Coronavirus Vs Trump

By Sei Lebese

The US president’s authoritarian bluster has hit the cold, hard wall of a disease he can’t control. From the Trump administration’s disbanding of the National Security Council’s epidemic response team to the president’s garbled messaging and the convoluted organisation of his coronavirus task force.
There are now over two hundred thousands confirmed cases of coronavirus infections identified in the United States and the numbers are climbing quickly. Cities across the country are scrambling to prepare their emergency services and are questioning when the federal government will get its act together.
The White House response has mainly been to reassure everyone that all is fine and, in meeting after meeting, US President Donald Trump’s team praise him for his expert leadership.
That praise has been directed at Trump’s first and apparently only instinct, which was to control who could enter the country via travel bans.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lulu.com
• Release date: Mar 11, 2020
• ISBN: 9781678001957

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CORONAVIRUS

VS

TRUMP

SEI LEBESE

© 2019 Sei Lebese

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

SECTION A

INTRODUCTION ON CORONAVIRUS

What is coronavirus (COVID-19)

Symptoms

Who is at risk?

How it Spreads?

Prevention

Diagnosis

Treatment

How to isolate

Head to health 

SECTION B

CORONAVIRUS VS TRUMP

The US president’s authoritarian bluster has hit the cold, hard wall of a disease he can’t control.

Coronavirus crisis exposes limitations of Trump's alternate reality

Which is Trump more worried about: Coronavirus numbers or coronavirus patients?

What went wrong with the coronavirus tests?

Trump’s coronavirus musings put scientists on edge

Trump in the Time of the Coronavirus

The Most Visible Uncontrolled Coronavirus Risk Is the President

INTRODUCTION ON CORONAVIRUS

What is coronavirus (COVID-19)

Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses that can make humans and animals sick. They cause illnesses that can range from the common cold to more severe diseases. Coronavirus (COVID-19) was first reported in December 2019 in Wuhan City in China.

Other coronaviruses include Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS).

Symptoms

Symptoms can range from mild illness to pneumonia. Some people will recover easily, and others may get very sick very quickly. People with coronavirus may experience:

Fever

flu-like symptoms such as coughing,

sore throat and fatigue

shortness of breath

Who is at risk?

Most cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) are in Wuhan City in Hubei Province, China. In Australia, the people most at risk of getting the virus are those who have: recently been in mainland China and Iran

been in close contact with someone who is a confirmed case of coronavirus Health authorities have confirmed cases of coronavirus in Australia. For the latest number, read our coronavirus health alert.

How it spreads?

There is evidence that the virus spreads from person-to-person.

The virus is most likely spread through:

close contact with an infectious person

contact with droplets from an infected person’s cough or sneeze

touching objects or surfaces (like doorknobs or tables) that have cough or sneeze droplets from an infected person, and then touching your mouth or face

Prevention

Surgical masks in the community are only helpful in preventing people who have coronavirus disease from spreading it to others. If you are well, you do not need to wear a surgical mask as there is little evidence supporting the widespread use of surgical masks in healthy people to prevent transmission in public.

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