President Trump and Coronavirus Task Force give updates on coronavirus pandemic | USA TODAY

The White House coronavirus task force gives updates as the U.S. death toll from the coronavirus pandemic surpassed 10,000.

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President Donald Trump has warned of reaching a "horrific point in terms of death" at the hands of the coronavirus pandemic in coming days. Surgeon General Jerome Adams said Americans were facing "our hardest and saddest week."

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  1. Be safe America- wash your hands, do not leave home and pray. EDIT for the idiot. “Make sure TO PRAY”! America and the entire world needs to get back to Jesus Christ! He is coming!

  2. Dead count raises by the thousands everyday…but yet everything’s fine according to this ol orange

    1. All channels usually share from the pool cameras, they typically don’t have room for every channel to bring their cameras.

  3. Taking care of wherever they have to go those that is if the design for a stay-at-home order relies strictly on meeting a quota

  4. “Practice social distancing, America.” In the meantime, let’s all cramp into this small space and address the nation. Look at that room, much too small.

    1. This is the problem. For unknown reasons When you keep home you change your sleep patterns. You are not tired you go late to bed, you wake up late and in all of a sudden you change your sleep habits.

  5. The western and so called advance countries should learn from India and other countries with more than 4 times their population. Their strict lockdown is the only way to go.

  6. I got rid of science with budget cuts but I love science … answer Im killing people with my double talk and actions.

  7. *SOMETHING IS FISHY!!*🤔

    Wuhan to Shanghai = 839km
    Wuhan to Beijing = 1,152km
    Wuhan to Milan = 15,000km
    Wuhan to NY = 15,000km

    The Coronavirus started in Wuhan yet there is no effect of Coronavirus in nearby Beijing or Shanghai but many deaths in Italy, Iran, European countries and USA.

    All business areas of China are now safe.

    *Something is fishy.*

    America is not just blaming China without a reason.

    Even today, India is locked down but all the cities of China are open. China has also announced the opening of Wuhan from April 08. Not a single leader in China has tested positive for the deadly Coronavirus.

    *Something is fishy.*

    The virus has ruined many economies around the world. Many have had to close their borders in an attempt to contain and control the spread of the Coronavirus. Thousands have lost their lives, millions have now got this disease, countless people have been locked in their homes and many countries have placed their citizens on lock down.

    *Something is fishy.*

    The Coronavirus orginated from the city of Wuhan in China and has now reached every corner of the world, but the virus did not reach China’s capital Beijing and China’s Economic Capital Shanghai, located in close proximity to Wuhan itself.

    *Something is fishy*

    Today Paris is closed, New York is closed, Berlin is closed, Delhi is closed, Mumbai is closed, Tokyo is closed, the world’s major economic and political centers are closed, but Beijing and Shanghai are open.

    No Coronavirus effect is seen in either cities. There were only a few cases but the virus had no real effect on Beijing and Shanghai.

    *Something is fishy.*

    Beijing is the city where all the leaders of China live, including their military leaders. There is no lock down in Beijing.

    *Something is fishy*

    Shanghai is the city that runs China’s economy. It is the economic capital of China, where all the rich people of China live and run major industries. There is no lock down here, there is no effect of the Coronavirus there.

    *Something is fishy*

    Beijing and Shanghai are the areas adjoining Wuhan. The virus from Wuhan reached every corner of the world, but the virus did not affect Beijing and Shanghai.

    *Something is fishy*

    Another big thing is, that the worldwide share market has fallen by almost half. In India also the Nifty has gone from 12 thousand to 7 thousand, but the share market of China was at 3000 and just merely dropped to 2700.

    *Something is fishy*

    This leaves one to speculate that the Coronavirus is a bio-chemical weapon of China, which China used to carry out destruction in the world in order to gain economic supremacy.

    China has now put this virus under control, maybe they also have the antidote/ vaccine that they are not sharing with the world ever or will do when it is in their best interest to do so.

    *Something is fishy*

    Hollywood stars, Australia’s Home Minister, Britain’s Prime Minister and Health Minister, Spain’s Prime Minister’s wife, Canada’s Prime Minister’s wife, and Britain’s Prince Charles, among others, have contracted the Coronavirus, but

    NOT A SINGLE POLITICAL LEADER IN CHINA, NOT A SINGLE MILITARY COMMANDER in China have tested positive for Coronavirus.

    *SOMETHING IS FISHY!!!!*
    #ctto

  8. “It’s almost like the U.S. has no President – we are a rudderless ship heading for disaster. Good luck everyone!” – Trump Tweet March 19, 2014

    1. @44excalibur Obama is not the President anymore so please do not talk about him. Trump is the President now so just limit your talk to him please. Nothing of what you said relates to this video. You are a dishonest person who cares nothing about the truth.

    2. @Thomas Pickering No, you are dishonest and care nothing about the truth, and yes, everything I said relates to this video. People like you never once held Obama accountable whenever he downplayed a serious threat for political reasons, so you don’t get to do it now.

    3. @44excalibur I am not dishonest. I care absolutely about the truth. Nothing you said relates to this video. For your info, I did not like Obama. I also do not like Trump. Both Obama and Trump are puppets for the real power that runs America. The American people do not run anything. Like I said, Obama is not President anymore so why are you even bringing him up and things that have nothing to do with this video? Let me guess. You are a Trump supporter?

    4. @Thomas Pickering Did you see me defending Trump in my comment? No, I’m not a Trump supporter. I didn’t even vote in 2016. I’m an Independent, but I do hate the hypocrisy I’ve been seeing lately from many people in both parties. Also, Obama may not be president anymore, but he often blamed things that happened on his watch on Bush. The point is, nothing we’re seeing is anything new.

    5. @44excalibur No, this is definitely new. We saw something like this on 9-11 but this is a new level of deceptiveness. I do not know who I am talking to here. You may be just another shill but on the off chance that you are honest, I do not believe this virus is real at all. I think that what this small clip shows is closer to the truth than 99% of what is being reported on the MSM now. I do not even think it is a live drill. I think its a world wide Psyop. In any case, this is new. We have never seen anything like this done before. I am watching with eyes wide open what happens next, because there is always a next. This “virus” is just a means to an end to something else. What that else is remains to be seen. https://twitter.com/Acadiansheperd/status/1241226800585416704

  9. This is 100% all his fault.
    – he could of prevented the severity before we even knew this was coming. Simply by not firing our pandemic department when he became president. He did.
    – he was warned months in advance. He called it a hoax.
    – he tried saying it wasn’t severe.
    – he implied that maybe people should die to save the economy. All the time not doing 1 thing to mitigate damage.
    – it wasn’t until both our public health and economy both hung in the balance did he even try to do bare minimum.
    – instead of doing his job he chose to be petty and deny states he didn’t like life saving P.P.E.
    – he withheld the federal stock piles from states.
    – he out bid states on life saving P.P.E and laughed about.

    This is absolutely unequivocally 100% his fault. If you still support him. You’re no longer a voter. You’re an accomplice.

    1. lilgypsy31 how am I damaging the country? By agreeing that anyone who votes for him is an accomplice? Lol. Do you know how to read? Because I was agreeing with the OP. Please go troll someone else

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