Medical Professional Calls For Bold Steps To Fix Resource Shortage | Morning Joe | MSNBC

CEO of Seed Global Health Dr. Vanessa Kerry and Dr. Dave Campbell join Morning Joe to discuss the critical shortage of ventilators and masks and more resources in U.S. hospitals. Aired on 03/19/2020.
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Medical Professional Calls For Bold Steps To Fix Resource Shortage | Morning Joe | MSNBC

95 comments

  1. “Nobody ever thought of these numbers.” Actually SIR, President Obama did, and his staff tried to train your staff about pandemics. Your staff exhibited terminal boredom and then of course, you abolished the programs that were in place for this kind of situation. Great job.

    1. T Boned It turns out that malignant narcissists make laughable presidents. That’s your business if you follow Jim Jones, David Koresh, or the corrupt lying orange bigot. Enjoy! But it usually doesn’t end well.

    2. @AlexYounger Listen to yourself. You are making yourself look more foolish with each comment. Keep watching the FAKE NEWS, it is melting your brain.

    3. T Boned Keep repeating yourself dummy. It doesn’t help, spewing the same simplistic gibberish, over and over. Sad.

  2. Someone please tell Trump to SHUT UP, he is ONLY making things worse!! Let the experts or someone presidential talk to the nation!!!

    1. @David Atkinson your correct. It’s a farce always has been to him. He’s after ratings, he was never serious about being president. Unfortunately those who voted or did not vote for him are paying the price.

    2. The media keeps him in front of the cameras.
      He’s not going to change.
      The focus should be on getting masks and testing out to the population.
      Look to state and local governments.

      Stay home, wear a mask when you go out, frequent hand washing, and social distancing are the steps we can all take to slow down the spread of this virus. The speed at which it spreads throughout the population is The threat.
      Most people infected with the virus do not get seriously ill. By taking these preventive measures we can protect the most
      vulnerable among us from contracting the virus.
      The virus will come for you.
      It doesn’t care who you voted for.

    3. Amen. That’s it right there.The failure to share accurate information regarding the virus and act on guidance from the World Health Organization is how we got to this point.
      The current economic consequences were avoidable. Deploying testing on a massive scale and distribution of masks to everyone is an effective strategy to defeat the virus. Closing everything down and travel bans are not effective in containing contagious diseases.

      Wear a mask when you go out.
      Wash your hands frequently.Practice social distancing.
      Only a small percentage of people infected with the virus will actually become seriously ill.
      These preventive measures we take are to protect others from becoming infected. We are protecting them.
      That’s all we can do.

    1. @Shawn Aning Did you even read the article or just the headline? He is saying a reduction in fortce and they absorbed it into the biodefense unit. Sound like they dismissed the team. Trump even admitted it in the press conference.

    2. @MERLE1593 you can post whatever you like, it was a planned slimming down planned by the last administration. As your article stated it was set up to fight Ebola and once Ebola was nearly eradicated it was supposed to be downsized. There job was to fight Ebola, that fight was over. If you want to stop infectious disease stay home. I am not sure why you would rely on the government to help you.

    3. @Dan Schulte I came from a rough childhood, I lived on my own since I was 16. I spent my first couple weeks on my own living in school buses since it was Christmas break in Iowa. I couldn’t rely on my parents or anyone else. If I was in a church trying to stay warm the pastor would try to hold me there until police came. I wouldn’t rely on anyone to help me or my family, that’s up to me. My parents ultimately taught me not to trust anyone and I recommend you do the same.

    4. Shawn Aning Sometimes great things come from humble beginnings. There are vibrational realities that we live in. We find ourselves in vibrational scenarios by thinking, you choose what to think, how to live, then we become that. We are creatures of habit. You’ve a great amount of self determination. But, we are social creatures and some of our strength comes from interfacing and reacting to others. To be our best, we need to open up our hearts to others, and not just humans, all life.

  3. The answer isn’t just ventilators. It’s all the drug infusions and additional machines to run the body while ventilated, the syringes, tubes and lines etc, constant supply of masks and gowns to prevent cross contamination and the specialised nurse needed to run the entire scenario. One ICU nurse to one patient. It takes a good year to be competent to treat an ICU patient as an ICU nurse. Doctors do not run the scene alone in ICU, it’s very nurse led with many supplies and machines involved, so It’s not answered with just a load of ventilators although it’s a good start.

    1. David Wong every time Pence talked today the stock market went down. And all Trump did is puff out his chest how wonderful he is. Throwing money at corporations and even the people will not solve this issue.

    2. @David Wong CDC guidelines just changed for the worse. Now, even if we may have been exposed, we are still supposed to go to work but wear masks What masks? N95s or surgical masks or bandanas?. So healthcare workers are going to spread the disease instead of contain it We need to test our healthcare workers first and shelter at home the general public. None of those celebrities/ basketball players needed tests before us.In China, the healthcare workers were in Hazmat suits, regular citizens kept home, those on the streets were wearing masks, they were spraying everyone coming in and out of stores and hospitals. Does our government not see this?

    3. @Jennifer Ross Trump only knows how to do two things;n give money to the rich and close the border. Why should Pence and Jared be in charge? How much medical knowledge do they have? Jared is probably scheming to make money off this thing.

    1. America is a nation of the mongrelized not under Queen or Germanicvs/Nordicvs jurisdiction.

    2. And they have found that 50% of those testing positive have NO SYMPTOMS. So Imagine how this disease is spreading and has been spreading here.

    1. I send all I can from Iceland, which is support for Americans and your right to health care for free! 🙏

    1. @sylvester01ful
      You are the liar!
      Guess you’re just emulating your Orange Hitler “star” icon, eh?

    2. @David Christ
      Yes, trump is worse than ebola…. Especially with all his/its cheezberder halitosis, and numerous other foul stenches.

    3. @Dave Greene Your comments sound very high school. How old are you 17? This coronavirus is the end of his leadership capabilities. He is so over his head and just worried about money and economics. People will suffer even more as will the economy if he doesn’t listen and follow the medical expertise.

    1. The two Trump statements are opposite. If Trump knew it was a pandemic, why didn’t he act and accept WHO test for virus? Trump just Braggs and pats himself on the back and gaslight the public for months now called Trump virus

    2. first Impression It’s a deep state conspiracy. It’s all on Hillary’s email server over in Ukraine. Rudy should look into it.

    3. He knew it was a pandemic before everyone else because he probably planned it. I just don’t know about this guy. This virus stopped the democrat airtime cold. And he’s a media savant. I just dont know

    4. “I knew it was a pandemic I just didn’t want to do testing or save lives because he didn’t want his

    1. Is not going to happen Trump gov’t shutdown election because of coronavirus he’s go to be the president 2020

    2. @Alpha 119 the only one who is pointing fingers is Trump, not intelligent enough to own up to his down falls ,yet he’s so quick to point out others. So I think you are choosing alternative facts when it comes to that. If he took on the job of being President that comes with accountability. If he can’t walk the walk, don’t talk the talk. He is the weakest link! Bye bye 👋

    3. @Alpha 119
      Ridding ourselves of this tinted turd will at least increase our chance of SURVIVAL!
      The drugged dirtbag has IMPEDED all efforts to FIGHT the coronavirus.

    1. @Kerenszharris Harris LOL, then you would appreciate the complete presentation on the investigation involving two of the top forensic labs in the world and police investigators into it wouldn’t you?

    2. Me too!

      I want to see the entire 21 members of Mr. Trump’s most immediate family photographed attending Easter Sunday Service together…including those who practice Judaism & do not believe that the Christian’s Risen Savior holds truth. Then when Passover is celebrated those same 21 family members attend en masse one very large Passover gathering.

      With current “leader” it seems to be “do as I say” vs “do as I do” with little to no credibility.

      I pray for our country to get through these challenging next ten months with the lowest death toll in the world from the Covid-19 virus. It’s calming to hear evidence based knowledge of necessary & realistic methdologies from the learned scientists & physicians brave enough to speak to us seriously frightened citizens juxtaposed with the shallow words of a magical thinking, constantly self-pronounced “stable genius” who incites greater fear over calmness. I continue to hope nonetheless. And my heart breaks for all our lost loved ones no matter the cause or location.

    3. @Joan Raiford You do realize that they proved conclusively that Obama FORGED his birth certificate, so that his entire Presidency was a lie perpetrated on Americans? You do get that don’t you?

    4. @John Watkins Obama FORGED his birth certificate 1000% proof>>>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jk3KRxTfkLM

    1. Well I’ve been informed that everything is purely the fault of that vulgar Orange Bad Man.

      Good manners and civility in the White House is what we need to fix simply everything that’s wrong in this country. Vote Biden for that thing 2020 🐑

    2. Yeah, vote Joe (“Nothing will fundamentally change”) Biden instead of Bernie, the only one who is committed to M4A.

    3. This very situation, that the medical system is for profit could be the catalyst for change it could bring in a public medical service for all Americans.

    4. @Barrie Wright With the virus taking down their beloved capitalist economy, even staunch capitalists and “libertarians” are already lobbying for the immediate establishment of a universal health care system in the US.
      The politicians can throw how many trillions of bail-out dollars that they want at Wall Street. If people are hiding at home, the billionaires’ privileged status is kaput.

  4. Trump said we’re ordering ventilators… WTF? You should have been ordered ventilators several weeks ago!!

  5. Trump is still delusional. “Maybe we don’t need ventilators.” While everywhere in the world people die because of a lack of them.

  6. Reporter: “But we knew for weeks that we needed ventilators so why did it take so long?”
    Trump: “Well that depends. We’ll just have to see how it goes.”
    Me: WTF?!!!!!!!!!!

    1. A better me He didn’t want to know the numbers, he likes low numbers, and it was a Dem hoax, Fake News! His Go to Political Jargon! Gaslighting! That’s All the “Big Brain Genius” Got!

  7. This is what incompetence looks like no ventilators, refusing tests from WHO. Time to mobilize and vote for competence #Blue in 2020

  8. “noboby ever thought of these numbers”
    werent watching China , eh?
    most incompetent piece of crap to ever sit in the oval office

    1. If he listened to briefings he WOULD know . we have a big , expensive ,( oh , and great ) intelligenence services. It’s no good unless you use it.

    2. THEY LITERALLY WARNED HIM BACK IN JANUARY!!! He refused to listen! Then he went out and lied incessantly! Then got mad when reporters called him out on his stupidity! HE SHUT DOWN OUR TASK FORCE THAT WAS SET UP TO PROTECT US FROM PANDEMICS. That’s like enabling the 9-11 terrorists by giving them flight lessons and airline tickets! Wake up, people!!!

    3. @Ben Frank It was in January that trump stopped travel to and from China and yet the Democrats screamed racist. Also, people have been warned over and over again to stay home and avoid non essential travel etc. To stay at home and people were and still are ignoring those rules, not because of anyone else but themselves, like the ignorant College kids romping around on Spring break, Parents dragging their kids out to groceries stores when one Parent could have stayed home with the kids etc. Way too many stories of people taking risks and only thinking of themselves.

    4. @Ben Frank
      It figures, since these power hungry filth-blobs are clearly striving to depopulate our nation.
      What they’re ALSO doing, is convincing their own idiotic supporters to disregard all safety measures, and possibly leading the nation in CASUALTIES.

  9. No testing. No testing. We don’t want to hurt trumps beautiful “numbers”. Evil personified. Sheet disgusting evil

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