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More evidence for the communist who deny Trump did anything about a ventilator shortage.
Trump Did Nothing About Ventilators?
The primary responsibility for having necessary Personal Protective Equipment and equipment such as ventilators is with hospitals. They need to have sufficient for predictable usage, plus allowance for repairs and maintenance, plus allowance for a moderate surges in demand. For greater surges in demand, cities, then counties, then states should each have stockpiles of PPE and equipment such as ventilators. The Federal Government should be the last, not the first, resort for such supplies and equipment.
Looking at https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019...ses-in-us.html , it was only on March 15th that the count of daily confirmed new cases in the US topped 1000. With that as context, what has the Trump Administration done with regard to ventilators?
March 27, 2020 - Executive order delegating to the Secretaries of HHS, DHS, and Defense President Trump's authority to make or guarantee loans, purchase and commit to purchase, and other actions to obtain and facilitate the domestic manufacture of PPE, ventilators, and other medical necessities; https://www.whitehouse.gov/president...read-covid-19/
March 27, 2020 - Trump signed a Defense Production Act order to General Motors to make ventilators; https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/27/trum...tion-act.html,https://www.whitehouse.gov/president...otors-company/
March 27, 2020 - Under DPA order, GM and Ventec partnering to produce ventilators; GM will also produce surgical masks at its Warren, MI, ramping up to 50K a day in two weeks, with potential to produce up to 100K per day; https://www.venteclife.com/news/vent...vid19-pandemic
March 30, 2020 - Ford Motor Company committed to producing 50,000 ventilators in the next 100 days; https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/30/ford...-100-days.html
March 31, 2020 - In response to March 27 DPA order, GM repurposing Kokomo, IN factory to produce Ventec ventilators; https://www.kokomotribune.com/news/g...61b7fcc9e.html
April 2, 2020 - Trump invoked the Defense Production Act to help GE, Hill-Rom, Medtronic, ResMed, eRoyal Philips, and Vyaire Medical get the supplies to make ventilators; https://www.cnbc.com/2020/04/03/coro...s-so-far.html,https://www.whitehouse.gov/president...e-ventilators/
April 8, 2020 - Under the DPA, HHS announced contract with Philips to produce 2,500 ventilators for Strategic National Stockpile by end of May; https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2020/...ction-act.html
April 13, 2020 - HHS announced new contracts for ventilator production under the DPA to General Electric, Hill-Rom, Medtronic, ResMed, and Vyaire, mentioned in Trump's April 2 DPA order, as well as contracts with Hamilton and Zoll, also under the DPA; https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2020/...ntilators.html
April 14, 2020 - GM began mass production on an order of 30,000 Ventec ventilators, 600 ventilators to be shipped this month, the full order to be completed by August; https://www.autoweek.com/news/indust...under-a-month/
April 16, 2020 - Under the DPA, HHS announced a $336 million contract with GE for 50,000 ventilators to be produced by July 13; https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2020/...ction-act.html
April 17, 2020 - GM announced that they delivered the first GM-Ventec ventilators to Chicago hospitals; https://investor.gm.com/news-release...tors-delivered
April 30, 2020 - FDA approved EUA for a ventilator developed by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which is tailored to treat patients with COVID-19; https://www.fda.gov/news-events/pres...-emergency-use
May 28, 2020 - Under the DPA, DOD in support of HHS signed a $2.2 million contract with Hollingsworth & Vose to increase US production of 27.5 million N95 ventilator filters and 3.1 million N95 respirators per month starting in August; https://www.defense.gov/Newsroom/Rel...22-million-in/
June 2, 2020 - FDA added a second ventilator developed by NASA to the list of authorized ventilators, under EUA; https://www.fda.gov/news-events/pres...up-june-2-2020
June 8, 2020 - FDA added the BioMedInnovations SuppleVent Ventilator to the list of ventilators authorized under EUA; https://www.fda.gov/news-events/pres...up-june-8-2020
June 29, 2020 - FDA added the Stewart & Stevenson Healthcare Technologies, LLC: Apollo ABVM and SAGICO USA, LLC: V2O SAGICO SYSTEM to the list of ventilators authorized under EUA; https://www.fda.gov/news-events/pres...p-june-29-2020
July 23, 2020 - Under the DPA, DOD in coordination with HHS awarded Pall Corporation a NTE $4.9 million contract to increase domestic production capacity of ventilator filters; https://www.defense.gov/Newsroom/Rel...dustrial-base/
conversely
Trump Did Nothing About Masks, Gowns, and Gloves (PPE)?
The primary responsibility for having necessary Personal Protective Equipment and equipment such as ventilators is with hospitals. They need to have sufficient for predictable usage, plus allowance for repairs and maintenance, plus allowance for a moderate surges in demand. For greater surges in demand, cities, then counties, then states should each have stockpiles of PPE and equipment such as ventilators. The Federal Government should be the last, not the first, resort for such supplies and equipment.
Looking at https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019...ses-in-us.html , it was only on March 15th that the count of daily confirmed new cases in the US topped 1000. With that as context, what has the Trump Administration done with regard to Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)?
March 17, 2020 - Defense Department to give HHS up to 5M respirator masks, 2,000 ventilators; https://www.defense.gov/Explore/News...navirus-fight/
March 18, 2020 - Pernod Ricard USDA began producing hand sanitizer at all of its US distilleries, in coordination with and assisted by the White House Task Force; https://www.prnewswire.com/news-rele...301026216.html
March 23, 2020 - Trump invoked the Defense Production Act to forbid hoarding, speculating, and price-gouging of PPE and sanitizing products; https://www.whitehouse.gov/president...read-covid-19/
March 27, 2020 - Executive order delegating to the Secretaries of HHS, DHS, and Defense President Trump's authority to make or guarantee loans, purchase and commit to purchase, and other actions to obtain and facilitate the domestic manufacture of PPE, ventilators, and other medical necessities; https://www.whitehouse.gov/president...read-covid-19/
March 27, 2020 - Under DPA order, GM and Ventec partnering to produce ventilators; GM will also produce surgical masks at its Warren, MI, ramping up to 50K a day in two weeks, with potential to produce up to 100K per day; https://www.venteclife.com/news/vent...vid19-pandemic
March 30, 2020 - FDA approved Battelle’s process for decontaminating tens of thousands of N95 masks per day; https://www.wtol.com/article/news/he...-c4da65e81a91, (FDA has slow-walked this approval since 2016!)
March 30, 2020 - Under DPA, Honeywell has begun expansion of its Phoenix, AZ which produces N95 masks; https://www.honeywell.com/en-us/news...ies-in-phoenix
April 1, 2020 - White House, HHS, FDA worked with Senator Rob Portman to acquire, authorize use of two million gowns donated to the Strategic National Stockpile by Cardinal Health; 2020, https://riponadvance.com/stories/por...nal-stockpile/
April 2, 2020 - Trump invoked the Defense Production Act to direct 3M to produce more N95 masks; https://www.npr.org/2020/04/03/82694...on-and-export,https://www.whitehouse.gov/president...ng-3m-company/
April 3, 2020 - Trump invoked the Defense Production Act to forbid export of PPE masks and gloves; https://www.whitehouse.gov/president...-domestic-use/
April 6, 2020 - Trump announced an agreement with 3M to produce, import 55.5 million N95 masks a month the next three months; https://www.cnbc.com/2020/04/06/coro...nth-to-us.html
April 8, 2020 - HHS announced agreement with DuPont and FedEx to manufacture, deliver 2.25M new Tyvek Protective Suits to Strategic National Stockpile; https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2020/...e-workers.html
April 12, 2020 - FDA issued an emergency authorization for devices from Advanced Sterilization Products, which can decontaminate ~4 million N95 respirators each day; https://www.fda.gov/news-events/pres...e-millions-n95
April 13, 2020 - DoD announced it was buying 60 Battelle decontamination systems which can sanitize 80,000 N95 respirators per day; https://www.defense.gov/Newsroom/Rel...contract-each/
April 14, 2020 - EPA announced it has temporarily waived certain approvals for manufacturers producing coronavirus disinfectants; https://ethanol.org/ethanol-essentials/covid-19
April 17, 2020 - Under DPA, Honeywell has begun production of N95 face masks in a new facility in Rhode Island; https://www.honeywell.com/en-us/news...-smithfield-ri
April 20, 2020 - Coordinated by White House equipment czar Peter Navarro, Owens & Minor provided specialized fabric, UPS transported it to NYC, where several manufacturers will sew them into 400K surgical gowns by May 23; https://nypost.com/2020/04/20/nyc-ga...d-coronavirus/
April 21, 2020 - Under the DPA, DOD to invest $133 million to increase US domestic N95 mask production by over 39 million over the next 90 days; three companies were awarded contracts, 3M , O&M Halyard, and Honeywell; https://www.defense.gov/Newsroom/Rel...id-19-project/
May 1, 2020 - Under the DPA and CARES Act, DOD in coordination with HHS, has signed a $126 million contract award with 3M for the increased production of 26 million N95 medical-grade masks per month, starting in October 2020; https://www.defense.gov/Newsroom/Rel...-of-n95-masks/ , https://www.congress.gov/116/meeting...E-20200610.pdf
May 1, 2020 - Under the DPA and CARES Act, DOD in coordination with HHS, has signed a $20.1 million contract award with Moldex for increased production capacity by 5 million N95 masks per month; https://www.congress.gov/116/meeting...E-20200610.pdf
May 7, 2020 - 3M announced that it received two more U.S. Department of Defense contracts to expand US production of N95 respirator masks; https://www.massdevice.com/3m-wins-g...or-production/ , https://investors.3m.com/news/news-d...s/default.aspx
May 8, 2020 - FDA issued an EUA for the Duke Decontamination System to decontaminate compatible N95 or N95-equivalent respirators for reuse by health care personnel; https://www.fda.gov/news-events/pres...dup-may-8-2020
May 28, 2020 - FDA issued an Emergency Use Authorization for the Stryker Sustainability Solutions (SSS) VHP N95 Respirator Decontamination System; https://www.fda.gov/news-events/pres...up-may-28-2020
May 28, 2020 - Under the DPA, DOD in support of HHS signed a $2.2 million contract with Hollingsworth & Vose to increase US production of 27.5 million N95 ventilator filters and 3.1 million N95 respirators per month starting in August; https://www.defense.gov/Newsroom/Rel...22-million-in/
June 19, 2020 - Under the DPA, DOD in coordination with HHS signed a $13.5 million contract with Lydall, Inc. to increase domestic capacity of meltblown filtration media, a key component in N95 masks; https://www.defense.gov/Newsroom/Rel...-production-o/
July 13, 2020 - Under the DPA, DOD in coordination with HHS awarded Renco Corp. a NTE $22.4 million contract with Lydall, Inc. to increase domestic production capacity of Nitrile beutadine rubber gloves; https://www.defense.gov/Newsroom/Con...ticle/2272447/
July 23, 2020 - Under the DPA, DOD in coordination with HHS awarded Pall Corporation a NTE $4.9 million contract to increase domestic production capacity of ventilator filters; https://www.defense.gov/Newsroom/Rel...dustrial-base/
July 25, 2020 - Under the DPA, DOD in coordination with HHS signed a $2.75 million contract with NPS to increase domestic capacity of meltblown filtration media, a key component in N95 masks; https://www.defense.gov/Newsroom/Rel...tion-of-meltb/
Oh--and,,
Trump Did Nothing for Two Months? - January
Maine Democratic Party Executive Director Lisa Roberts claimed: "Trump wasted more than two months of precious time downplaying the threat of this crisis ...", https://www.mainedems.org/media/new-...ink-he-did-lot . While some of the criticism claiming two months wasted focuses on masks, other PPE, and ventilators - items hospitals should have and of which city, county, and state health commissions should have emergency supplies stockpiled, Roberts' claim is far more broad. She claimed that two months - January and February - were "wasted". The specific issue of masks, other PPE, and ventilators will be addressed elsewhere. The proper focus at first was on things that are the immediate responsibilities of the US government: dealings with foreign nations and matters handled by various Federal agencies such as the FDA, CDC, and NIH. So, what of the general, "Trump wasted two months," claim? What did Trump do in January with regard to Covid-19?
First, the context in which Trump and his Administration were acting in January, 2020:
* Until January 20, 2020, China and the "scientists" at the World Health Organization assured the world that there was no evidence of human-to-human transmission of Covid-19, https://www.who.int/csr/don/14-janua...d-ex-china/en/ , http://wjw.wuhan.gov.cn/front/web/sh.../2020012009077 (Chinese language), https://abcnews.go.com/Health/human-...ry?id=68403105 ;
* The first US case of Covid-19 was confirmed on January 20, 2020, and by the end of January a total of 7 cases had been confirmed in the US, https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2...avel-case.html , https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019...ses-in-us.html .
Here are some of the actions of the Trump Administration in January:
January 4, 6, 28, 2020 - CDC Director Robert Redfield offers to send technical experts to China: https://www.washingtonpost.com/polit...g-coronavirus/ (behind paywall); https://www.forbes.com/sites/lisette.../#5b15af734ee4 ; https://www.hhs.gov/about/leadership...-briefing.html
January 6, 2020 - CDC issued a Level 1 travel notice for Wuhan, China; https://afludiary.blogspot.com/2020/...el-notice.html
January 7, 2020 - CDC established a coronavirus incident management system; https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/videos/...19-webinar.pdf
January 8, 2020 - CDC alert to clinicians to ask patients with "severe respiratory illness" whether they had traveled to Wuhan; https://emergency.cdc.gov/han/han00424.asp
January 17, 2020 - The US started screening arriving passengers from China; JFK, SFO, LAX https://www.businessinsider.com/new-...ing-cdc-2020-1 ; O'Hare and Hartsfield-Jackson ; January 22, 2020 - https://www.washingtonpost.com/natio...lanta-chicago/
January 20, 2020 - CDC activated its emergency operations center; https://emergency.cdc.gov/recentinci...d=EPR-homepage
January 22, 2020 - Pharmaceuticals company Moderna working with US government to develop vaccine; https://www.cnbc.com/2020/01/22/mode...ronavirus.html , https://investors.modernatx.com/news...te-development
January 23, 2020 - CDC sought “special emergency authorization” from FDA to allow states to use its coronavirus test; https://www.reuters.com/article/us-c...-idUSKBN1ZM2XS
January 27, 2020 - US CDC issues highest-level travel health notice, Level 3, recommending that travelers avoid all nonessential travel to China; State Department raises its own travel advisory for all of China to Level 3 of 4, urging U.S. citizens to “reconsider travel”, while retaining its Level 4 travel advisory for Hubei Province; https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2...oid-china.html , https://china.usembassy-china.org.cn...avel-to-hubei/
January 28, 2020 - AbCellera is mobilizing its pandemic response platform against the outbreak of Covid-19; Since 2018, under the DARPA Pandemic Prevention Platform (P3) program, AbCellera has been leading a team of partners to establish a platform for pandemic response capable of developing field-ready medical countermeasures within 60 days of isolation of an unknown viral pathogen; https://www.abcellera.com/news/2020-...el-coronavirus
January 29, 2020 - White House announced the formation of the Coronavirus Task Force; https://thehill.com/policy/healthcar...or-coronavirus
January 31, 2020 - Trump declared a public health emergency; https://abcnews.go.com/Health/delta-...ry?id=68666037
January 31, 2020 - State Department raised the travel advisory for China to Level 4, do not travel; https://www.usatoday.com/story/trave...se/4620989002/
January 31, 2020 - People entering the US from China forbidden; Announced January 31, effective February 2; https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/02/us/co...ons/index.html
Trump Did Nothing for Two Months? - February
Maine Democratic Party Executive Director Lisa Roberts claimed: "Trump wasted more than two months of precious time downplaying the threat of this crisis ...", https://www.mainedems.org/media/new-...ink-he-did-lot . While some of the criticism claiming two months wasted focuses on masks, other PPE, and ventilators - items hospitals should have and of which city, county, and state health commissions should have emergency supplies stockpiled, Roberts' claim is far more broad. She claimed that two months - January and February - were "wasted". The specific issue of masks, other PPE, and ventilators will be addressed elsewhere. The proper focus at first was on things that are the immediate responsibilities of the US government: dealings with foreign nations and matters handled by various Federal agencies such as the FDA, CDC, and NIH. So, what of the general, "Trump wasted two months," claim? What did Trump do in January with regard to Covid-19?
First, the context in which Trump and his Administration were acting in January, 2020:
* Until January 20, 2020, China and the "scientists" at the World Health Organization assured the world that there was no evidence of human-to-human transmission of Covid-19, https://www.who.int/csr/don/14-janua...d-ex-china/en/ , http://wjw.wuhan.gov.cn/front/web/sh.../2020012009077 (Chinese language), https://abcnews.go.com/Health/human-...ry?id=68403105 ;
* The first US case of Covid-19 was confirmed on January 20, 2020, and by the end of February a total of 24 cases had been confirmed in the US, https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2...avel-case.html , https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019...ses-in-us.html .
Here are some of the actions of the Trump Administration in February:
February 3, 2020 - CDC had a team ready to travel to China; https://www.reuters.com/article/us-c...-idUSKBN1ZX2BV
February 4, 2020 - HHS, Regeneron Collaborate to Develop 2019-nCoV Treatment; https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2020/...treatment.html
February 6, 2020 - Shipping of CDC 2019 coronavirus test kits begins; https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2...test-kits.html
February 11, 2020 - HHS expands partnership with Janssen Research & Development for vaccine development; https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2020/...s-vaccine.html
February 18, 2020 - HHS to work with Sanofi Pasteur to develop coronavirus vaccine and treatment; https://www.statnews.com/2020/02/18/...virus-vaccine/
February 25, 2020 - An NIH clinical trial of Remdesivir begun; at University of Nebraska Medical Center, https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news...ovid-19-begins
February 29, 2020 - Testing labs allowed to use tests whose FDA Emergency Use Authorization requests are still pending; https://www.fda.gov/news-events/pres...ty-diagnostics
February 29, 2020 - Level 4 travel advisory to Italy, South Korea; https://www.usatoday.com/story/trave...ea/4914822002/
February 29, 2020 - Iran travel ban announced; https://www.statnews.com/2020/02/29/...-include-iran/
now---what were the democrat/communist/marxist talking points on coronavirus?
Many regurgitated here by the willfully ignorant.
I was having a conversation with someone just yesterday about how Trump ignored and downplayed this thing for the first two months of the year. There's a willful and purposeful ignorance out there. They don't want to know what really is going on. They're happier thinking that everything can be blamed on one man rather than a system that has been falling apart for a long time and finally got caught with their pants down.
They'll never tell you what they think should have been done though. That's irrelevant. It's all Trump's fault. No matter how much it isn't.
@oldno7 - These detailed links and timelines are very helpful, thanks again for posting. Impressive stuff! :2thumbs:
yep @oldno7 That's a great resource to cite. Most people will try to forget Trump did the "racist" China travel ban when everybody criticized him about it.
More false allegations by communist/democrats, put to rest.
Trump Did Not Use the Defense Protection Act?
The simple answer to the "question" is that the Dems and MSM are lying when they insinuate that he did not or seldom did it or hasn't used it recently. As can be seen from the length of this post, Trump used it a lot.
The DPA has several sections that pertain to different cabinet departments. Trump's first action was to delegate to the Secretary of Health and Human Services the task of determining what sorts of critical products would likely come to be in short supply - including materials necessary to produce products and bottlenecks to production and distribution - that would require use of the DPA. Some ten days later Trump delegated to the secretaries of pertinent cabinet departments the authority to make loans and engage in contracts. In other words, rather than go about using the DPA willy-nilly, Trump first started the process of determining needs and set up the organizational structure for addressing those needs, immediate and future.
As will be seen below, the DPA was seldom used to compel production of something (twice?). Most actions were contracts to purchase products and investments in production capabilities. All very nutsy-boltsy, all not thrilling news stories, and hence didn't get a lot of public visibility. The Dems and MSM are cynically gaming this lack of awareness when they lyingly insinuate that Trump failed to use the Defense Protection Act.
For chronological context:
March 11, 2020 - World Health Organization declared the coronavirus outbreak a global pandemic; https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/11/who-...-pandemic.html
March 13, 2020 - Trump declared National Emergency; https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/polit...na/ar-BB11a6RO
Defense Protection Act Invoked or Used:
March 18, 2020 - Trump invoked the Defense Production Act delegating to the Secretary of HHS the task of determining what products and components are critical in responding to Covid-19 and President Trump's authority, as necessary, to contract for, facilitate or compel production of, and distribute where needed those products; https://www.whitehouse.gov/president...read-covid-19/
March 23, 2020 - Trump invoked the Defense Production Act to forbid hoarding, speculating, and price-gouging of PPE and sanitizing products; https://www.whitehouse.gov/president...read-covid-19/
March 27, 2020 - Executive order delegating to the Secretaries of HHS, DHS, and Defense President Trump's authority to make or guarantee loans, purchase and commit to purchase, and other actions to obtain and facilitate the domestic manufacture of PPE, ventilators, and other medical necessities; https://www.whitehouse.gov/president...read-covid-19/
March 27, 2020 - Trump signed a Defense Production Act order to General Motors to make ventilators; https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/27/trum...tion-act.html,https://www.whitehouse.gov/president...otors-company/
March 27, 2020 - Under DPA order, GM and Ventec partnering to produce ventilators; GM will also produce surgical masks at its Warren, MI, ramping up to 50K a day in two weeks, with potential to produce up to 100K per day; https://www.venteclife.com/news/vent...vid19-pandemic
March 30, 2020 - Under DPA, Honeywell has begun expansion of its Phoenix, AZ which produces N95 masks; https://www.honeywell.com/en-us/news...ies-in-phoenix
March 31, 2020 - In response to March 27 DPA order, GM repurposing Kokomo, IN factory to produce Ventec ventilators; https://www.kokomotribune.com/news/g...61b7fcc9e.html
April 2, 2020 - Trump invoked the Defense Production Act to direct 3M to produce more N95 masks; https://www.npr.org/2020/04/03/82694...on-and-export,https://www.whitehouse.gov/president...ng-3m-company/
April 2, 2020 - Trump invoked the Defense Production Act to help GE, Hill-Rom, Medtronic, ResMed, eRoyal Philips, and Vyaire Medical get the supplies to make ventilators; https://www.cnbc.com/2020/04/03/coro...s-so-far.html,https://www.whitehouse.gov/president...e-ventilators/
April 3, 2020 - Trump invoked the Defense Production Act to forbid export of PPE masks and gloves; https://www.whitehouse.gov/president...-domestic-use/
April 8, 2020 - Under the DPA, HHS announced contract with Philips to produce 2,500 ventilators for Strategic National Stockpile by end of May; https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2020/...ction-act.html
April 13, 2020 - HHS announced new contracts for ventilator production under the DPA to General Electric, Hill-Rom, Medtronic, ResMed, and Vyaire, mentioned in Trump's April 2 DPA order, as well as contracts with Hamilton and Zoll, also under the DPA; https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2020/...ntilators.html
April 14, 2020 - GM began mass production on an order of 30,000 Ventec ventilators, 600 ventilators to be shipped this month, the full order to be completed by August; https://www.autoweek.com/news/indust...under-a-month/
April 16, 2020 - Under the DPA, HHS announced a $336 million contract with GE for 50,000 ventilators to be produced by July 13; https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2020/...ction-act.html
April 17, 2020 - GM announced that they delivered the first GM-Ventec ventilators to Chicago hospitals; https://investor.gm.com/news-release...tors-delivered
April 17, 2020 - Under DPA, Honeywell has begun production of N95 face masks in a new facility in Rhode Island; https://www.honeywell.com/en-us/news...-smithfield-ri
April 21, 2020 - Under the DPA, DOD to invest $133 million to increase US domestic N95 mask production by over 39 million over the next 90 days; three companies were awarded contracts, 3M , O&M Halyard, and Honeywell; https://www.defense.gov/Newsroom/Rel...id-19-project/
April 29, 2020 - DOD will invest $75.5 million in DPA funding to increase swab production by 20 million per month starting in May; Puritan Medical Products was awarded the contract; https://www.defense.gov/Newsroom/Rel...itan-contract/
May 1, 2020 - Under the DPA and CARES Act, DOD in coordination with HHS, has signed a $126 million contract award with 3M for the increased production of 26 million N95 medical-grade masks per month, starting in October 2020; https://www.defense.gov/Newsroom/Rel...-of-n95-masks/ , https://www.congress.gov/116/meeting...E-20200610.pdf
May 1, 2020 - Under the DPA and CARES Act, DOD in coordination with HHS, has signed a $20.1 million contract award with Moldex for increased production capacity by 5 million N95 masks per month; https://www.congress.gov/116/meeting...E-20200610.pdf
May 6, 2020 - Coordinated through the DPA, Bath Iron Works finalized a contract with Puritan Medical Products to deliver 30 industrial machines to help meet demand for COVID-19 testing clinical swabs; https://www.mainebiz.biz/article/biw...dical-products
May 7, 2020 - 3M announced that it received two more U.S. Department of Defense contracts to expand US production of N95 respirator masks; https://www.massdevice.com/3m-wins-g...or-production/ , https://investors.3m.com/news/news-d...s/default.aspx
May 28, 2020 - Under the DPA, DOD in support of HHS signed a $2.2 million contract with Hollingsworth & Vose to increase US production of 27.5 million N95 ventilator filters and 3.1 million N95 respirators per month starting in August; https://www.defense.gov/Newsroom/Rel...22-million-in/
June 10, 2020 - Under the DPA, Operation Warp Speed funded increased manufacturing capacity at Corning and SiO2 Materials Science for vials for COVID-19 vaccines and treatments and for future needs; https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2020/...reatments.html
June 19, 2020 - Under the DPA, DOD in coordination with HHS signed a $13.5 million contract with Lydall, Inc. to increase domestic capacity of meltblown filtration media, a key component in N95 masks; https://www.defense.gov/Newsroom/Rel...-production-o/
July 8, 2020 - Becton, Dickinson announced the formation of a public-private partnership with BARDA, part of HHS, to develop new manufacturing lines for hundreds of millions of syringes and needles to support current and future pandemic vaccination efforts; https://www.bd.com/en-us/company/new...tion-campaigns
July 13, 2020 - Under the DPA, DOD in coordination with HHS awarded Renco Corp. a NTE $22.4 million contract with Lydall, Inc. to increase domestic production capacity of Nitrile beutadine rubber gloves; https://www.defense.gov/Newsroom/Con...ticle/2272447/
July 19, 2020 - Under the DPA, DOD in coordination with HHS awarded Crosstex International a $3.5 million contract to increase domestic production capacity of surgical masks; https://www.defense.gov/Newsroom/Rel...crease-domest/
July 23, 2020 - Under the DPA, DOD in coordination with HHS awarded Pall Corporation a NTE $4.9 million contract to increase domestic production capacity of ventilator filters; https://www.defense.gov/Newsroom/Rel...dustrial-base/
July 25, 2020 - Under the DPA, DOD in coordination with HHS signed a $2.75 million contract with NPS to increase domestic capacity of meltblown filtration media, a key component in N95 masks; https://www.defense.gov/Newsroom/Rel...tion-of-meltb/
July 25, 2020 - Under the DPA, DOD in coordination with HHS signed a $7.6 million contract with Hologic, Inc. to increase domestic production of consumables for sample collection and testing for Covid-19;https://www.defense.gov/Newsroom/Rel...ic-production/
August 4, 2020 - Under the DPA, DOD in coordination with HHS signed a $104 million contract with Duopross Meditech Corporation, Cardinal Health Inc., Gold Coast Medical Supply, LP, HTL STREFA Inc., Quality Impact, Inc., and Medline Industries, Inc. to procure 500M syringes and safety needles for Covid-19 vaccinations; https://www.defense.gov/Newsroom/Rel...s-covid-19-va/
August 10, 2020 - Under the DPA, DOD in support of HHS signed an agreement with BioFire Defense, LLC that will triple its Covid-19 test manufacturing capacity; https://www.defense.gov/Newsroom/Rel...to-expand-dom/
Untested Trump Vaccine?
Like influenza and other viruses, Covid-19 and other Corona virues will never go out of circulation. Thus the long-term "solution" to Covid-19 is to have one or more vaccines for the virus (which could be "adjusted" to counter-act future Corona virus outbreaks).
What is this test "Phase" stuff? Phase I is the first human trial, with a few 10s of subjects. It tests whether the vaccine candidate can be effective, and at a dose level with reasonably mild side effects (safety). Phase II involves hundreds of subjects, with a wider range of age and ethnic backgrounds. Phase III involves 10s of thousands of subjects. Phases II and III both continue to look at effectiveness and safety. Phase III is the final pre-approval test phase.
What follows is timelines for the progress of each of the leading vaccine candidate, plus several others whose companies are working with the various Federal agencies. These are far from the only vaccines being developed "out there", but are the ones most likely to be approved earliest by the US FDA. Taking a view at a level above the nutsy-boltsy details, one can see that:
* The Trump Administration is not putting "its" eggs in just one or a very few baskets;
* The Trump Administration has chosen companies from multiple countries - AstraZeneca is UK/Sweden; BioNTEch is German; Sanofi is French;
* A great deal of attention has not only gone into development and testing, but the US government has also assisted the vaccine companies with production capacity in the US and with necessaries such as vials and syringes; potential bottlenecks have been anticipated and addressed.
AstraZeneca (Oxford) - Phase III
April 17, 2020 - NIH announced a public-private partnership with leading biopharmaceutical companies to speed up the development of coronavirus vaccines and therapies; https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news...atment-options
April 23, 2020 - University of Oxford researchers began Phase I trial of a COVID-19 vaccine; https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2020-04-23...an-trial-stage , https://www.bbc.com/news/health-52394485
April 30, 2020 - AstraZeneca and Oxford University announce agreement for COVID-19 vaccine; https://www.astrazeneca.com/content/...9-vaccine.html
May 21, 2020 - Trump Administration’s Operation Warp Speed accelerates AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to be available beginning in October; https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2020/...n-october.html
May 21, 2020 - Under Operation Warp Speed, US secures 300 million doses, almost a third, of potential AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine; https://business.financialpost.com/t...d-19-vaccine-3
May 21, 2020 - Under Operation Warp Speed, AstraZeneca received support of more than $1B from the US Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority for development, production, and delivery of the vaccine, starting in the fall; development Phase III clinical trial with 30,000 participants and a paediatric trial; https://www.astrazeneca.com/content/...w-vaccine.html
May 22, 2020 - University of Oxford researchers began Phase II/III trial of a COVID-19 vaccine; https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2020-05-22...i-human-trials
June 24, 2020 - AstraZeneca began a vaccine trial in South Africa; https://thehill.com/policy/internati...n-south-africa
July 20, 2020 - Oxford University COVID-19 vaccine produced both antibodies and T-cells in patients; https://www.astrazeneca.com/content/...-ii-trial.html
Inovio - Phase I
March 24, 2020 - Ology Bioservices, Inovio Partner To Manufacture COVID-19 Vaccine With $11.9M DOD Grant; http://ir.inovio.com/news-releases/n...t/default.aspx
April 6, 2020 - INOVIO Started Phase I Clinical Trial Of Its COVID-19 Vaccine; http://ir.inovio.com/news-and-media/...y/default.aspx
June 23, 2020 - INOVIO announced it has received $71 million funding from the DOD for large-scale manufacture of the company's devices that deliver vaccine directly into the skin; http://ir.inovio.com/news-releases/n...e/default.aspx
Janssen Research/Johnson & Johnson - Phase I/IIa
March 13, 2020 - Janssen Pharmaceutical entered collaboration with the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) for development of a COVID-19 vaccine; https://www.jnj.com/johnson-johnson-...ne-development
March 30, 2020 - HHS accelerated clinical trial of a potential coronavirus vaccine developed by Janssen Research & Development; https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2020/...-vaccines.html
March 30, 2020 - Johnson & Johnson announced selection of a lead COVID-19 vaccine candidate and an expansion of the partnership between the Janssen Pharmaceutical and BARDA; https://www.jnj.com/johnson-johnson-...y-pandemic-use
April 17, 2020 - NIH announced a public-private partnership with leading biopharmaceutical companies to speed up the development of coronavirus vaccines and therapies; https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news...atment-options
April 23, 2020 - Johnson & Johnson announced a collaboration between the Janssen Pharmaceutical and Emergent BioSolutions, Inc. to support the manufacturing of its COVID-19 vaccine; https://www.jnj.com/johnson-johnson-...doses-globally
June 10, 2020 - Janssen Pharmaceutical accelerating its Phase I/IIa trial of its COVID-19 vaccine to the second half of July; https://www.jnj.com/johnson-johnson-...d-half-of-july
July 30, 2020 - Janssen Research (Johnson & Johnson) COVID-19 vaccine began Phase I/IIa clinical trial in the US and Belgium; https://www.jnj.com/single-dose-of-j...inical-studies
August 5, 2020 - Johnson & Johnson announced an agreement between its Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies and the US government for large scale domestic manufacturing and delivery of 100 million doses of Janssen's Covid-19 vaccine, subject to successful testing and with an option to purchase an additional 200 million doses; https://www.janssen.com/johnson-john...vid-19-vaccine
Moderna - Phase III
January 22, 2020 - Pharmaceuticals company Moderna working with US government to develop vaccine; https://www.cnbc.com/2020/01/22/mode...ronavirus.html , https://investors.modernatx.com/news...te-development
February 26, 2020 - Experimental vaccine submitted for testing; Moderna, https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/25/busin...ine/index.html
March 16, 2020 - Phase I testing begins of Moderna's experimental coronavirus vaccine; at Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute, https://www.kpwashingtonresearch.org...-study-seattle
March 27, 2020 - Emory University began enrolling participants for a Phase I clinical trial of Moderna's potential coronavirus vaccine; https://news.emory.edu/stories/2020/...art/index.html
April 16, 2020 - Moderna awarded up to $483M by BARDA to accelerate development of mRNA coronavirus vaccine; https://investors.modernatx.com/news...da-483-million
May 6, 2020 - The FDA approved the start of Phase II testing of Moderna's vaccine; https://investors.modernatx.com/news...a-vaccine-mrna
May 12, 2020 - Moderna receives FDA Fast Track designation for coronavirus vaccine; https://investors.modernatx.com/news...a-vaccine-mrna
May 29, 2020 - Moderna announces first participants dosed in Phase II study of coronavirus vaccine; https://investors.modernatx.com/news...rt-dosed-phase
July 8, 2020 - Moderna completed enrollment for its Phase II study of its vaccine; https://investors.modernatx.com/news...s-mrna-vaccine
July 9, 2020 - Moderna and ROVI announce collaboration for outside-of-the-US Fill-Finish Manufacturing of Moderna’s COVID-19 Vaccine; https://investors.modernatx.com/news...us-fill-finish
July 26, 2020 - Moderna announced a modification to its contract with BARDA for additional funding to support late development, including the expanded Phase III study of its COVID-19 vaccine; https://investors.modernatx.com/news...t-larger-phase
July 27, 2020 - Moderna announced announced that the Phase III study of its COVID-19 vaccine has begun dosing participants; the randomized, placebo-controlled trial will include some 30,000 US participants; https://investors.modernatx.com/news...-against-covid
August 11, 2020 - Moderna announced that the U.S. government has secured 100 million doses of Moderna's Covid-19 vaccine; https://investors.modernatx.com/news...nt-initial-100
Novavax - Phase II
May 25, 2020 - Novavax Began Phase I/II Clinical Trial of COVID-19 Vaccine; https://ir.novavax.com/news-releases...vid-19-vaccine
June 4, 2020 - Novavax announced an up to $60M contract with the US DOD for Novavax’ COVID-19 vaccine; https://ir.novavax.com/news-releases...vid-19-vaccine
July 23, 2020 - Novavax and FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies announced today an agreement to manufacture COVID-19 vaccine, with the first batch already started at FUJIFILM's facility in North Carolina; https://ir.novavax.com/news-releases...initiate-large
July 27, 2020 - As part of the agreement between Novavax and FUJIFILM and of Operation Warp Speed, mass production of the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine will be done at FUJIFILM's Texas A & M University facility; https://www.kxxv.com/brazos/u-s-choo...ine-candidates
August 17, 2020 - Novavax announced the beginning of a Phase IIb clinical trial in South Africa of its COVID-19 vaccine candidate; https://ir.novavax.com/news-releases...e-south-africa
August 24, 2020 - Novavax announced that the first volunteers have been enrolled in Phase II of its clinical trial of its Covid-19 vaccine; https://ir.novavax.com/news-releases...al-trial-covid
Pfizer/BioNTech - Phase III
March 16, 2020 - Pfizer announced partnership to develop BioNTech’s mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccines; https://www.pfizer.com/news/press-re...vid_19_vaccine
April 17, 2020 - NIH announced a public-private partnership with leading biopharmaceutical companies to speed up the development of coronavirus vaccines and therapies; https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news...atment-options
April 22, 2020 - Pfizer and BioNTech announced approval to begin Phase I/II trial of BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccines in Germany; https://www.pfizer.com/news/press-re...ine_candidates
April 29, 2020 - Pfizer and BioNTech announced that the first cohort of BioNTech’s Phase I/II clinical trial has been dosed; https://www.pfizer.com/news/press-re...g-first-cohort
May 5, 2020 - Pfizer and BioNTech announced that the first participants have been dosed in the US in the Phase I/II clinical trial; https://www.pfizer.com/news/press-re...opment_program
July 13, 2020 - Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech announced that two of the companies’ COVID-19 vaccine candidates received Fast Track designation from the US FDA; both are currently undergoing Phase 1/2 clinical studies; https://www.pfizer.com/news/press-re...esignation-two
July 20, 2020 - BioNTech and Pfizer announced initial data from their Phase I/II trial showed the COVID-19 vaccine produced both antibodies and T-cells in patients; https://www.pfizer.com/news/press-re...-update-german
July 22, 2020 - Pfizer and BioNTech announced an agreement with the US HHS Department and the DoD under Operation Warp Speed to begin delivering 300 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine in 2021, with the US government receiving 100 million doses of the vaccine; https://www.pfizer.com/news/press-re...government-600 , https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...-covid-vaccine
July 27, 2020 - Pfizer and BioNTech announced the start of a global Phase II/III clinical study of its COVID-19 vaccine, which will include up to 30,000 participants; https://www.pfizer.com/news/press-re...ne-candidate-0
Sanofi
March 27, 2020 - Sanofi and Translate Bio collaborate to develop COVID-19 vaccine; https://www.sanofi.com/en/media-room...03-27-07-00-00https://investors.translate.bio/news...lop-novel-mrna
April 14, 2020 - Sanofi and GSK to develop a COVID-19 vaccine; https://www.sanofi.com/en/media-room...04-14-13-00-00
April 17, 2020 - NIH announced a public-private partnership with leading biopharmaceutical companies to speed up the development of coronavirus vaccines and therapies; https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news...atment-options
July 31, 2020 - Sanofi and GlaxoSmithKline announced an agreement under Operation Warp Speed for funding clinical trials and delivery of 100 million doses, with an option for 500 million more doses; https://www.gsk.com/en-gb/media/pres...id-19-vaccine/
Vaxart - Phase I
January 31, 2020 - Vaxart Announces start of development of Covid-19 oral vaccine; https://investors.vaxart.com/news-re...accine-program
March 18, 2020 - Vaxart announced today an agreement with Emergent BioSolutions to help develop and manufacture Vaxart’s Covid-19 oral vaccine; https://investors.vaxart.com/news-re...t-biosolutions
June 26, 2020 - Vaxart’s COVID-19 Vaccine Selected for the U.S. Government’s Operation Warp Speed; https://investors.vaxart.com/news-re...operation-warp
August 10, 2020 - Vaxart filed for permission to start Phase I testing of its oral Covid-19 vaccine; https://investors.vaxart.com/news-re...vid-19-vaccine
General Support Activities
May 12, 2020 - ApiJect Systems awarded $138M for pre-filled COVID-19 vaccine syringes; https://www.upi.com/Defense-News/202...5001589324444/
June 1, 2020 - HHS adds $628 million to contract with Emergent BioSolutions to secure CDMO contract manufacturing capacity for Operation Warp Speed; https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2020/...arp-speed.html
June 10, 2020 - Under the DPA, Operation Warp Speed funded increased manufacturing capacity at Corning and SiO2 Materials Science for vials for COVID-19 vaccines and treatments and for future needs; https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2020/...reatments.html
July 8, 2020 - Becton, Dickinson announced the formation of a public-private partnership with BARDA, part of HHS, to develop new manufacturing lines for hundreds of millions of syringes and needles to support current and future pandemic vaccination efforts; https://www.bd.com/en-us/company/new...tion-campaigns
August 4, 2020 - Under the DPA, DOD in coordination with HHS signed a $104 million contract with Duopross Meditech Corporation, Cardinal Health Inc., Gold Coast Medical Supply, LP, HTL STREFA Inc., Quality Impact, Inc., and Medline Industries, Inc. to procure 500M syringes and safety needles for Covid-19 vaccinations; https://www.defense.gov/Newsroom/Rel...s-covid-19-va/
So the progressive media shits their pants because Trump and Co. were having a good time last night without all the mask and social distancing bullshit...in the meantime, they're perfectly fine with the throng of losers hanging out at the Washington Mall (quite confused about how to feel about the incredible fireworks display, BTW) who would have no reservations about burning down the White House and assaulting every human being within. It seems to me that pure rage and anger cuts right thru intelligence, logic and reason.
Which got me thinking today as I was working...I obey the law for two reasons:
1. I mean no one on this earth any harm unless they intend to harm me
2. Being incarcerated, for ANY reason is completely out of the question. There is nothing I value more than my freedom. I would never do anything the has even the slightest chance of me being thrown in a cage...6 years, 6 months, one single night even...no thank you.
So it seems to me that the desire to avoid being locked up behind bars is almost like an involuntary reflex, or perhaps a matter of intrinsic self preservation. Yet we see these people that have abandon that altogether...looting, arson, assault, murder, battery, threats and intimidation, etc...things that could result in your being arrested and/or jailed. It's almost like that switch has gone "off" in their brains...the rage has turned them into fanatics...zombie like with no sense of self preservation.
We've all seen this before...those religious zealots in the Middle East for example...willing to "martyr" themselves with no regard for their future or the consequences of their actions. "Fanatics"..."Maniacs".
I'd say we're seeing the American version of this. These people are reacting on pure emotion without reason, completely devoid of decency...like raging zombies who's brains have switched to overload. That explains why they "instinctively" react the way they do without regard to others or even their own self preservation. They can't be reasoned with. They're gone.
So for anyone trying to figure out "What do they want"...even they don't even know. Pure hatred.
And the often heard lefty/communist lie about testing.
heres some facts
What Happened to Covid-19 Tests?!
Test development started when the CDC knew what a test had to detect, January 11th (the 12th on China's side of the International Dateline), https://www.who.int/csr/don/12-janua...irus-china/en/ . With that as the starting date the CDC started shipping its test in less than 4 weeks, not exactly a slow response. But a fateful decision had already been been made. Only the CDC-created test could be used and only processed by the CDC. If everything worked OK with the tests that began shipping on February 6th, the CDC would soon have become an awful bottleneck, though that may not have been realized in late January and early February.
But everything was not OK with those tests. Piecing together information from these articles, https://hotair.com/archives/john-s-2...ting-february/ , https://www.washingtonpost.com/inves...034_story.html , and https://arstechnica.com/science/2020...-feds-confirm/ , when labs to whom early samples were shipped tried the tests they found the tests yielded false positives when highly purified water was tested. When this was verified and the cause investigated, it was found that there had been cross-contamination due to researchers working where the tests were being assembled not changing their lab coats when they went from one part of the lab to another, and by test components being assembled in an area shared with people handling samples containing the coronavirus.
Figuring out that the tests were defective and determining the cause consumed several weeks. Finally, at the end of February the FDA permitted use of other labs' tests that were still in the process of obtaining an Emergency Use Authorization, and then the testing ball got moving:
January 20, 2020 - First confirmed coronavirus case in the US announced; https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2...avel-case.html
January 23, 2020 - CDC sought “special emergency authorization” from FDA to allow states to use its coronavirus test; https://www.reuters.com/article/us-c...-idUSKBN1ZM2XS
February 6, 2020 - Shipping of CDC 2019 coronavirus test kits begins; https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2...test-kits.html
February 29, 2020 - Testing labs allowed to use tests whose FDA Emergency Use Authorization requests are still pending; https://www.fda.gov/news-events/pres...ty-diagnostics
March 10, 2020 - Trump and VP Pence met with health insurance companies and secured commitment to waive co-pays for coronavirus testing; https://www.nbcnews.com/video/trump-...nt-80407109506
March 13, 2020 - FDA granted emergency approval for faster coronavirus test; https://thehill.com/policy/healthcar...ronavirus-test
March 13, 2020 - FDA emergency approval for Thermo-Fisher coronavirus test (within 24 hours of applying); https://www.fda.gov/news-events/pres...-thermo-fisher
March 13, 2020 - Public-private partnerships allowed to open up drive-through testing collection sites; https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/03/...y-for-doctors/
March 13, 2020 - FDA granted Roche AG an emergency approval for automated coronavirus testing kits; https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...0-times-faster
March 13, 2020 - HHS announced funding for development of two rapid diagnostic tests; https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2020/...tic-tests.html
March 16, 2020 - FDA allowing states to authorize use of tests developed by labs in their states; https://seekingalpha.com/news/355232...onavirus-tests
April 2, 2020 - FDA issued Emergency Use Authorization for the first coronavirus antibody test, developed by Cellex; https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/...es/5116281002/
April 8, 2020 - HHS authorized pharmacists to order, administer coronavirus tests; https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2020/...-19-tests.html
April 10, 2020 - Trump administration working to bring blood-based serology tests to market so Americans can determine if they have had the coronavirus; https://www.centerforhealthsecurity....-COVID-19.html
April 13, 2020 - FDA clears first saliva test to help diagnose new virus; https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireSt...virus-70127442
April 21, 2020 - FDA has now authorized more than 50 coronavirus diagnostic tests and four antibody tests; https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireSt...tions-70253488
April 21, 2020 - FDA authorized first at-home coronavirus test; https://www.cbsnews.com/news/coronav...-fda-approval/
April 24, 2020 - To date, the FDA has issued 44 individual emergency use authorizations for test kit manufacturers and laboratories; https://www.fda.gov/news-events/pres...-april-24-2020
April 27, 2020 - HHS Launches COVID-19 Uninsured Program Portal allowing health care providers who have conducted COVID-19 testing or provided treatment for uninsured individuals to submit claims for reimbursement; https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2020/...am-portal.html
April 29, 2020 - DOD will invest $75.5 million in DPA funding to increase swab production by 20 million per month starting in May; Puritan Medical Products was awarded the contract; https://www.defense.gov/Newsroom/Rel...itan-contract/
May 6, 2020 - Coordinated through the DPA, Bath Iron Works finalized a contract with Puritan Medical Products to deliver 30 industrial machines to help meet demand for COVID-19 testing clinical swabs; https://www.mainebiz.biz/article/biw...dical-products
May 8, 2020 - To date, the FDA has issued 58 individual emergency use authorizations for test kit manufacturers and laboratories; https://www.fda.gov/news-events/pres...dup-may-4-2020
May 8, 2020 - FDA issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) to Rutgers Clinical Genomics Laboratory for their COVID-19 laboratory developed test with the option of using home-collected saliva samples; https://www.fda.gov/news-events/pres...lection-saliva
June 1, 2020 - To date, the FDA has authorized 117 tests under EUAs, which include 101 molecular tests, 15 antibody tests, and 1 antigen test; https://www.fda.gov/news-events/pres...up-june-1-2020
June 10, 2020 - FDA issued an EUA to Illumina, Inc. for the first COVID-19 diagnostic test utilizing next generation sequence technology; https://www.fda.gov/news-events/pres...osing-covid-19
June 12, 2020 - FDA issued an EUA for Cue Health Inc.’s Cue COVID-19 Test for use at the Point of Care (sample not sent to lab); https://www.fda.gov/news-events/pres...p-june-12-2020
June 29, 2020 - FDA issued EUAs for SARS-CoV-2 molecular diagnostic tests from Inform Diagnostics, Inc. and Diagnostic Solutions Laboratory, LLC; https://www.fda.gov/news-events/pres...p-june-29-2020
June 30, 2020 - FDA issued an Emergency Use Authorization to LifeHope Labs for its molecular-based Covid-19 test; https://www.fda.gov/news-events/pres...p-june-30-2020
June 30, 2020 - To date, the FDA has authorized 157 tests under EUAs; these include 132 molecular tests, 24 antibody tests, and 1 antigen test; https://www.fda.gov/news-events/pres...p-june-30-2020
June 30, 2020 - HHS extends COVID-19 testing public-private partnership with CVS, Rite-Aid, Walgreens, Quest services at Walmart) and eTrueNorth services at Kroger, Health Mart, and Walmart); https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2020/...rtnership.html , https://www.hhs.gov/coronavirus/comm...tes/index.html
July 25, 2020 - Under the DPA, DOD in coordination with HHS signed a $7.6 million contract with Hologic, Inc. to increase domestic production of consumables for sample collection and testing for Covid-19;https://www.defense.gov/Newsroom/Rel...ic-production/
July 31, 2020 - To date, the FDA has currently authorized 194 tests under EUAs; these include 159 molecular tests, 33 antibody tests, and 2 antigen tests; https://www.fda.gov/news-events/pres...p-july-31-2020
August 10, 2020 - Under the DPA, DOD in support of HHS signed an agreement with BioFire Defense, LLC that will triple its Covid-19 test manufacturing capacity; https://www.defense.gov/Newsroom/Rel...to-expand-dom/
August 27, 2020 - To date, the FDA has currently authorized 226 tests under EUAs, including 182 molecular tests, 40 antibody tests, and 4 antigen tests; https://www.fda.gov/news-events/pres...august-27-2020
Looking at it all from a level above the nutsy-boltsy details, the CDC lab in Atlanta made undergraduate-level mistakes that resulted in defective tests. This was something Trump could not have controlled or prevented, so his, "The Buck Stops Here" responsibility was to Oversee recovering from the problem. Having the FDA permit the use of tests still in the EUA process bypassed both the defective tests problem and the future problem of the CDC becoming a bottleneck in the processing of test samples.
Did Trump Take Covid-19 Seriously - Trump Actions and Donkey Brayings
I'm going to give a chronology of Trump Administration actions in the context of things Democrat officials - local and national - did and said. I'll include a few items that give the context of what was known when. I'll let actions demonstrate who was or was not serious about Covid-19.
December 31, 2019 - WHO found a translation of a Chinese news report on ProMED about the outbreak in Wuhan; WHO's China office found a Wuhan Municipal Health Commission media statement about the outbreak in Wuhan; https://www.who.int/news-room/detail...-covidtimeline
January 4, 2020 - CDC Director Robert Redfield offers to send technical experts to China: https://www.washingtonpost.com/polit...g-coronavirus/ (behind paywall)
January 6, 2020 - CDC issued a Level 1 travel notice for Wuhan, China; https://afludiary.blogspot.com/2020/...el-notice.html
January 8, 2020 - CDC alert to clinicians to ask patients with "severe respiratory illness" whether they had traveled to Wuhan; https://emergency.cdc.gov/han/han00424.asp
January 11 and 12, 2020 - Covid-19 coronavirus DNA sequence communicated to WHO; https://www.who.int/csr/don/12-janua...irus-china/en/
January 15, 2020 - Nancy Pelosi signed impeachment articles and doled out impeachment pens; https://apnews.com/3cd46ae3f694b21c0cf83af3f0c4f1c7
January 17, 2020 - The US started screening arriving passengers from China; JFK, SFO, LAX https://www.businessinsider.com/new-...ing-cdc-2020-1 ; O'Hare and Hartsfield-Jackson
January 22, 2020 - https://www.washingtonpost.com/natio...lanta-chicago/
January 20, 2020 - Dr. Fauci announces the National Institutes of Health working developing a vaccine for coronavirus; https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/20/healt...ent/index.html
January 20, 2020 - CDC activated its emergency operations center; https://emergency.cdc.gov/recentinci...d=EPR-homepage
January 20, 2020 - First acknowledgement by China and WHO of human-human transmission of coronavirus; https://abcnews.go.com/Health/human-...ry?id=68403105
January 20, 2020 - First confirmed coronavirus case in the US announced; https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2...avel-case.html
January 22, 2020 - Pharmaceuticals company Moderna working with US government to develop vaccine; https://www.cnbc.com/2020/01/22/mode...ronavirus.html , https://investors.modernatx.com/news...te-development
January 26, 2020 - While warning that the coronavirus would come to NYC, New York City Health Commisioner Dr. Oxiris Barbot advised people, "We are encouraging New Yorkers to go about their everyday lives and suggest practicing everyday precautions that we do through the flu season," and, "We are very clear: We wish New Yorkers a Happy Lunar New Year and we encourage people to spend time with their families and go about their celebration"; https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/27/n...ronavirus.html
January 27, 2020 - US CDC issues highest-level travel health notice, Level 3, recommending that travelers avoid all nonessential travel to China; State Department raises its own travel advisory for all of China to Level 3 of 4, urging U.S. citizens to “reconsider travel”, while retaining its Level 4 travel advisory for Hubei Province; https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2...oid-china.html , https://china.usembassy-china.org.cn...avel-to-hubei/
January 29, 2020 - White House announced the formation of the Coronavirus Task Force; https://thehill.com/policy/healthcar...or-coronavirus
January 31, 2020 - In reference to Lunar New Year celebration activities, Barbara Ferrer, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health Director, said, "There is no need to panic and there is no need for people to cancel their activities."; https://mynewsla.com/hollywood/2020/...ngeles-county/
January 31, 2020 - Trump declared a public health emergency; https://abcnews.go.com/Health/delta-...ry?id=68666037
January 31, 2020 - State Department raised the travel advisory for China to Level 4, do not travel; https://www.usatoday.com/story/trave...se/4620989002/
January 31, 2020 - People entering the US from China forbidden; Announced January 31, effective February 2; https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/02/us/co...ons/index.html This effectively ended flights from and to China, for obvious reasons.
January 31, 2020 - Biden referred to "Donald Trump’s record of hysteria and xenophobia - hysterical xenophobia - and fearmongering" while criticizing Trump's China travel restrictions; https://thehill.com/homenews/campaig...virus-outbreak
February 1, 2020 - The day after Trump announced the China travel shutdown Joe Biden Tweeted, "Donald Trump’s record of hysteria, xenophobia, and fear-mongering"; https://twitter.com/JoeBiden/status/...361338370?s=20
February 2, 2020 - NYC Health Commissioner Dave A. Chokshi encouraged New Yorkers, "As we gear up to celebrate the #LunarNewYear in NYC,... there is no reason for anyone to change their holiday plans, avoid the subway, or certain parts of the city because of #coronavirus; https://twitter.com/NYCHealthCommr/s...43155852537863
February 4, 2020 - Rep. Ami Bera claimed Trump's China travel restrictions would "create prejudices" and cause people to "harbor anxieties toward" Chinese people; https://www.politico.com/states/cali...s-fear-1258757
February 5, 2020 - First House of Representatives hearing about Covid-19; https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/05/watc...-outbreak.html
February 5, 2020 - Rep. Eliot Engel claimed Trump's China travel restrictions would "stoke" "discriminatory" and "racist" responses; https://foreignaffairs.house.gov/202...mittee-hearing
February 7, 2020 - NYC Health Commisioner Dr. Oxiris Barbot advised people, "So we’re telling New Yorkers, go about your lives, take the subway, go out, enjoy life, but practice everyday precautions"; https://news.grabien.com/story-flash...rkers-gather-p (the link includes context of her advice and video of her comments)
February 9, 2020 - NYC Health Commissioner Oxiris Barbot encouraged New Yorkers, "I want to remind everyone to enjoy the (Lunar New Year) parade and not change any plans due to misinformation spreading about #coronavirus."; https://twitter.com/NYCHealthCommr/s...08570646269954
February 11, 2020 - HHS expands partnership with Janssen Research & Development for vaccine development; https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2020/...s-vaccine.html
February 18, 2020 - HHS to work with Sanofi Pasteur to develop coronavirus vaccine and treatment; https://www.statnews.com/2020/02/18/...virus-vaccine/
February 24, 2020 - Nancy Pelosi invited Californians to "come to Chinatown"; https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/20...cos-chinatown/
February 25, 2020 - An NIH clinical trial of Remdesivir begun; at University of Nebraska Medical Center, https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news...ovid-19-begins
February 26, 2020 - Nancy Pelosi referred to Trump's China travel shut down as, "scare tactics about people coming back to our country"; https://twitter.com/ABCPolitics/stat...17882020245504
February 29, 2020 - Level 4 travel advisory to Italy, South Korea; https://www.usatoday.com/story/trave...ea/4914822002/
February 29, 2020 - Iran travel ban announced; https://www.statnews.com/2020/02/29/...-include-iran/
March 4, 2020 - In a press conference, NYC Health Commisioner Dr. Oxiris Barbot advised "So, there's no indication that being in a car, being in the subways with someone who's potentially sick is a risk factor ..."; https://www1.nyc.gov/office-of-the-m...9-preparedness
March 5, 2020 - City of New York Mayor de Blasio encouraged residents to "get out on the town"; https://twitter.com/BilldeBlasio/sta...48718714036229
March 5, 2020 - Barbara Ferrer, director of the Los Angeles County Public Health Department, said, "The public can continue to enjoy all that L.A. County has to offer, including the Los Angeles Marathon"; https://www.latimes.com/california/s...-on-here-is-wh
March 11, 2020 - Trump suspended travel from Europe; https://news.yahoo.com/trump-suspend...014314635.html
March 13, 2020 - Trump declared National Emergency; https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/polit...na/ar-BB11a6RO
March 14, 2020 - European travel ban extended to include the UK and Ireland; https://www.politico.com/news/2020/0...vel-ban-129470
March 16, 2020 - Testing begins of Moderna's experimental coronavirus vaccine; at Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute, https://www.kpwashingtonresearch.org...-study-seattle
March 19, 2020 - State Department global level 4 health advisory, avoid all international travel; https://travel.state.gov/content/tra...ory-issue.html
Wow---and now the truth comes out.
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Yeah. Amazing how far they'll go to win elections. No regard whatsoever for the collateral damage.
Not sure where these numbers are coming from. Am I looking in the wrong place? :ne_nau:Quote:
Originally Posted by oldno7
Only if you failed to go to the CDC website.Quote:
Originally Posted by rockgremlin
Comorbidities
Table 3 shows the types of health conditions and contributing causes mentioned in conjunction with deaths involving coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). For 6% of the deaths, COVID-19 was the only cause mentioned. For deaths with conditions or causes in addition to COVID-19, on average, there were 2.6 additional conditions or causes per death. The number of deaths with each condition or cause is shown for all deaths and by age groups. For data on comorbidities, https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/images/vsrr/socrata-icon.png Click here to download.
From here:
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/c...ekly/index.htm