The coronavirus has upended most of the world, but there were key warnings about pandemics in general, and the virus specifically, that were often ignored, downplayed or even punished. MSNBC’s Ari Melber documents this crucial history – and what can be learned from it now – in this exhaustive special report spanning years of expert research, warnings and even the fateful final months as the virus approached the U.S. early 2020. Melber also discusses a "Cassandra effect," where some experts who got it right were sidelined and faced alleged retaliation by the Trump Administration. (This interview is from MSNBC’s “The Beat with Ari Melber, a news show covering politics, law and culture airing nightly at 6pm ET on MSNBC. ). Aired on 5/27/2020.
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See The Chilling Virus Warnings Trump Ignored – Before Pandemic Outbreak | The Beat With Ari Melber
Donald is the worst president imaginable. Its ridiculous!
@Carol Sitzberger How does stealing FB ids help him get a vote? I’m trying to understand.
he is the worst human being
The agencies have no plan and would not have the power to shut down all transportation to it’s current level. Trump never had and never will have a plan and were destine to knee jury very weak responses a month late. Trump’s idea of response is talking and politicking and that has not change, he will not look into what has and is happening and how to avoid it next time. Biden should state that there will be an effort his first 100 days to qualify/quantify what has happened and produce detailed reports on this virus and the different responses down to the local level, then draw up best practices and action plans for the next time based off of those reports.
100K DEATHS PREZ MAGA
@Ken Apiro Trump gamed the system
They used sophisticated military grade software to identify small geographic areas across America to win the electoral votes in each state. (FACEBOOK PROVIDED THE DATA SET FROM OVER 50MIL AMERICAN’S) https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/mar/17/cambridge-analytica-facebook-influence-us-election
He lost the popular vote by almost 3million votes.
Blood on the hands of Trump, his administration and all his enablers.
David Aponte toss in a ‘but but Hunter Biden’ and maybe Russia will be Great Again?
🤣
Yes…this is trumps virus..he is killing old people and poor people and there kids…this is trumps doing..
He doesn’t care about the dead or the dead’s family
I think this is not said enough, the Republican congress is just as guilty
@William H And Repubs believe in a make believe invisible person who lives in the sky, watches everything you do of every second of every day and gives a crap about what you do and the thoughts you have.
I am so sick of the trump-GOP BETRAYALS OF “We The People “. It is like being trapped in an abusive marriage.
@William H your point bot?
@Clarence Spangle You’re jealous because you have no shot at her. How’s Rosie Palm working out for you?
Mournstar China tried to cover up how bad it was, but that’s always been their way. If you listened to the piece the warnings were there from the CDC and elsewhere. Nancy Pelosi is not President.
Clarence Spangle Drumpf isn’t? 🙄
Mournstar Bullcrap!!
This administration is criminal and should be treated as such on January 21st 2021.
eduardo sampoia and William H are beta Russian pretenders letting us all know just how bad their country sucks.
Point and laugh.
😢🖕🇺🇸
@eduardo sampoia…In what alternate universe mijo?
its funny thats even thought, it is obvouis as the sun in a sunny day that trump is bad for everyone, yet people are welling to wait until he finishes his term!!!!
@eduardo sampoia Is your profile a pic of you crossing the border?
HM G : when you said “ This administration “ what do mean ? If you’re talking about 45 , i have to say honestly I don’t understand , cuz the only 45 is capable by himself is to use a sharpie to trace his name . This egotistical racist , unstable genius , only looks for ways profitable to himself.
I think of how many lives would have been saved if we could simply listened.
> 90,000.. but usa will have 800K dead by the time this is over
You mean if Delusional Donny Listened !
NoSaltBP :: Living A Flavorful Life Removing Salt I think some people listened, trump didn’t. Hope you didn’t vote for this Monstrosity
Look, it started with Trump point blank period! Some people are good at lying right to your face, he’s that guy…#pyramidschemefamily
Denise Martinez What started with Trump. I mean, yes, he is the Liar in Chief, and yes, he ignored expert warnings. The virus began in China and spread to here, and because of Trump, it spread way more than it should have once it got here. We still aren’t testing enough people to know who has had it already.
I think he’s lousy lying to people’s face because everybody knew he was full of s***! Lying is definitely not his strong point!
Facts don’t care about your feelings. This whole thing is so f’n tragic. So avoidable.
it is tragic brother
Any other president would have stopped this! trump ignored the warnings. Joe Biden 2020!!!!!!!
An administration that ignore climate change that is ongoing and causing billions in damages, soon to grow to trillions, will obviously ignore something that might not happen or when it happens seems harmless at first.
There are No Words In Any Language that Fully Describe how Vile & Monstrous Donald Trump is!
@王洗腚 thanks friend, that’s actually quite helpful and I will.
谢谢
@王洗腚 Yes I apologize. I’m just still learning the culture. thank you for the correction.
@Rock Wood Who else partied with Epstein and went on his plane? And who had property near epstein so he could even drive there instead of flying? Hmmmmmmmmm………. Ronald Hump?….no that’s not it……… Ronaldo Stump?…….no wait that’s not it either…….. .ermmmmmm I’ll get back to you on that one his name escapes me at the moment. I know he’s pretty famous though…..🤔
@M Lee Didn’t know there is a period in youtu.be lol i see why you were brainwashed low IQ
@Rock Wood
https://youtu.be/NzDhm808oU4
Of course trump & his band of idiots wouldn’t listen to a strong, brilliant woman. They’re the worst.
*“Apple roared into the TV game with The Morning Show, a superb drama about the importance of dignity and doing the right thing, made by a company that runs sweatshops in China. Well, you say you’re woke but the companies you work for in China — unbelievable. Apple, Amazon, Disney. If ISIS started a streaming service you’d call your agent, wouldn’t you?”—Ricky Gervais*
Kari Foto Although you’re kind of right, I don’t mean to burst your bubble but this isn’t about those women. This is about President Obama and sees them associated to the black president he hates.
Angela Merkel, PhD. People listened and Germany is doing well.
He should be terrified of women by now…they always get him. Slow to learn he is.
@Sir Ryusen the TWO women in the clip?! Where did you go while they spoke?!
This president is a complete disgrace.
Eli Dicken His valet straight out called President Obama the N word. He was a disgusting pos just like his boss. I saw this on a documentary about trump that was shown in the U.K.
@jorge flores
I found this – 1991 Book Quotes Trump as Saying “Laziness Is a Trait in Blacks,”
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2016/07/trump-complained-about-blacks-inherent-laziness-1991-book-says.html
What’s True
Donald Trump once tweeted, “Sadly, because president Obama has done such a poor job as president, you won’t see another black president for generations!”
What’s False
Trump did not utter the full statement, “Laziness is a trait in blacks … I believe that … No black person will be president again any time soon.”
What’s Undetermined
Whether Trump ever said “Laziness is a trait in blacks” is not certain.
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-laziness-is-a-trait-in-blacks/
Has someone checked his scalp for the number of the beast?!!!🤔
jorge flores read the articles, numbnutz…I give
two chits what you need, little Russian beta.
First is a set of nutz instead of playing internet pretend, Id say.
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https://www.vox.com/2016/7/25/12270880/donald-trump-racist-racism-history
He did say that laziness is a trait in black people. He said it when he had his casino. He only wanted Jewish people to touch his money. Remember, his dad was a card carrying member of the KKK
Can you imagine your kids and grand kids reading about this in History class years from now?!
@John Doe yeah sorry to inform you but I retired 4 years ago at 40 I’ll be fine thanks!!
@John Doe ohh and your other comment . I’m sorry about your mom. It also explains the left lean . Highly dependent on government.
@Nick Craft you’re not welcome your ideology is sick and twisted. unAmerican to the core. Again, good luck with that
@Nick Craft Actually I am a retired REPUBLICAN vet with a good college education….Villanova….a good business and a fine family…. and Trump is a fool
Yes. Like we read about the holocaust and wondered how things ever got to that point.
Everyone knew, Donald was warned by DOD, DHS, HHS, even his economic advisor but Donny boy was too busy playing golf and holding rallies
And thinking up distractions.
Where was Obama for 8 years. How did Bush prepare?
@David Aponte , Obama had been preparing and relay the duty to the next team then the holey orange came and dismantled the entire preparation to build some wall in the name of Jesus.
@David Aponte for 8 years Obama was busy fixing the economy that republicans broke, and properly dealing with 2 global outbreaks. H1N1 and Ebola. 13k americans died from H1N1, and only 2 from Ebola. He took those to heart and created response teams to identify, track and prevent viral global outbreaks.
He sold all the PPE in January on the 2 2020 to leave Americans vulnerable to the Rona
Trump is GUILTY of MASSIVE NEGLIGNET HOMICIDE!
Donna Camp an NCT does not usually respond to any comment in response to their provocation. A troll will do so but with insults and outrageous claims to throw you off topic. I would like to see a great effort by social media users to converse civilly and disagree politely. All else should be ignored, succinctly called out and the pushed aside. It would be an effort but a worthwhile one.
Stay safe.
@Michael Bray Feb 29, 2020
Trump = 68 infected, 1 Dead
May 27, 2020 4pm Day #89
*Trump = 1,745,803 infected, 102,167 Dead*
*Trump Death Cult = 1,535 Dead Today*
You voted for the orangutan, America, I’m surprised you toothless inbreds haven’t elected O J Simpson for president 🤣🧐👍
@toxic wastetoid “And you’re guilty of stupidity!” is not a very convincing argument unless you are trying it on yourself.
@Dionne OP 1 AM not I the best g08 Morrison Donald Trump only cares about himself. Ivanka is an attractive accessory for him – that is all.
We can thank those people who voted for trump and those Senators who didn’t vote trump out after he was impeached by the House. 100,000 dead in a 3 month period and rising. trump is so delusional he thinks he’s doing a fantastic job.
If he is doing a fantastic job, I just became a supermodel
See what not voting gets you
Our President is CHOSEN by the majority of 538 POLITICALLY appointed Electoral College members! He would’ve LOST by at least 3 Million Votes if we had a TRUE and FAIR elections!!
@elaine goad. Well said!!
yess imagine if GOP had not failed america and had voted to impeach corrupt trumpo, then trumpo would have been OUT in december-january and would not have destroyed the science which was attempting to confront a pandemic !
When people get scared of the elected officials, you know something is wrong. It should be the elected officials who were afraid of the people, then democracy works
american democracy is an illusion.. so is american freedom.. you just need to visit other western countries to realize this..
@Rolf Jargenicheson You are wasting your time. Americans have been taught to believe they are exceptional, NUMBER ONE! no less. So when you are taught all your life that you are better than anyone else and any other nations, what is the incentive to learn from others, to even fanthom there can be better ways. There are currently too many Americans who just want to go back to how it was before the pandemic and Trump. They are mistaken. There is no going back or they will just fall back into the same rut . Eventually, after things get worse, much worse, Americans will be faced with a tall order, that is to repair their system of government, their society and their place in the world. More than Trump, it is this belief in an exceptionalist immunity from the rest of the world that killed 100K in the U.S. It is up to them to stop it. What this pandemic has exposed to the entire world is how inept America truly is when faced with a danger that cannot be blown away with bombs, missiles or economic threats.
We do not live in a Democracy. We are a Republic. Read up on your American History, and the founding of our country!!
@C Hunt Ok republic.. but I would argue that right now, you’re country is under fascist rule. tough times ahead for you guys i’m afraid.
no they shouldn’t
Trump can’t look ahead because he’s so busy covering his behind.
And it’s so big…… It’s hard to cover up, I’m sayin.
That a big behind he need to watch.
And failing at that too.
His BIG FAT Behind
In Jan. I told people I did not want to hear anyone claim ” no one could have seen this coming”
I seen it coming as soon as I found out he slashed the CDC from 1.5 billion + 2018 + 1.5 billion + 2019
I was teaching ESL online to Chinese students, and even though I knew next to nothing about pandemics, I knew there was NO WAY it was going to stay contained to just Wuhan. Especially not after the holiday season, both US and Chinese. Just a ton of travel takes place world wide during holidays. How could it not spread like freaking wildfire?
Same me an coworker talked about it was trying to ready and also his girl friend is from China and go to college there and we knew it travels
My brothers and I were talking about the same thing in December 2019
Current administration is serious threat to homeland security.
TRUMP DANGER TO ENTIRE WORLD
Sad but True Vote Blue Biden if we want to breath and have a chance at life!
@larz Haskel since dnc forced biden on us. At least he has some experience w pandemics & maybe believes in science. Let’s not forget the 100K dead & the others who will die when we vote in Nov. 🖕🤥🖕🐢🖕dnc
Not only the homeland, THE WORLD!
no. they are threat to the world
The virus might have come out of Wuhan, but this is a Trump Pandemic.
Where it came from is meaningless. It is here, now we have to deal with it.
“I alone can fix it.”
“I take no responsibility.”
Vote Blue, 2020
Don’t worry.
Although the economy is going back up quickly and although the COVID cases are still going down in the states that are reopening. We still have hope.
Many of our Blue States are refusing to reopen. If we can block our blue states from opening up for another 2 months, the economy will go back down very quickly and people will be mad at Trump for it.
Please remember, even though our states are still closed, us Blue folks have good jobs where we work from home. The Red folks do manual labor. So keeping our states closed only effects the Red folks.
If we can somehow keep continue convincing people that staying closed helps, the economy will tank again and NO WAY TRUMP WILL GET ELECTED!!
Just please continue argueing for lockdown as long as possible!
The only thing that is hurting our goals is stupid people like Cuamo & Whitmer.
People like them are stupid, even though we are trying to not “let a good epidemic go to waste” (Nancy Pelosi), these idiots don’t know how to be discreet about breaking quarantine.
If people like them stop getting caught going out, I think we can pull off keeping our states closed for just a couple of months.
vote for Biden because he is not a pathological liar who is psychopathic, narcissistic, rude, reckless stupid, irresponsible, delusional, racist, xenophobic, incest fantasizing… etc.