NBC News' Ellison Barber reports from Jacksonville, Florida where the Trump administration has been providing an increase in free coronavirus testing weeks ahead of when the RNC convention is scheduled to take place. Aired on 07/15/2020.
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Trump Administration Surges Coronavirus Testing In Jacksonville Ahead Of RNC Convention | MSNBC
They better not tell Trump they’re surging testing – he’ll be furious!
he is aggressive about testing when it is to keep HIM safe
He will be happy he’s getting paid more by Russia
So many cases being created thanks to Testing, right?? Trump will be furious xD
@HaoWen Sun THAT’S what I’M talking about. If increased testing causes an increase in cases then it logically follows that DECREASED testing results in a DECREASE in cases. Therefore, comma, you should STOP testing and there will be NO cases. STUPID isn’t even IN it with trump.
Trump knows there is surging testing – And is now dishing out Q’ANNON CONSPIRACY TO HIS SMALL EASILY CONNED LOYAL FOLLOWING. Which makes me furious!
Why bother testing? If the Trump voters don’t die of Covid, they’ll die of heat stroke.
I’d say it’s a case of “six of one, a half dozen of the other”
We can take the heat we work
@Tommy Westbrook Republicans at work…is why nobody buys our crappy cars anymore. : )
Proving once again that TESTING WORKS. Also how corrupt is this? Using all these tests in one area because you want to have a Convention there in a few weeks.
Testing will not stop infected people from other areas turning up with the virus. Testing without without contact tracing will not help much. These idiots haven’t a clue what is needed to stop this virus.they need to go before most of the states are emptied of voters.
@Paul Wilson Bullsh*t. In San Antonio TX only people who are SYMPTOMATIC are being tested because THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH TEST KITS. Care to explain how that fact, and it IS a FACT, translates to “…no shortage of test kits…no one is being turned away…”?
This will be…amusing.
@Barbara Winterbourne They KNOW; they’ve been TOLD repeatedly. They…do…not…CARE. Period.
@slactweak dozens of testing locations in bexar county… https://covid19.sanantonio.gov/What-YOU-Can-Do/Testing/List-of-Testing-Locations-in-Bexar-County
@Paul Wilson https://www.sanantonio.gov/gpa/News/ArtMID/24373/ArticleID/19142/City-of-San-Antonio-COVID-19-testing-sites-will-now-only-test-people-experiencing-symptoms
I THOUGHT Uncle Donnie said we didn’t need more tests 😂😂😅
What’s the difference between a Trump rally and a Klan rally? The dress code. 😎
@timandsue legere That joke was DAMNED funny.
@Chad Black Republicans aren’t evil, they’re greedy. Big difference between the two although one could make a valid argument that unchecked greed LEADS to evil. And yes, I DID just make a generalization there but, based on EVERYTHING I’ve seen and experienced over the last 60+ years, it’s a generalization that’s based in fact.
The Klan pays for the rally venue
@Paul D Paul D , exactly just how I would describe trumpstrs my self!!! well done.🙄🙄😉
@slactweak laugh it up then I found it to be redundant
The Covfefe-45 virus will go away once the weather cools down in November, it will be like a miracle.
Now the infection data bypasses the CDC, get ready for Bunkerboy Mcbonespures in “Sharpiegate 2” The mystery of the missing zeros.
@Matthew Hamstead Sad but true.
The Trump Vladministration is less transparent and open than the Chinese Communist Party.
Not surprising though, considering that Donald John Trump’s boss is an old KGB officer.
Stay safe Sir.
“Slow the testing down.”
“Please”😂
Doesn’t sound like they really believe that we have a hoax on our hands.
Abe Lincoln just by going by the ones in my family I highly doubt it.
@Jeremiah Bachmann Not completely. The GOP has always been more a “Do as I say, not as I do” kind of organization since at least the 1960s.
Well, if the results are going straight to the WH instead of the CDC I’m sure we’ll get the true numbers… right ?
CORRECT
Don… I guess it has finally SUNK IN!!! We’re in the midst of a pandemic!!! Dummies!!!
Disgraceful. Even when they step up and do the right thing its for self-interested reasons instead of helping Americans
You are spot on.tRump doesn’t care if we live or die.The sooner people realize this vote his sorry butt out.stay safe.✌
DaylightDigital yeah ok where were all these supplies?????? Trump had to have all this stuff made and built. Respirators ventilators masks hospital bed protective gear goggles military ships converted into hospitals convention centers turned into hospitals. And you say Trump is disgraceful. It’s disgraceful what Obama and Biden left Trump
@D M Trump disbanded a department specifically designed to prepare for global pandemics. You have no argument
Even if they left nothing for Trump, he had three years to stock them up. Lazy argument
Did you exercise today?
Your taxes in action folks, selectively protecting the GOP….
there is no shortage of tests… no one who wants to get tested is being turned away
Paul Wilson – that was a bad faith comment, 100,000 miles away from my point and only posted with the intent of deflecting argument to Ttump/Faux talking points.
@Paul Wilson Donnie? Is, that you? : )
@Paul Wilson It’s taking 5-10 days to get COVID test results back in hard hit Florida counties. You can’t contain the outbreak like that. Especially not when over 10% of tests are coming back positive.
trumpf doesn’t believe in testing, except for himself and surrounding people.
Don’t worry about Trump. Get out of the house and have some fun, exercise, and dance,
@Paul D MOST of us can’t afford to NOT worry about trump. Then again, MOST of us are SANE. Just sayin’, you know.
What’s the point of testing if the results come after the person has either overcome or died!, they NEED TO TEST, CONTACT TRACE AND QUARANTINE to get ahead of the virus
tests with results in 15 minutes are available
@Paul Wilson thats good to know but i dont think those are available for EVERYONE…i know someone still waiting after 6 days
@Ladibug4422 Also, the real question here is, how RELIABLE are those 15 minute tests? If they throw a high percentage of false negatives, then they aren’t worth the 15 minutes it takes to get the results.
@Ladibug4422 : They were available to EVERYONE, months ago, in far greater numbers… in South Korea.
If you can increase testing in Jacksonville, then you can definitely increase testing in the US
No, see, that’s not gonna happen because trump isn’t going to be in the “US”. He’s only going to be in Jacksonville, if you get my drift.
“I’m not aware of any connection other than the fact the convention is taking place here, I mean who knew”
Why is Trump surging testing a hoax? Why only in the city where the RNC convention is happening?
The average citizen of Jacksonville isn’t going to come into contact with the GOP elite. They should be COVID testing hookers, liquor store and hotel employees. I hear they’re even bringing in a cruise ship! What could go wrong?
you heard they were bringing in a cruise ship… you have no idea if thats true
@Paul Wilson Er…he was using comedic license…the serious tone of your reply…explains why you still defend trump. : )
Seriously, the HH testing czar said he wasn’t aware that it was to be the location for the RNC convention? He must have caught ‘Trump syndrome’, a disease of delusion, selective memory and amnesia…
So now he’s surging the testing, only in 3 States? Proof that he can do it but chooses not to.
The Trump administration is just slimy from head to toe. Incredible.
“Surge testing”…Only when it benefits the narcissist (trump). Vote straight Blue November 2020.👍🇺🇸