U.S. Prep For Coronavirus Challenged By Resource Limitations | Rachel Maddow | MSNBC

Donald McNeil, science and health reporter for the New York Times, talks with Rachel Maddow about the staffing and equipment that may be necessary to handle an outbreak of coronavirus in the United States and where the U.S. is facing challenges in meeting those needs. Aired on 2/28/2020.
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U.S. Prep For Coronavirus Challenged By Resource Limitations | Rachel Maddow | MSNBC

59 comments

  1. They should replace Pence with this guy. No more political appointees in public safety, judicial or national security positions!

    1. Wow, you’re a special kind of dumb aren’t you? The VP is not a political appointee, he was voted in by the people.

    2. @Logical Psycho Read this slowly. Read it two or three times if you need to. He was appointed by Trump to be the PR guy re: Coronavirus. He was not elected for that. He holds no medical degree, so he’s not even qualified for the job.

  2. This guy seems so docile, I swear he looked at the data and choose to medicate… the burden of knowledge jk ;P

    1. I see what you mean but he just has very hooded eyes. Many choose surgery to amend the issue. I forget the non layman’s term for the issue.

  3. Start testing at Walmarts across the country. Every time I go there’s someone that sounds like they have the plague.

    1. I went to home depot yesterday and a man coughed and when he saw me he put his elbow up like he coughed into his arm but no he missed altogether …..Masks for the sick not the healthy ….if you care about others wear a mask or better yet stay home!

    1. @t It’s the degree of inequality. If you need janitors and house keepers so badly, pay them enough for rent and healthcare.

    2. @Matt Street what if a business pays janitors says $50k a year. Would you then agree the company would need to increase the price of their product or services to make up for it?

  4. The testing process for the Oregon patient is snail slow. They have to wait for a confirmation of their preliminary confirmation to get 100% confirmation before they will tell the public that we have a 100% confirmed case here in Oregon. Meanwhile, they will not disclose any other information about this patient, where she has been beside the grade school, or what hospital she is in because of the HIPPA laws. I think that in this crisis, some HIPPA laws need to be relaxed for the safety of the public and for containment purposes. Furthermore, they said that this patient is not in a negative pressure room. So how many people and staff will be exposed in this hospital before we get a test confirmation from CDC? We gotta pick up the speed here with turning out test results! If China can turn out 1000+ plus a day, then why can’t we??? Protocols and red tape? Ridiculous!!! We haven’t got a chance at this snail mail rate of testing!

    1. Water Trine Muse
      Snot a crisis. Trump said when the weather warms up it will go away and Mike painted on hair Pence is praying for us. What could possibly go wrong?Yes I deliberately said snot so that all the hamberder eaters could follow the oranges of my statement.

    2. They did say where one of the Oregonian patients is hospitalized. Kaiser in Hillsboro. I read it in an article.

    1. thanks for the laugh, if anyone’s going to get the virus its def the faithless demonrats on the fake news, they the sell outs to china, like ms fienstien that had a china spy working for her for 30 yrs.

  5. My response to Hannity today who is putting the blame on democrats for criticizing Trumps response to the coronavirus. Hannity follow this, there is nothing wrong with expecting the president to appoint someone who knows something about the coronavirus to be ahead of a task force. Hannity do you realize Trump is batting zero on bringing in the best, he had to fire 50 people he thought, (he thought) was the best. I am sorry but I have no confidence in Trump only trying to control what the public knows. So Hannity with Trumps horrible record of picking competent people he did it again by picking Pence who believes prayer is the best defense against the coronavirus. Everyone knew Trump would not be able to handle a crisis. Here we see Trump more concerned about the stock market going down and his incompetent handling of the response to the virus hurting his reelection chances. We want a president who is concerned about the coronavirus spreading in this country not a president who only cares about himself.

  6. ​COVID-19 is not a HOAX… It has spread to over 50+ countries and has several thousands of confirmed cases. This is a Global Pandemic..#TrumpLiesAboutCoronavirus

    1. Holly Hocks EXACTLY!! (Oh crap, I just saw someone said that. Let me say this instead…) You are correct 👍🏽

  7. When we get sick and our bodies fight the sickness without us doing anything. It truly makes us realize how little control we have over our human body and the internal day-to-day functions.

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