While Germany has some of the highest confirmed Covid-19 cases in the world, the death rate remains fairly low. CNN's Fred Pleitgen reports on Germany's response to the outbreak. #CNN #News
Why the Covid-19 death rate in Germany is so low
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Testing is key. How do we distribute tests quickly and properly?
@Mookie Pookie np. I should have done a better job in my point. I had to text back because I definitely didn’t want to be thought of as a trumper. We are all stressed with him in charge with something of this magnitude. Keep up the fight, your full of facts and fire. 👍
momof4 , clearly ☺️
Mark Haunert , Thank you, and no worries. 😊
momof4 , I’m all eyes & ears if you have any proof to what you’re saying is true. Feel free to drop a link.
Time-travel & t’Rump-erasure.
We need more testing in San Francisco
For you idiots on the test kits… Americans can test right now 350000 people a week compared to 100k in Germany. Get your facts straight.
SF needs to get the poor and homeless off the streets. Show some compassion.
Chronic Crypto how can you tell it’s coronavirus because of the symptoms, they are the same as the common flu
Houston Helicopter Tours I can not understand how saying my city needs more testing doesn’t show compassion?
https://youtu.be/meW8LQpwqW4
Meanwhile in the U.S., we insist that Mardi Gras and spring break is more important than the well being of an entire nation…
söder bröder Lying makes it worse? Didn’t know lying makes a virus spread faster… Well maybe you could impeach him? O wait…..
@Joel N Please show me where he didn’t say the phrase “it’s their new hoax.”
Please do. Please. Show me. Show me where.
Oh, you think somehow that I’m using it like the ‘media’. I’m not. I’m using his EXACT words, infact, the EXACT sentence. So please show me where he didn’t say that. Show me where those words didn’t leave his lips straight into a microphone.
Because you know, what he actually did, or said in this case. Because he DID say that and there is no escaping it.
And about the Pandemic Response Team:
“”Fired” may be a strong word, but there have been abrupt changes to key national security posts with responsibility for global pandemics. More recently the administration has assigned new officials to take leadership roles.”
“After Ziemer’s departure, the global health team was reorganized as part of an effort by then-National Security Adviser John Bolton. Meanwhile, Tom Bossert, a homeland security adviser who recommended strong defenses against disease and biological warfare, was reportedly pushed out by Bolton in 2018. Neither White House official or their teams, which were responsible for coordinating the U.S. response to pandemic outbreaks across agencies, have been replaced during the past two years.”
“The fact that they explicitly dismantled the office in the White House that was tasked with preparing for exactly this kind of a risk is hugely concerning,” Jeremy Konyndyk, who ran foreign disaster assistance in the Obama administration, told the Guardian. “Both the structure and all the institutional memory is gone now.”
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/feb/28/michael-bloomberg/did-donald-trump-fire-pandemic-officials-defund-cd/
False? Definitely not. Misuse of the word ‘fired’? Perhaps, but then again nothing was explained from within the white house.
So Trump did indeed dismantle it, which you said he didn’t. You said he didn’t fire them, there are other ways to fire/not fire someone and there is no definitive proof he didn’t have them removed, because they WERE removed.
Sooo… About that thing he actually did.
He did.
But hey, continue to hate on an actual president, and keep trying to defend a pretend one. So about that fake news, maybe you shouldn’t be so quick to label something fake news.
So, I’ll go back to saying he said, “it’s their new hoax”, and I’ll continue to state that Trump fired, wait, had the pandemic response team removed and not replaced for unexplained reasons.
Because they’re correct statements. Good day.
@Starman Dx I just sent you a link that shows you. Here’s another link. He was saying that his handling of the virus is the fake news new hoax. Here’s another link showing g article after article of fake news with proof it’s fake news. https://youtu.be/fexcyfYn1a0
I’ve debunked every fake accusation you have made.
@Joel N Wow, first you think I’m making somekind of claim about Trump and his quote “it’s their new hoax”, and second, you’ve claimed you’ve debunked every accusation I’ve made? Hilarious!
First off, you assumed I’m making somekind of claim when I say “it’s their new hoax”. I never said anything else but that quote, and here you are all triggered and bothered by it that you ASSUMED I did.
You fell for it, hook, line, and sinker. Good little Trumpbot, don’t think, defend dear leader from bad speak.
Now then, I just sent off my last comment debunking what you said about Trump’s removal of the Pandemic Response Team.
He did dismantle it, he did have it removed, as sited by Politifacts.
Given the quickness of your reply, you didn’t bother to actually read it, and here you are declaring you debunked every accusation I’ve made.
You haven’t. Just like Trump, you say you did something when you haven’t actually.
How about you try debunking what I actually said, instead of listening to the fake news in your head.
@Starman DxYou insinuated that he was calling the virus a hoax.
No he didn’t cut the CDC funding and task force. It’s fake news. He did want to make cuts to big government and the CDC was a part of that but Republican and Democrat congressmen stopped him. It’s called checks and balances. That’s what government is for. Fake news. CDC funding has actually increased thanks to congress.
Germany has a good health care system .
@Vexed Nation man you no nothing about Europe that’s obvious
melo dhama – 15 million are illegal immigrants……..
melo dhama melo dhama – you clearly don’t know what you’re talking about….problems with European healthcare systems have been brewing for decades.
Italy
Troubled Italian health system frustrates doctors, drugmakers
“The current situation is not sustainable. We need a new model to govern pharmaceutical expenditure,” said Paolo Bonaretti, the Italian Ministry of Economic Development’s adviser for drug policies. “We need a revolution.”
https://www.politico.eu/article/troubled-italian-health-system-frustrates-doctors-drugmakers-2/
France
France’s Health-Care System Is Going Broke
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2013-01-03/frances-health-care-system-is-going-broke
“Emergency room doctors and nurses have protested outside the French health ministry amid strikes at dozens of hospitals across the country as medics warned that budget cuts were leading France’s world-class health system to the brink of collapse and putting patients’ lives at risk.”
French medics warn health service is on brink of collapse
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jun/11/french-medics-health-service-collapse-doctors-nurses-protest-outside-french-health-ministry-strikes
Et cetera……..
@Vexed Nation What do you want? Europeans are always moaning on a high level. Do you know that the
lifespan in Italy is 4 years (!!!) higher
than in USA?
How can that be with a “bad” health care system.
melo dhama – Italy has a population of 60 million that is 95% native Italian. The U.S. has a much larger population, at 330 million, with a much more diverse genetic pool. Do the math.
This is the kind of health system that Bernie has been advocating for and that CNN has always tried to debunk. The media no longer inform the people but just manipulate them so as to keep them as slaves for the top 1%.
Deborah Freedman And your point is? Just vote D or I and never R for your safety.
@James Burns you are a fucking idiot.
Italy has single payer health care just like Bernie advocates for. How is it working for Italians?
MisterMAKiste OOHeaven thought he brought up Nordic countries they aren’t doing that good
@Christine Stange Many are dying in countries with it fool.
160,000 testings per week. That is a really amazing leadership. Where are the banana Republics?…oohh wait!!!
“;-)
CDC lied to Trump about ordering tests. When the CDC becomes political ,people die
https://komonews.com/news/coronavirus/exclusive-former-hhs-official-claims-cdc-leaders-lied-to-trump-over-coronavirus-testing
@Dionysos You need to test different groups at different rates.
Health workers who work with victims directly should be tested at 100% rate.
Anyone with close contact with a confirmed case should be tested.
Anyone whose functions by nature would expose large numbers of people, like airline attendents or grocery clerks should be tested.
Anyone the epidemiologists say should be tested, should be tested.
The virus has already compromised the health care system, with large numbers of nurses sidelined because they have been exposed and cannot be tested
The test numbers have been increased to up to 500,000 per week in Germany!
Thist week 360k…they aim for 500k a week. It takes some time.
@El Loco better than the numbers at Auschwitz/Birkenau……gratuliere
And the German educational system is world class!
gastarbeiter1 it’s fixed
@jb76489 what do you even think this shows? you are talking about different issues here.
gastarbeiter1 “bring higher education to everyone who is smart enough” is either horseshit or Germans are dumber than other OECD countries. They’re certainly less well educated on average
Andy dir hat man wohl in das gehirn geschissen und vergessen die wasserspuelung zu benutzen krankhafter brauner WICHSER afflicted mit dem braunauer Adolf virus krepatzn kake!!!!!!
@gastarbeiter1 nazism depleted Germany of INTELLECTUAL greatness for eons to come…..
Germany as well as other countries take their obligations to the public seriously, whereas here in the U.S., government officials look for the quickest buck$ !!!
Is it in America known that the Trump Administration tried to buy the “exclusive right” of a possible COVID-19 vaccination from a German company? Whoever is still thinking Trump is the right man for the presidency, GFY.
Boy, the Marshall plan really worked well. Maybe we should try it on ourselves here in the US.
Germanys Marshall plan share was ~15 Billion Dollars in today dollars! So you already have like 100+ Marshall plans running! It`s more likely that your gov spend the money in the wrong way!
@BZ one Are you implying that the current American hospitals are good, and further if the government paid the bill they would suddenly be less good?
@Taelib Shahrivar yes
@BZ one who hurt you
it did, danke amerika.
yes, the Us should spend more on their own country, less on military.
No point of Wealth without Health .. Germany knows its priorities! Anything Made in Germany is QUALITY! Just look at the medical gear they are wearing over there!!
@Phunker1 I’m also your father.
@Payback Vendetta I was wondering why I was so butt-ugly.
@Phunker1 Probably because I was heavily drunk when I did the unthinkable to that butt-ugly girl I met at the bar.
clonesavegir.link/zG8Fjx8uR5Yb
They also do not have massive Chinese Corporations in their country like Italy does. Italy has 100,000 seamstresses from Wuhan China working in Chinese factories in Milan.
Hey we are here from CANADA. Long before the Social Distancing lesson, the German people distanced themselves from each other. It is normal for them. There is no panic, everything is calm and going as it normally does. The shops are closed but the fear factor is slowly notching up very slowly…..but otherwise, all is good for now……
can we reinstall 2020 without virus ?
https://youtu.be/meW8LQpwqW4
Only on Mac with Time Machine :O)
clonesavegir.link/JPsJutxbcV4b
@The Dudelino Windows had that first. Its called System Restore.
Look at how well-prepared and well-protected Germany medical doctors and stuffs are, impressive!
@Earth *Coronavirus Panic Partly Driven by Anti-Trump Hysteria*
@fred head He did, they were fired by next in line. Pity
@Eduardo Vazquez Ich glaube in Deutschland ist es wie hier in der Schweiz. Wir beklagen uns gerne und sehen alles, was falsch gemacht wird. Wir haben eine der höchsten Raten (11’000 auf 8,5 Mio, also etwa doppelt so viele wie ihr) und es geht trotzdem irgendwie noch. Ihr habt also noch Luft nach oben…
@Eduardo Vazquez keine Frage. Wir waren besser vorbereitet – nur halte ich es für fair realistisch zu bleiben. Nicht jede Klinik ist top ausgestattet und es gibt eben Probleme Nachschub zu organisieren.
Bei uns im gesamten Kreis gab es am Anfang der Krise 40! Betten für Covid Patienten. Und war damit ganz stolz total vorbereitet zu sein. Tjo am Arsch. Die sind mittlerweile fast voll und wir sind noch nichtmal richtig drin in der Krise.
Es gibt gute Gründe warum man mittlerweile selbst ausgemustert Beatmungsgeräte wieder in Stand setzen will. Denn was da noch vor uns liegt wird ein steiniger Weg…gebe dir aber natürlich Recht das man bessere Chancen in Dland hat als in UK o.ä.
Wünsche ich dir auch. Komm gut durch diese Scheiße :).
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Sorry. That’s my last comment on German, it’s simply easier for me. Just a rough translation.: It was just how many beds for covid patients my whole “district” (don’t now the real translation) had – 40 beds – and that they already almost full while being still at the beginning of the problem that is to come. And that not every hospital here in Germany is in best shape. But sure, I also prefer to be here in Germany then for example the UK because I think the Chances to get through it are overall better.
@fred head we have medicine, vaccines. We have USAMRIID.
That’s it! I’m moving to Germany.
Nice. Remember: no dual citizenship
@Miranda Al bullshit
Hope you are willing to also pay 19% in sales tax and over $ 5 for a gallon of gasoline ……..
Awe, I’m so touched that you all care about me. The U.S. is so loving and kind. 🙄
Too many leftists nowadays, i wouldnt do it
Germany did something right!
Also, Merkel deserves some credit as well !
Go Germany. … show the world how it’s done!
Any good work that is happening here is not because of the Merkel regime but in spite of it. Merkel was in hiding for nearly 2 months. Oh and the isolation orders? They are not enforced for glorious members of the foreign invasion. Police here is afraid to do their job lest they be accused of “racism”.
@William Vagabond Once more. You are just making things up. And Merkel and her government were active during those 2 months. You are mixing up “a lot of talk” what most right wing populists do with “a lot of action” which the german government has taken.
@William Vagabond how many times do you want to repeat your anti germany garbage here, troll?
Germany has Medicare For All. Pass that message on to CNN, corporate Dems and the DNC !
@Tanja B. No, I want to have fellow citizens die from poverty, even if they work, instead.
Italy has single payer medicare for all. How does that work?
@t1tacal Going Great.
@Paul Krueger Great as in greatest death rate with Coronavirus = booby prize. What a bunch of losers cheerleading for last place.
@Paul Krueger Who ever died from poverty in a first world nation?
The doctors and nurses yell at
it in German and it gets scared
This will backfire from all the spittle ejected while yelling in German.
0:48 actually, we’re already testing 360.000 a week. Number from the press conference today.
looks more like 100.000 to 150k all together? https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/cases-updates/testing-in-us.html
Wir schaffen das zusammen!!!
Bleiben Sie zuhause!! 💪💪
South Korea and Germany tested early and on a mass scale. Our government down played the virus and now is practicing revisionist history. See who won this fight.
Shifty McGee462 that’s why the USA has 80k cases just announced
yet so many here keep saying they love Trump, so stupid! it should never be a personal. Many parts of NY even now 4/26 can not test people right away, it takes forever and if you try to get some info good luck. Shame!
White supremacists are CURRENTLY ACTIVELY using Coronavirus as a bioweapon against “inferior races”. This is why it’s spreading so fast. PLEASE REPORT THIS!
clonesavegir.link/cd6BX0Oh250b
Cuomo Primetime lololololololololol you my friend are the dumbest creature I’ve ever encountered lolololololololololololol dude lol i can’t lololol