COVID-19 Update

Another Red Letter day yesterday.

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And the lyin' sack of shit is in the process of doing exactly what we figured he'd do. He's chosen to do nothing that helps us, so he has to pretend facts aren't facts - he'll just hide the numbers from us.

WaPo:

Disappearance of covid-19 data from CDC website spurs outcry

Governors join calls for delay of administration plan to shift control from the CDC as Trump administration pledges to make data available to the public

On the eve of a new coronavirus reporting system this week, data disappeared from a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website as hospitals began filing information to a private contractor or their states instead. A day later, an outcry — including from other federal health officials — prompted the Trump administration to reinstate that dashboard and another daily CDC report on the pandemic.

And on Thursday, the nation’s governors joined the chorus of objections over the abruptness of the change to the reporting protocols for hospitals, asking the administration to delay the shift for 30 days. In a statement, the National Governors Association said hospitals need the time to learn a new system, as they continue to deal with this pandemic.

The governors also urged the administration to keep the information publicly available.

And of course, Cult45 then blamed CDC for it.

The dashboard “was taken down in a fit of pique,” said Michael R. Caputo, the assistant secretary for public affairs at the Department of Health and Human Services. “The idea CDC scientists cannot rely upon their colleagues in the same department for data collection, or any other scientific work, is preposterous.”

The simple fact that they can't ever admit to anything that they're afraid might reflect badly on them, reflects badly on them. But they just keep trying to bull their way through anyway.

More WaPo:

Trump faces rising disapproval and widespread distrust on coronavirus, Post-ABC poll finds

Americans’ views of President Trump’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic have deteriorated significantly as cases rise across the country and personal fears of becoming infected persist, a Washington Post-ABC News poll finds.

The Post-ABC poll shows 38 percent of Americans approve of his handling of the outbreak, down from 46 percent in May and 51 percent in March. Sixty percent disapprove, up from 53 percent in May and 45 percent in March.

More than half of the public — 52 percent — now disapproves “strongly” of Trump’s handling of the outbreak, roughly double the percentage who say they strongly approve of his efforts and an increase from 36 percent in strong disapproval since March.

So here we are at another crossroads, as The Daddy State insists on this gaslighting bullshit.

The Daddy State tells us lies as a means of demonstrating its power.

The lies have practically nothing to do with the subject of the lies.

Lying about everything is a way to condition us - to make us accept the premise that they can do anything they want ...

SO THEY CAN DICTATE REALITY TO US.