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"Bold and significant" eh? Kind of like the "bold and significant" test kits that never materialized, or the "bold and significant" quarantine process we should've instituted as soon as the first patient was discovered.



The tests are finally materializing, though they did keep running into new issues after promising they had it all worked out.

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/cases-updates/test...


> or the "bold and significant" quarantine process we should've instituted as soon as the first patient was discovered.

The US was quarantining americans returning from covid countries with CDC quarantine orders (federally enforceable) since Jan 31?


LOL minus the diamond princess or the obvious one from like the woman from Iran? people were falling thru the cracks like candy, i happen to know 1 or 2 people that were confused they weren't even screened at the border.

i suggest you do more than just take any announcement from the WH at face value, especially when there are numerous sources saying otherwise.


Links? The people returned from diamond princess were subject to a 14 day quarantine at army bases? https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2020/s0215-Diamond-Prince...

But, yes america has an obligation to repatriate american citizens, and subjecting them to quarantine is the right thing to do.

I have no doubt people were falling through cracks though. America has an incredibly open border with lax enforcement, mainly due to partisan bickering. Hopefully, this will get everyone on board with border security


i'm saying the diamond princess people were probably the few that were properly quarantined given the news coverage. the flight entry points during that time didn't even bother, just asked a few questions on where you were coming from.


They meant bold and significant for the corporate bailouts. Socialism for thee but not for me.


Corporate “bailouts” are just loans.


Not terribly interested in this thread, but for the record %0 interest loans when they're big (billions of dollars) are effectively the same as handing out free money. A bank would need to be ridiculously incompetent not to turn those loans into significant profits (and hey, give out executive bonuses too!).


Which 0% bailouts are you referring to that gave billions to a single company? Sounds a bit like a straw man to me.


Well you brought it up, so which bailout are you referring to when you said "Corporate “bailouts” are just loans." that isn't referring to billion(s) dollar loans?




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