Dr. Ngozu Eziki, the director of the Illinois Department of Public Health, joins MSNBC's Craig Melvin to discuss the rising number of positive cases and hospitalizations in her state, a possible stay-at-home order, and how she is feeling at this stage of the coronavirus pandemic. Aired on 11/18/2020.
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'Sacrifice Is Going To Be Worth It Because Soon We Will Be Able To Be Vaccinated' | Craig Melvin
Nero fiddled
Trump tweets
This particular Pied Piper is leading his followers, aiders and abettors off a historic cliff – some to their untimely graves, some to an eternal life in the annals of infamy.
The country is being crushed and shattered by the weight of trump s ego, and iniquities.
So what’s the problem in other countries. Their “cases” are up too…let me guess….trump 😂😂😂
He’s lies are worst than the virus
Let’s talk. The US will soon pass grim milestones – 200,000 COVID-19 infections a day and 250,000 deaths. For many months some Americans have resisted wearing protective masks because they, “Take away freedom.” Is this really about taking away freedoms?
We are a county founded on the compassionate rule of law. We have seat belt laws and second-hand smoke laws. These are just two small examples of laws enacted to protect us when we cannot protect ourselves and each other. When functioning properly our representatives in government have the ability, as defined by constitutions, charters, etc., to do those things we cannot do all by ourselves. This may include building highways, providing K-12 education and let’s not forget protecting us from deadly forest fires, hurricanes and our national defense. Governors, legislators and judges, in addition to the media, are working as best as they can, as quickly as they can and with the best available public health information to keep all of us safe; individually we do not have the collective expertise, human and financial resources to manage these challenges. If they need to do this legally by decree, executive order or other provisions allowed them during emergencies then they are doing their jobs.
Although most people are doing the best they can to save lives there are some powerful few who are literally killing people. Take Trump and his super spreader events. A Stanford University study found his rallies have killed 700 people and infected 30,000. Columbia University published a study recently on how 130,000-210,000 lives could have been saved if the Trump administration and his devotees had not politicized science a pandemic that has infected over 53 million and killed 1,300,000 world-wide – so far. Approximately 40% of the infected are asymptomatic and never know they may be spreading COVID according to the CDC.
There is good news. The US government may start distributing a vaccine by the end of the year. It will go to the most vulnerable populations first including first responders. It does take weeks after the first inoculation for the vaccine to take full effect and more than one booster shot may be necessary. No one knows the duration of immunity for anyone who has recovered from COVID or from any particular vaccine. Pfizer vaccine showed 90% immunity but only for seven days. More needs to be understood. Perhaps the singular greatest problem with regard to vaccines is that too many people have been dissuaded from even getting vaccinated at all. If that is the case, it will prolong moving forward precipitously. It is possible we may be wearing masks well through 2021. Our best line of defense remains masks, social distancing, etc. By taking these basic precautions the University of Washington projects we can save over 130,000 lives by March 2021. Remember, this virus is about 8X deadlier than the 2019 flu and is the third leading cause of death in the US only behind heart disease and cancer. Please fact-check this information yourself. Just one idea – A national public service announcement program on the proper fit and use of masks, hand washing (20 seconds), social distancing, etc. Facing the truth is empowering, freeing. The sooner the more people accept reality, the sooner we can recover together as a country – grieve those we have loved and lost – and collectively address other urgent concerns.
One last thing – we are fortunate. Do the people resisting wearing a mask really have no understanding of what is true loss of your freedoms? Have we learned nothing from history: slavery, disenfranchisement, imprisonment in jails, ghettos and concentration camps, inscription into armies, forced marriage, starvation… Over 85,000 children (under five) in Yemen have died since 2015 directly because of US foreign policy. Currently, millions more Yemen children, women and men face starvation but we can still save them by providing immediate emergency assistance with our International allies. We just have to care enough about their freedom, their literal right to life. I’d like to believe we are capable of understanding false equivalences of facial coverings and the right to life, freedom from extreme suffering. This may not be what we have expected but it is nothing new, not really. And we each have superpowers – our infinite capacity for creative adaptation and a little thing called love. – Please feel free to share this post. Take care, stay safe out there and thank you.
Bravo !
@Irish American You obviously don’t know the meaning of being a Karen, Karen.
Worst than the pandemic was Trump spread of his lies
They all would be wearing mask if one person asked them too, but instead he told them they were Warriors for not wearing them and made half the people as selfish as he is, everything that happened in 2020 is the fault of one man and one man only Donald J Trump the master and corruptor of the Republican Party.
@studivan how did w get in this mess?🤦🏻♀️
It isn’t about being 6 feet away. It’s about avoiding contaminated air. If an infected person coughs 12 feet away, and you walk into the cloud, you are at risk.
In my city, small restaurants make people eat outside right beside the sidewalk. Diners sit maskless with their heads two feet below people walking by, maskless, because they’re outside. The droplets fall right into their faces.
Winter is worse because we’re driven indoors, but also because UV rays are less effective at killing the virus. It’s why you can’t get a tan in the wintertime.
How many people unconsciously touch their eyes after touching surfaces in public? There are more habits we can pick up besides masks and distance.
If we take fewer trips to the grocery, any virus that might be on your items have time to “die” in your cabinets before you touch them again. Also, it thins the crowds at the store.
We have to stop abiding the technicalities without thinking in terms of practicalities. It’s not so much about how far away you are from people, but how far away your eyes, nose and mouth are from the germs.
All Democrats should remain 6 feet away from every child privately and publicly. 💯
Well pointed out! Australian state just had a small cluster outbreak and could trace it back to a ‘touch’ spread. Being mindful of both ways of contracting covid.
@Dope Man It’s really weird that you appear to have little concern about protecting your ‘mates’. You wasted your first shut down, you are now past the tipping point due to some people’s selfish attitude.
Dope Man – It has killed a quarter of a million people, and the health care system can’t handle the volume.
@lexa harpell because its a virus no matter how many shutdowns u do it wont go away till everyone has gotten it and im a 16 year old why tf should i be shutdown when i have a 99.99% survival rate huh its land of the free if i wanna live life and get sick let me its not the governments place to tell me i have to wear a mask outside and i cant have thanksgiving dinner
Trump is the deadliest virus sweeping the country. Stay safe and wear your masks, everyone. It’s an act of caring and love. Trump will do nothing to help, we’re on our own, it’s up to us to do what’s needed…what’s right.
Trumps the virus but cuomo actually put covid pateints back into elderly homes physically exposing the most vulnerable of our population to the disease….. how are u gon say trumps killing people with his rhetoric but ignore actual policies that caused deaths
This would be almost over if everyone took this as seriously as my family does. Think! Everyone is tired of this but because of selfish people we are ALL suffering.
@Akhen Aten jajajajaja xD so true
@You’re Beautiful didn’t the cdc come out with a study which showed 85% of all cases people wore mask always ?
Ww could have stopped this since the beginning
@M. Robinson Limited vocabulary – limited mind
@lexa harpell But it got a response from you.
The first vaccine injection should be for Donal Trump and his family, to make sure that it realy works.
He’s immune remember. He’s already had it.
So that refuse to take the vaccine. What are you going to force them ? You going to jail those that don’t ?
Sounds very familiar to China government.
No. Disinfectant.
At this moment, a white American man born into obscene wealth and handed every opportunity imaginable is sitting in the
White House and is crying like an ungrateful child about how unfair everything is.
@ Whipper snapper
Exactly!!!!
245,000+ Americans dead, mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters, children, and many others and he’s sitting there eating McDonalds cheeseburgers, tweeting and has not once said he was sorry. In my little mind it’s Genocide because he isn’t sorry. He owes the American people a Goodbye on January 20th he’s no leader he’s a destroyer
@mike briganti no just facts! He had no oppression, ever.
YES!
TRUE words of WISDOM.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4PnrzK9G80
Correct… The distribution of vaccine by Donald Trump administration will be the same as the distribution of PPE. Under Donald trump administration Blue State will hath to pay no money from federal funds.PPE was sold overseas by son in law delay to blue state. People are buying ppe from other source. Why people so believed on lies by Donald Trump
Good step from New York closing schools . Everything should be totally closed down . Think Biden will do this
Check out the actions taken by South Australian state government after an outbreak of 21 yes 21 cases
If we’d taken such measures when we had a mere 21 cases we’d be back to normal by now and 250,000 people would be alive to spend Thanksgiving with their families.
SA here….very pleased with the rapid decision. Ensuring the safety of our ‘mates’.
America. Where we force our children to endure the trauma of active school shooter drills, yet wearing a mask to Walmart just asking too much. 🤦🏻♀️
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Toxic Trump: “We’re rounding the bend!”
Translation: We’re heading off a cliff with COVID-19.
Toxic Trump: “We’re rounding the turn!”
Translation: We’re spinning in circles, repeating the same mistakes.
Infinite corners; an accelerating downward death spiral.
You can steam, you can scream,
You can laugh, you can cry,
You can die. Toxic Trump and GOP cult don’t care.
All because of Toxic Trump and Republican’s poisonous pathological lying:
Hundreds of thousands of Americans are senselessly suffering and needlessly dying.
President Trump said coronavirus is just a hoax, so why are people dying from it?
I think Trump, his life and his family are an entire hoax
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4PnrzK9G80
With a vaccine we will find out who really believes the virus is a hoax.
Wearing a mask is NOT a sacrifice. Going to war to defeat the Nazi’s was a sacrifice. Wearing a mask is common sense.
Can the USA afford to wait for a regulated Trump departure – or does he need to be gone now ? Do the right thing – the life you save may be your own or that of someone close to you!
The U.S needs a strong safety net and a more fair tax system. Biden and the Dems can start on Inauguration day to fix this or “maybe not”.