Actor teams up with local government to increase Covid-19 testing

CNN's Anderson Cooper speaks with Sean Penn about his organization's partnership with local governments in an effort to increase accessible Covid-19 testing in California. #CNN #News

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  1. *”We won with poorly educated, I love the poorly educated!”*
                      – Trump, 2016

    Trump supporters: i dun no wut dat means but make america grate agen 2020!!!1!

    1. @Steven Fisher If you were just a little more informed, you’d have a whole different outlook.Trump cares about nobody but Trump! He looks down on us all, metaphorically!

    2. When educated are considered stupid, this country becomes hilarious. The more you know the more stupid you are? Lol.

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    1. @Bob Heck I’m saying. Many of those so called rich people trying to help. Do so because they get a huge tax right off.

      Ps get Fkd.

  2. Private citizens, local and state governments picking up the slack for failing President Trump. Much respect!

    1. John Brattan – He knows exactly who I’m talking about. Its not my problem if you can’t figure it out. I wasn’t talking to you anyway.
      Nice insults though. When you resort to personal attacks you’ve lost the argument.

    2. @Bovine One Can you explain why the on Feb 7, the US sent 17.8 TONS of masks, PPE, & ventilators to China without making sure that the National Stockpile wasn’t replenished? Don’t blame Obama, he’s had 3+ years to do it. When he told the states find their own medical supplies, did you notice the governors’ complaints? They were bidding against each other AND other COUNTRIES (not states, municipalities, regions or whatever the equivalent word is for states in other countries). Hospitals dont have huge stckpiles of ventilators, PPE, and masks because they wouldn’t have normally have the need caused by the pandemic. During, the pandemic, every employee/volunteer has to wear masks! All medical personnel has to change between patients to avoid cross contamonation/infection. Think about it if you been hospitalized or visited someone in a hospital, when have you seen everyone in masks? Despite what the president’s son-in-law said, the National Stockpile was for the use of states in times of need. Also governors were being outbid by other countries. The federal government did not tell American companies to stop exporting medical equipment overseas. He activated the DPA (which I was so excited about) but did not use it. He wanted them to volunteer. When he compels a company to build for example, ventilators, funds are provided to help the companies retool their machinery to build these products. Retooling machinery takes time so if he’d told them the funding available maybe more companies would have stepped up and sooner. And if they did not step up, why didn’t he compel these companies sooner? Also they had said that ventilators are complex pieces of equipment thst take time to build so again why not enact the DPA sooner?

      As for testing, why would states be making their own test kits when originally they were supposed to use the one from the CDC (which were faulty at 1st). Washington tried to use some made in a lab associated to the med school but were shut down for using them.

      If Trump was going to keep telling people that everyone who wanted a test could get one but they weren’t available, why didn’t he ever stop saying that and give an explanation? He just kept saying at the end of the week,the beginning of next week, the end of next week, etc, etc, etc. Months later and we’re not much better off. His stories of how our testing is the best are just stories. Korea went out developed their test kit and were quickly testing 10,000 a day. Our testing has gotten better but then Trump announced that the federal government wouldn’t help with funding of testing any more. He wants to country to open up soon but pulled testing funds?

      If he’s not capable of handling everything, he should have appointed someone with expertise like General Honoré from the Katrina Hurricane Disaster.

      Also you say that it’s not the Fexeral Governments job. Well, why then did President Bush help Louisiana by appointing General Honoré to oversee the aftermath recovery effort? I mean it didn’t even affect all 50 states like COVID-19! Sorry, I’m just getting frustrated by what’s going on here. I guess i also cant understand why some of you aren’t either. Can you explain without calling me names and/cursing at me? To me people are all humans to deserve the same kidness, respet and love.

    3. @Bovine One You’ve gotta be some sort of a special dumbass. You say “this thread is boring me.” THAT is funnier than all get out. Bovine, you are a prime example of stupid. “THEY” oughta take you’re brain out and use it for research to find cures. You’re not using it anywhichway.

    4. John Brattan – We’ve been at this for hours my friend. I have other things to do. I’m gonna eat dinner and watch a movie with my wife. You lost, get over it.

    1. He’s a racist and has A LONG history of abusing women. We don’t need more “real men” like him.

      I applaud him for his covid19 efforts, but that doesn’t negate all the wrong he’s done.

  3. Sean Penn’s a good egg and one who has stood up for America and the needs of people. We need more folks like this!

  4. Sean penn should be organizing this as federal response. He is both passionate and skilled at helping ppl.

    1. Awaiting the rescue credentials of the blathering trumpian cretins in their armchairs watching Fox…go help, donate, or STFU. You or yours could be next. Who’d you rather…Sean Penn or “you’re on your own” Traitor.

    2. @kenneth peterson why do you think anyone would value your angry vomit over good works of people who are trying to help. Sorry you are living in such a head as yours

  5. I always liked Sean. Not only is he a great actor it seems he always steps up. We need all of Hollywood to do the same.

  6. It’s really disturbing to see the self professed “greatest country in the world” treating its citizens like they don’t matter.

    1. @Looney Times what am I making up? Look up the death rates by population if you aren’t scared to break your echo chamber. It’s not hidden knowledge.

    2. @Carla Lipke good riddance to the two-family dictatorship of bush Clinton and their puppet Obama

    3. Seeing local and state government take action in testing, maintaining isolation and adhering to their scientific data is hopeful. America has no Leadership, just a blithering ego maniac with a Twitter obsession that needs to be blocked.

  7. When a country does not have a leader, the entire country picks up the slack and does the job a president must do

    1. Ah, What.. You should educate yourself.. You sound like cattle on the way to the trough…MOOOOO!

    2. @iSellUsedCondoms … Lol… A little orange brainfart sheep like you calling someone cattle?… Good one..

    3. @Bob Heck Good one, you on the left are so clever.. And looney times, you just spun a twist on what i said .. Thats a good portion of the problem with the left.. no individuality.. no creativity. have to be BORG..

  8. It gives me just a little hope to see calm, intelligent, properly responsive people serving others in a human way in the media to counteract all the other disastrous things I see. We need to see more of this. Thank you

  9. This is not months this is years. we are going to have years of being in quarantine America has not figured that out yet.

  10. God bless this guy is a movie star and he’s doing something just like Tom Hanks I don’t see a lot of movie stars doing that God bless you guys

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