and indeed society changing, may come out of the Ebola epidemic that will be a very good thing: NO SHAKING HANDS!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 4, 2014

The CDC says you should avoid shaking hands due to coronavirus.

During a press conference in the White House Rose Garden, President Trump did it over and over again. https://t.co/HMnTTWPeyF pic.twitter.com/4sJR23O2ZI

— CBS News (@CBSNews) March 13, 2020

Неделю назад в Мар-о-лаго царило веселье.

The president spent the previous weekend at his private resort in Palm Beach, Fla., that was teeming with an eclectic mix of visitors: donors attending the annual Republican National Committee retreat, a delegation led by Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, and family and friends celebrating the birthday of Kimberly Guilfoyle, the former Fox News host who is dating Donald Trump Jr.
Among the guests were Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) and Rudolph W. Giuliani, the president’s personal lawyer, as well as Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.) and Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), who both self-quarantined last week — Gaetz after flying home to Washington with Trump aboard Air Force One.
“It was louder and wilder than usual,” said one person who was there and spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe the private scene. <...>
Since the weekend, however, at least four people who were at the resort have tested positive for the coronavirus. That includes three Brazilians who interacted with Trump — Bolsonora’s communications secretary Fabio Wajngarten, who took a photo with him, and two who attended the dinner, including acting Brazilian ambassador Nestor Forster Jr.
RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel, who led the donors conference at the resort, confirmed to The Washington Post on Saturday that she has been tested for the virus and is awaiting the results while in self-quarantine in Michigan after exhibiting flu-like symptoms. <...>
The president did not yet know that the virus had penetrated the confines of his oceanfront resort as he continued: “They’re trying to scare everybody, from meetings, cancel the meetings, close the schools — you know, destroy the country. And that’s ok, as long as we can win the election. But I really believe that if they see that the Trump administration is handling this virus in a professional, competent way, I don’t believe that’s going to hurt us.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-says-he-took-coronavirus-test-as-questions-mount-over-his-personal-risks-in-face-of-pandemic/2020/03/14/d01dda88-6620-11ea-b3fc-7841686c5c57_story.html

Trump did not seem to believe the coronavirus could pose much of a risk to his personal health. According to an account of the Sunday lunch, shared with The Post by one attendee, Trump even joked about getting the virus — referring to a donor in the room who Trump said had shaken hands with him twice. The man was a doctor, Trump said, and his hands were oddly clammy. Trump said that, after they shook, sweat from the man’s hand was left behind on his own.
“If you hear any bad things about the health of our president, there’s the guy,” Trump said, according to the account. “The president’s not looking good? Get that doctor. Find out who the hell that guy was.”
The audience laughed. Republican officials say the attendee who tested positive was in the audience but did not have personal contact with Trump at the lunch, which was attended by about 1,000 people.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-defiant-on-testing-and-handshakes-even-as-second-mar-a-lago-case-emerges/2020/03/13/8b06d1b4-6541-11ea-b3fc-7841686c5c57_story.html

[dasblinkenlight.livejournal.com]

В любом случае, даже если не обращать внимание на число инженеров, то, что объявил Трамп, мало похоже на реальность.

Полишинель хотел поделиться с вами секретом: ваша версия реальности перестала напоминать окружающий мир даже в общих чертах. В частности, генеральный директор Гугла, Сундар Пичаи, говорит, что этот самый сайт будет запущен в понедельник вечером:

We’re partnering with the U.S. government in developing a website dedicated to COVID-19 education, prevention, and local resources nationwide. [...] We’ll be rolling out an initial version of the website late Monday, March 16 [...] (https://blog.google/inside-google/company-announcements/covid-19-how-were-continuing-to-help/)

Но вы продолжайте слющать wired: их анонимные жёлуди источники не соврут, всю правду скажут, верно?

[3eta.livejournal.com]

Вот этот сайт, сегодня запустился: https://www.projectbaseline.com/study/covid-19/?fbclid=IwAR1QoIefZnjAjCDfaCmr4oCbGjjdfHSibYT_GfCRkINnCvwQILnCCwhZtNo