Blog Post Date: Nov 15th, 2020
Blog Post Last Update: Dec 6th, 2020
It is stunning and absolutely heart-breaking that 73 million Americans voted for more of this!
Even more dis-heartening is the fact the Republican party and the Trump administration is trying to steal the election which they lost in a landslide, to give us 4 more years of this!
Horrific scenes at the airports (Thanksgiving travel)
In just a matter of a few weeks where we go from 200k cases and 2,000 deaths a day to 300k cases and 3,000 deaths a day.
Similar madness during the Christmas holidays could mean 500k cases a day and 4k - 5k deaths a day by Jan 20th
š±OMG....just 1 day after @CDCgov recommended that people cancel #Thanksgiving travel, passengers packed in tight at Sky Harbor airport in #Phoenix.
— Dena Grayson, MD, PhD (@DrDenaGrayson) November 21, 2020
New #coronavirus cases will SKYROCKET in December, followed by hospitalizations, then deaths.#COVID19
pic.twitter.com/QqYY2h7yz4
CDC discourages Thanksgiving travel. Heres why:š§µ https://t.co/TbzbgJH9F4
— Dr. Ali Nouri (@AliNouriPhD) November 21, 2020
At least 3 million people are currently estimated to be contagious with Covid in the US, and half of Americans plan to travel for Thanksgiving this year. If we're not careful, too many people will be missing next Thanksgiving.
— Dr. Tom Frieden (@DrTomFrieden) November 20, 2020
The deranged unqualified Sociopath Atlas responsible for many needless COVID deaths Steps down (Nov 30th)
NEW: Dr. Scott Atlas resigns as Trumpās Covid-19 adviser.
— All In with Chris Hayes (@allinwithchris) December 1, 2020
āBut the damage is done. The wreckage and lost lives left in their wake will be with us for years to come,ā says @chrislhayes. pic.twitter.com/wTW5l9C23n
Dr. Scott Atlas, a science adviser to President Trump who was skeptical of measures to control the coronavirus outbreak, is leaving his White House post.https://t.co/YUgnWiTeEq
— The Associated Press (@AP) December 1, 2020
Misc. observations by Doctors / Nurses / Experts at the front line
Tale of two states:
— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) November 21, 2020
One put people firstāVermont.
One put people lastāSouth Dakota, where this legacy will follow @govkristinoem for the rest of her life. #COVID19 https://t.co/IY9HLpNJvv
Two headlines, 6 months apart.
— Vincent Rajkumar (@VincentRK) November 21, 2020
Want a good economy? Control COVID first. @ASlavitt @DrEricDing pic.twitter.com/h6o2bnhUvN
An Oklahoma doctor cried on national television last night because his ICU is over 100% capacity and there's no other hospital to send people who need intensive care because they're all full, too. https://t.co/4j713cp8CG
— Chris Polansky (@ChrisKPolansky) November 18, 2020
Iām an RN in El Paso and was recently transferred from the OR to COVID ICU.
— Ashley Bartholomew, BSN, RN (@TheBlondeRN) November 16, 2020
I resigned from my job last week and Iāve been asked several times, āWhat was the breaking point?ā I donāt know a specific one, but Iāll share this: a thread š§µ1/
Long lines of people waiting for food in Food banks
While all of these people were waiting in line at food banks, and to get covid tests across the US, Trump was golfing. The images arenāt pretty. pic.twitter.com/Q637EmtDH2
— PhillyGirl!š (@MaureennKelly) November 22, 2020
Tyler Perry gave out enough canned vegetables and $25 gift cards to feed 5,000 families, the line at one point stretching out for 5 miles south of downtown Atlanta. https://t.co/aavply9Uen
— USA TODAY (@USATODAY) November 23, 2020
Thousands of people in Atlanta will have #Thanksgiving meals because of @TylerPerry.
— AprilDRyan (@AprilDRyan) November 23, 2020
While people struggle through the pandemic and the Senate still hasnāt approved a relief package, Tyler made sure those in ATL had food. https://t.co/EYSGXBrHsb #TylerPerry
https://twitter.com/joshscampbell/status/1328152195326300163
Line for a food bank in Dallas. Meanwhile, the "president" is ignoring what is happening in this country while ranting about conspiracy theories and whining about imaginary voter "fraud." pic.twitter.com/75TPwumzxK
— Kurt "Masks Save Lives" Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) November 15, 2020
THOUSANDS of people lined up for groceries at a food bank distribution event in Dallas #Texas this weekend, with organizers saying the #coronavirus #pandemic has increased need in the city.
— Dena Grayson, MD, PhD (@DrDenaGrayson) November 16, 2020
This is Trumpās America.š¤¬
https://t.co/cGpzoels00
Long lines of people waiting for #COVID testing
Georgia sees highest single day of new COVID-19 cases since August https://t.co/BDq42OJDCD
— WSB-TV (@wsbtv) December 2, 2020
CNN's @drsanjaygupta on how bad COVID is in USA rn: "Doctors Without Borders have come to the United States to do their work. They go to the hottest spots in the world, they look at the Earth and say where are we needed? Well, they're needed here in the United States right now." pic.twitter.com/joma1DFOPi
— The Recount (@therecount) November 12, 2020
It has been 34 weeks and 5 days since President Trump said Google was building a website where anyone could get a test in the parking lot of major retailers.
— nilay patel (@reckless) November 12, 2020
The manās absolute lack of competence is a fatal disaster for millions of people. https://t.co/B9B0hDaBJC
Long lines form at the Dodgers Stadium COVID-19 testing site in Los Angeles. pic.twitter.com/9ls94D538w
— The Hill (@thehill) November 14, 2020
Rise in Florida's positivity rate causes long COVID-19 testing lines in Tampa and St. Pete https://t.co/AYivLDC4hu
— Thomas Kaine (@thomaskaine5) November 15, 2020
COVID patients dying alone in the hospital without family members
iPads stockpiled for ICU end of life goodbyes... was not something Steve Jobs foresaw.
— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) December 3, 2020
(HT to @roto_tudor) #COVID19 pic.twitter.com/hFNokN0Ogj
So many tragedies.https://t.co/ScoaRE8rUP
— Dr. Tom Frieden (@DrTomFrieden) December 1, 2020
"I've held the patient's hand while they die. I've FaceTimed with families so they could say goodbye to their loved ones. We just sit there and hold their hands." https://t.co/Th0VDnoget
— ABC News (@ABC) December 3, 2020
Horrific scenes from #COVID hotspots (Overflowing Morgues etc.)
Late November - The situation in El Paso and many other places is horrific.
The President has gone golfing after skipping out of the G20 Pandemic Meeting today. He has golfed at least three times this week, while there are 2,000 deaths a day. He had said that nobody is dying from COVID anymore and that after the elections we wouldn't be talking about COVID anymore as it would disappear. 200k cases a day, 2,000 deaths a day. Will be 300k cases a day and 3,000 deaths a day in a few short weeks as this will explode after Thanksgiving
How the hell did we end up here? Dystopian that this warning is even necessary, yet here we are.
— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) November 29, 2020
Stay safe everyone, please. #COVID19 pic.twitter.com/Fub1baJ9qS
BREAKINGāNew record high of >91,000 in US hospitalized with #COVID19, *205k new cases (*despite 20 states not reports on Thxgiving).
— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) November 29, 2020
...oh and we also smashed 13 million total cases too. It took just 5.5 days. And yeah, thatās a record too. (Sigh). December š is coming too. pic.twitter.com/HUPFgKUZsS
š¢I cry for El PasoāInmates move hundreds of bodies into mobile morgues; National Guard now does grim task; Funeral homes turn storage closets to freezers; crematorium broke from overuse; convention center now a field hospital; lacking gravesites. #COVID19 https://t.co/uLZknGvxMR pic.twitter.com/kfZt5CpIww
— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) November 29, 2020
šNEWāTexas Army National Guard has just arrived in El Pasoāthey have been assigned the grim work of dealing with the overflow of deceased bodies now piled up in 10 refrigerated mobile morgues. It is hard workāpreviously county jail inmates. #COVID19 pic.twitter.com/I2gIBlNHEG https://t.co/zbNQfwu9Zv
— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) November 21, 2020
BREAKING: Texas National Guard troops arrive to provide mortuary support to El Paso.
— Keenan Willard (@KeenanKFOX_CBS) November 21, 2020
A unit of 36 soldiers have been assigned to help work through a backlog of close to 240 bodies at the county morgue. pic.twitter.com/fkxXuY8Rs7
Update: El Paso now hiring morgue attendants for $27.20/hour. But job applicant must be strong enough to lift deceased bodies weighing 100-400 lbs. (45-180 kg). Better than using jail inmates at $2/hour to move #COVID19 deceased. But so sad and surreal. šhttps://t.co/6JHnAwbhT7 pic.twitter.com/AHM8X9sO7x
— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) November 21, 2020
Texas National Guard deployed to help El Paso with morgue overflow https://t.co/UrXS4J6Dez
— CBS News (@CBSNews) November 21, 2020
šNEW: Chilling video of El Paso jail inmates hired to move bodies of #COVID19 deceased patients into mobile overflow morgues. Inmates wear full PPEs & paid $2/hour. Theyāve been doing this tough work since Monday, before El Paso increased to 10 mobile morgues. I cry for El Paso. pic.twitter.com/KgQBpzD1mZ
— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) November 15, 2020
2) These photos are real. Here are more. https://t.co/TLkc09Kipu pic.twitter.com/tUFddQsdqA
— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) November 15, 2020
ā ļøMOTHER OF GODāEl Paso nurseās horrifying story of hospital situation. There is a COVID room nicknamed āthe pitā where no doctors enter, patients only get 3 CPR cyclesāpatients are sent there to just wait, code & die. None has survived āthe pitā. #COVID19 pic.twitter.com/vvih3rVzPL
— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) November 14, 2020
The morgue in El Paso is so overwhelmed by the number of people dying from COVID-19 that inmates from the countyās detention facility are being brought in to assist with the overflow of bodies awaiting autopsy. https://t.co/8ZXn9rd8Ta
— Texas Tribune (@TexasTribune) November 17, 2020
Disbelief when people get sick and die of a hoax (Sociopaths Trump, GOP and Fox News made this happen)
I'm likewise struck by how many old high school friends in rural Oregon ask me -- even after almost a quarter million deaths -- whether Covid-19 is real, or just some kind of hoax. The president and Fox News are partly responsible for those doubts, and deaths. https://t.co/RSoJE66hUN
— Nicholas Kristof (@NickKristof) November 16, 2020
Violent Proud Boys and KKK standing by to cause chaos and harm
Largest Right-Wing Militia Group In US Claims They Wonāt āRecognizeā Biden As President And Will āResistā His Administration https://t.co/fpfqP00qrU
— #TuckFrump (@realTuckFrumper) November 16, 2020
This is video of the man Trump and Ivanka defended today. Heās a white supremacist who committed about a dozen felonies in this video. Donald and Ivanka shared the end of the video where this violent man is finally stopped. They didnāt share this part. pic.twitter.com/lSFPglMlsv
— John Aravosis šŗšøš¬š·š³ļøāš (@aravosis) November 16, 2020
Proud Boys initiation ritual.
— Rex Chapmanšš¼ (@RexChapman) November 14, 2020
Try not to to laugh... pic.twitter.com/4IsqdOKjrA
When you say things like, āThe media is the enemy of the people.ā things like this happen.
— Rex Chapmanšš¼ (@RexChapman) November 15, 2020
A photographer was violently attacked yesterday in DC by Trumpās Proud Boys...pic.twitter.com/YN3w9xHlSw
2 Black women surrounded by violent white supremacists, proud boys in DC.
— StanceGrounded (@_SJPeace_) November 16, 2020
One woman gets knockout after trying to defend herself š
Do y'all see the police anywhere?
Thats because the D.C police were assisting & defending these TERRORISTS all night!
FUCK 12 & WHITE SUPREMACY pic.twitter.com/XFETCIiqvf
Proud Boys in DC are now chanting āBreak out Kyleā because they want to free Kyle Rittenhouse. This is who they are.
— Joshua Potash (@JoshuaPotash) November 15, 2020
pic.twitter.com/SkfENyk5YC
Hate crimes rise; White Nationalist groups now pose the biggest terrorism threat in America
As a conservative, I wouldnāt hesitate to condemn Islamism whenever Islamic terrorists plotted attacks on our soil in the past.
— Joe Walsh (@WalshFreedom) October 8, 2020
But the biggest terror threat now is white supremacy. And way too many conservatives are silent in the face of this terror. Thatās wrong. And shameful.
Remember, the Department of Homeland Security declared that white supremacists are the biggest terror threat we face. Not Al Qaeda. Not Antifa. White supremacists: https://t.co/EfzE8eCawK Russia, North Korea, Chinaāthey LOVE seeing this shit. #OurEnemiesAreCelebrating
— Paul Rieckhoff (@PaulRieckhoff) September 24, 2020
Hate-crime killings set a record in 2019, new FBI data reveals https://t.co/5rqDrC9YhM
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) November 16, 2020
Every available study and dataset says that rightwing domestic terrorism is currently the biggest terror threat to Americans https://t.co/3niBAld4Pz
— Wesley (@WesleyLowery) October 8, 2020
Six men were arrested and accused of plotting with a militia group to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan, the authorities said.https://t.co/kO83j7Ltu9
— The New York Times (@nytimes) October 8, 2020
A militia group marches up 7th St. in downtown Louisville. They wouldnāt identify their group, but I know Iāve seen some here before. #BreonnaTaylor #Louisville @WDRBNews pic.twitter.com/1Og09rdL38
— Chad K. Mills (@ChadKMills) September 23, 2020