ED, you have a sneaky habit of twisting or deliberately misinterpreting things Trump said to either make it sound worse or to actually make it the opposite of what he said. Trump NEVER suggested injecting cleaners, he was asking the "expect" at the news conference if there was any to adapt methods that worked on miscellaneous surfaces so they could be useful on humans.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/fact...-themselves-with-disinfectant-or-drink-bleach There is a huge difference in asking if something can be done and suggesting that someone actually go and do something.
Question-if you are so upset at Trump for initially downplaying the seriousness of the virus, are you also irate at Fouci for all his lies to the American people? Things like saying there was no need for people to wear masks when he later said he did it because there wasn't enough masks for the medical professionals
Stretch....can I say fake news? How about alternative facts?
I thought I addressed whether or not Orange Jesus (OJ) was serious about the 409 comment. No, I think what he was trying to say was that they need a drug (which became Regeneron) that was an antibiotic that would serve as a method to clean the lungs. I knew exactly what he meant. Now there is a short few, maybe 2000 people who aren't smart enough to know the difference.
He could have easily cleaned that statement up. Easy squeezy...."no I wasn't talking about drinking 409, but rather developing a drug that attacked the virus that was in the lungs". Doesn't seem that hard.
Don't you feel silly defending OJ's statement when supposedly he wasn't serious. He told us that it was a joke, that the fake media sold it as factual. So which one is it? If it is the former, seems to me own it, clarify and move on. But with his ego he can't. He realizes a guy with an Ivy League Education can't sound that simple, or that is what he thinks. So he said he was joking. So you are asking me questions about a joke.
I don't trust OJ cause the guy can't tell the truth. He is a pathological liar. Started day one when he said he had the largest crowd for an inauguration. Yet aerial photos showed different. Is it a big deal to say, "I thought it was, we had a great crowd"? Nope. Perfectly acceptable. Instead, the term alternative facts was invented.
I am not upset triple D lied about covid. I am upset his son and Manafort buddied up to a country that has nukes pointed at us, and now blackmailing Ukraine and NATO with threat of using a nuke. And why? Because they wanted opposition research. And I would be irritated if a dem went to Iraq or Iran for getting dirt on their opponent.
I get upset when there is a "non peaceful" entrance into the Capitol while he watched on TV and didn't do a thing. Not one. That would be like Roosevelt watching the Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor for three hours before saying and doing anything.
I get upset when he tries to take away a democracy that worked because his ego was hurt and he is power hungry. I get upset when he has top secret stuff at his home when they aren't supposed to be there.
What I said about lying about the seriousness of covid is it cost him the election. I would expect him to lie about it. That is what OJ does.
In terms of Fauci....prior to this what other infectious disease items have you had issue with him. I think I would answer your question this way....1) I have a friend who has spent his life developing drugs to manage cancer. Before I knew Fauci he told me exactly what to expect with covid. Educated me about the spanish flu, and how it was the morphed second year and that rendition of the spanish flu is the one that killed everyone.
He told me life won't really get back to normal until a vaccine is developed. And that would probably take two years. The fast track was a feather in Trumps cap.
I asked my friend how it was developed so fast. Said easy. First, they know the vaccine is out of your system in 30 days. The affects will be seen in that time frame. Second he told me with his drug takes years to put together trials because not everyone for example has Triple X breast cancer that is in stage two . With covid everyone was a trial candidate.
The other thing he told me is the first covid drug if everyone took it before delta emerged the virus would have not had a place to grow. Granted it was a short window and I fully acknowledge that. But the ORIGINAL trial showed it was effective in stopping the spread of the original covid. But like with cancer it morphed. So they have to look for other means to manage it.,
The last thing my friend said to me when I asked him what happens when Delta (deadly) marries Omicron (you look at someone and it is passed along) and he told me something comforting. These virus' typically burn out, become less and less deadly.
My friend has been spot on. He has met Fauci and has a lot of respect for him.
As to Fauci and his lie....why did he lie...for the betterment of the general public or for personal gain. Yeah in hindsight probably should have said mask up, and let the run on masks affect hospital care.
Fauci lied for what he thought was the good of the people (short term) and OJ lied for his political gain.
And if OJ lied about one thing I could care less but it is a pattern of behavior.
And here is a question for you...asked my Christian sister and she looked at me dumbfounded....and to date when I ask the question no one who supports Trump can give me an answer. I no longer ask people about past behavior...grabby a woman in the Pu$$y, or other things he has done. But rather the following...what is your threshold of his behavior that you will not accept? For my sister while she "opposed" his grabbing, but she likes his policies and that doesn't deter her vote.
My wife's mother grew up in Greece and Italy during WWII. It was fake news what they said about Mussolini. He had great policies for the Italian people, he was a great speaker and very well dressed, and he would never do what people said he did.
Then there is the truth. But he did have great policies....