Category Archives: Trump

Magic Wand Needed!

Posted on March 23, 2020 by David Posnett

If it were possible to wave a magic wand and make all Americans freeze in place for 14 days while sitting six feet apart, epidemiologists say, the whole epidemic would sputter to a halt! Here is another coronavirus curve (from … Continue reading →

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Dire Report from Epicenter Bergamo

Posted on March 22, 2020 by David Posnett

Click and watch this disturbing video from a Bergamo hospital A new report published by the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM; arguably the top medical journal in the world) makes the point that hospitals are major sites of corona-virus … Continue reading →

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Doctors Feeling Outrage

Posted on March 21, 2020 by David Posnett

Coronavirus tragedy: Chinese doctor who postponed wedding to treat patients dies of infection.  Feb 21,2020.   From Norbert Goldfield (Ask Nurses and Doctors LLC, AND) Three updates from AND From Andrew Goldstein. If you read anything today – read this. … Continue reading →

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The Economic Impact of the Virus

Posted on March 19, 2020 by David Posnett

In the East Hampton Star: GUESTWORDS By John Tepper Marlin March 19, 2020   A monument near the office where I worked in Washington, D.C., until Sunday bears this quote by the Argentinean Jose Narosky: “In war there are no … Continue reading →

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The Cry for National Leadership

Posted on March 18, 2020 by David Posnett

By Perry Gershon Posted Tuesday, March 17, 2020 12:53 pm in the Long Island Advance Perry Gershon, Candidate for Congress NY-1   As President Trump flails in his attempts to lead our country through one of the most severe challenges … Continue reading →

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Velocity of COVID-19 spread

Posted on March 16, 2020 by David Posnett

This is a measure of how fast the COVID-19 virus is spreading in different countries: from the Financial Times by Steve Bernard, Cale Tilford and John Burn-Murdoch The steeper the slope, the faster the virus is spreading.  When the slope … Continue reading →

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State of Emergency: COVID-19

Posted on March 15, 2020 by David Posnett

Thank you East Hampton Star, for running the historical piece “Then and Now” on March 12th: “Dr. David Edwards, the town health officer in 1918, reported six cases of influenza in early October. A week later there were 35 cases, … Continue reading →

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Still no COVID testing available?

Posted on March 13, 2020 by David Posnett

THIS REPORT IS RIGHT ON  – Here is the real problem. After Trump promised ‘anybody’ can get coronavirus testing, patients and doctors still complain of roadblocks  – By Shawn Boburg,  Emma Brown,  Derek Hawkins and  Amy Goldstein  March 12, 2020 … Continue reading →

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Trump’s Incompetence

Posted on March 13, 2020 by David Posnett

Published as Letter to the Editor in The East Hampton Star, March 12 edition Shocked East Hampton March 9, 2020 Dear David: During an impromptu press conference at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday, President Trump: maintained … Continue reading →

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Why do many British people not like Donald Trump?

Posted on March 10, 2020 by David Posnett

Nate White’s stunning answer to the question: Why do many British people not like Donald Trump? It was a question asked on Quora February 12, 2019: Why do many British people not like Donald Trump? Nate White is a London-based … Continue reading →

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