Coronavirus or COVID19 is and should be a concern to us all. President Trump spoke this evening about the issue and steps the Administration is taking to combat it.

Currently there are people on every continent who have been diagnosed with Coronavirus. The media has been blaring headlines for the last few days with commentary all over the map. According to one wag at the WaPo, the best way for people to combat this global issue would be Medicare 4 All if it was in place like it should be. Yes, I rolled my eyes big time at that! Needless to say, headlines, stories, and reporters  jumping the shark doesn’t help. Earlier today The New Republic decided that right-wing isolationism from Trump et al is just as bad as Trump’s response to climate change.

Nor does the politicization by people like Chuck Schumer, Nancy Pelosi, and Chelsea Clinton help matters.

Throw billions at the issue and the problem will be solved! Make sure the coronavirus task force is DIVERSE and the country will stay healthy!

What I find humorous about this is that everyone is yelling at Trump for supposedly NOT managing the this outbreak well. Is ANYONE yelling at China about how THAT country has mishandled the COVID19 virus and in fact, kept it secret from the world for…how long? The media and others aren’t asking that question on a consistent basis, and they should be.

Meanwhile Rod Rosenstein’s sister Nancy Messonier, an official with the CDC, threw markets into a tizzy when she spoke out of turn yesterday. 

“As more and more countries experience community spread, successful containment at our borders becomes harder and harder,” Messonnier said. “Ultimately, we expect we will see community spread in this country. It’s not so much a question of if this will happen anymore, but rather more a question of when this will happen, and how many people in this country will have severe illness.”

Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar’s statement was much more thoughtful and reasoned.

“While the immediate risk to individual members of the American public remains low, there is now community transmission in a number of countries, including outside of Asia, which is deeply concerning,” Azar said, speaking before a Senate appropriations subcommittee. He said recent fast-spreading outbreaks in Iran and Italy were particularly worrying.

“We are working closely with state, local, and private sector partners to prepare for mitigating the virus potential spread in the United States, as we will likely see more cases here,” he said.

And, as Leslie over at Legal Insurrection points out, Larry Kudlow had to work overtime trying to clean up the apocalyptic mess that Nancy caused. Leslie makes an additional point that I agree with. The politicization and weaponization of COVID19 by the media and jackasses throughout the government is wrong on every level.

President Trump has named Vice President Mike Pence as the Coronavirus Czar to manage this issue.

Needless to say, the reaction from the left is… classy.

Trump names Mike Pence as the Coronavirus Czar rather than CDC Director Robert Redfield or Surgeon General Jerome Adams. A physician should be in charge of the nation’s coronavirus response, not some dude who quarantines himself from other women when dining out. #coronavirususa

— Eugene Gu, MD (@eugenegu) February 26, 2020

When Mike Pence was governor of Indiana, his public health record was so stellar that his state policy led directly to a large HIV outbreak.

— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) February 26, 2020

Coronavirus czar Mike Pence recommends keeping a safe distance from any infected women and also uninfected women

— The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow) February 26, 2020

Like I said, classy.

Many others are saying that this means we are all going to die! In reviewing the Huffpost story everyone is pointing to, one thing I noticed. Then Governor Pence had grave concerns about needle exchanges and didn’t want to continue funding Planned Parenthood. So, according to all those who know better, the ensuing outbreak because of drug use was all Pence’s fault. What did they want? Needles everywhere like San Francisco is dealing with now? I guess so.

To al the media who is now shouting about Pence, needles, and HIV… KNOCK IT OFF! You are comparing apples to kumquats on this and you are becoming part of the problem! 

The fact is, there is still much about coronavirus that we don’t know. Turning this issue and the response into a political football is helping NO ONE! This is not the time for petty politics, yet that is where we are right now.

On criticism from Democrats, #POTUS “Speaker Pelosi is incompetent” “I think she is not thinking about the country” “She is trying to create panic” #DEVELOPING @CBSNLive

— Catherine Herridge (@CBS_Herridge) February 27, 2020

He’s right. And yes, I laughed when he said that.

There are good people working their asses off to trying to figure out how to stop this coronavirus with Vice President Pence now leading the response. Democrats and the media need to get out of the way on this and shut up.

Feature Photo Credit: Vice President Pence in Michigan via White House Flickr feed, cropped and modified