Kayleigh McEnany Has Excess Of Lies About 'Excess Capacity' Of COVID-19 Tests
We can’t wait until next year when she’s selling used cars for a living.
America's COVID-19 testing is a big, steaming pile. The recent spike in cases has outpaced whatever meager expansion efforts the Trump administration has made in the past few months. Wait times are long. Results are delayed. It's a disaster, and we know this for a fact now because Ainsley Earhardt's friends have been personally affected.
The "Fox & Friends" host went off script this morning and actually confronted White House Press Liar Kayleigh McEnany, who had shown up for her usual socially distant foot massage and unchallenged propaganda dump.
EARHARDT: What's the deal on the rapid test? I know some friends that stood in line for a long time. They had to travel from way out on Long Island over to Brooklyn to get in line and get these tests. I know some other people — there are only, like, three clinics on Long Island that are doing this. People who find out maybe someone they were around has tested positive — they want the rapid test to know if they need to go back to work or if they need to quarantine.
Earhardt has experienced a reality that's counter to what Fox News is telling its viewers. She might need a “checkup" from the network's emergency medical team. McEnany quickly responded with reassuring lies.
MCENANY: The rapid tests are available throughout the nation.
More reliable sources than McEnany — like literally anyone — suggest that although COVID-19 testing is readily available, there's a significant backlog in getting results. There's obviously a problem when the turnaround time for test results is equal or greater to the incubation period for the virus.
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Educated guess: 500,000 US deaths by end of 2021. Unquestionably, 250,000 deaths by the end of 2020. Death rate could drop in late 2020 going into 2021, however if Trump is reelected, any mitigation results will be limited by "told you so" science deniers, "get back to work, jerkoffs!" capitalists and "party like it's 1523!" Tea Baggers. Unfortunately, if Biden is elected, any mitigation efforts will be limited by "but my free-dumb!" rallies, "Biden is the devil" Republican politicians and "eek, it's Black socialist muslim abortions!" right wing media.
Judging by the popularity of zombie TV shows and apocalypse movies, Americans assume they'll be the hardy survivors no matter how reckless they act over the next 18 months. Many won't be.
I was going to make a poop joke or similar, but there's nothing remotely funny about any of this. It's so fucking dire.