The Philip DeFranco Show - PDS 4.2 Dear Brian Kemp, Are You An Idiot or A Liar? The Confusing Mess Around COVID-19 Masks & More

Starting point is 00:00:00 What we've been telling people from directives from the CDC for weeks now that if you start feeling bad, stay home. Those individuals could have been infecting people before they ever felt bad. Well, we didn't know that until the last 24 hours. And as Dr. Toomey told me, she goes, this is a game changer. How the fuck? Governor Brian Kemp, you are an idiot or a liar or both. How are we to believe that the governor of a state of over 10 million people is one of the last people

Starting point is 00:00:30 to find out about this? We've had people like Dr. Fauci talking about this for a while now. Fauci was talking about this in February and I'm not talking late February. February 4th, the man said, "'We have been getting reports "'from highly reliable people in China,

Starting point is 00:00:42 "'scientists, investigators, and public health people "'who we've known over the years, and they've been telling us there's asymptomatic disease. For sure, and we are seeing asymptomatic transmission. If that's not enough, February 13th, CDC Director Dr. Robert Redfield says, there's been good communication with our colleagues to confirm asymptomatic infection.

Starting point is 00:00:59 And only adding, what we don't know is how much of the asymptomatic cases are driving transmission. Right, because if a person is asymptomatic, they're likely not going to get checked, it's not gonna be known how many people they infected. But we knew. Also, I mean, as far as the CDC as a full organization, they issued official guidance as early as March 1st,

Starting point is 00:01:14 stating that asymptomatic people could indeed spread the coronavirus. And one of the many other examples we have included March 14th, where White House Task Force member, Deborah Birx, indicated asymptomatic transmission was an increasing concern. And saying, until you really understand how many people are asymptomatic

Starting point is 00:01:28 and asymptomatically passing the virus on, we think it's better for the entire American public to know that the risk of serious illness may be low, but they could be potentially spreading the virus to others. That's why we're asking every American to take personal responsibility to prevent that spread. And with sharing all of that, I come back to the main thing that I wanna get across.

Starting point is 00:01:45 Brian Kemp, if you somehow come across this video, are you the biggest ignorant idiotic motherfucker on the planet? Are you a bold faced liar? Or are you both? Because while you've now shared with the class numerous reasons why we should doubt the words coming out of your mouth,

Starting point is 00:02:01 I would love to be enlightened on this other topic. Answering that question may be the only job that you're uniquely qualified for. But with that said, to the rest of the class, sup you beautiful bastards, hope you're having a fantastic Thursday. Welcome back to the Philip DeFranco Show. Buckle up, hit that like button,

Starting point is 00:02:15 and let's just jump into it. And to start things off, even though we are two minutes into the video, let's talk about some quickies. First up, the Democratic National Convention has officially been moved to August 17th. Though, with everything being postponed right now, I say that is the current postponement

Starting point is 00:02:28 and so we'll have to wait and see. Then, we should at least mention an engineer yesterday intentionally crashed a train near that hospital ship Mercy. According to reports, the freight train flew off the end of the tracks, smashed through the concrete and steel barriers at the track's end, crashed through a chain link fence,

Starting point is 00:02:42 careened through a parking lot and another gravel lot, barely missing three occupied vehicles, and then finally after taking out another fence, came to a halt. And as far as why he did this, apparently he believed in a weird coronavirus conspiracy, saying that he was suspicious of the USNS Mercy, he believed it had an alternate purpose related to COVID-19

Starting point is 00:02:58 or a government takeover, and saying of his actions, "'You only get this chance once. "'The whole world is watching. "'I had to. "'People don't know what's going on here. "'Now they will.'" Correct, we are now all aware that you crashed a train, saying of his actions, you only get this chance once. The whole world is watching. I had to. People don't know what's going on here. Now they will. Correct, we are now all aware that you crashed a train

Starting point is 00:03:07 putting other lives at risk for a crackpot reason and now face up to 20 years in prison. Then we saw the news that the FDA has authorized the first antibody-based test for COVID-19. And I will say regarding testing, this is good, but it is not the complete solution. This is good because in certified labs, not just a doctor's office, in 15 to 20 minutes you can get a result.

Starting point is 00:03:26 But because this is a blood test, checking to see if someone has coronavirus specific antibodies, you have to remember that the body doesn't start creating those immediately. And in fact, those antibodies might not show up until the illness has run its course. But it's important to understand that in this pandemic,

Starting point is 00:03:37 it is incredibly important to find out who has had it that maybe didn't know. Because the idea would be if you have those antibodies, you find out you've had it. That means that you would likely, to some degree, be immune to this virus and wouldn't really need to worry about catching it again. And then secondarily, just getting more information

Starting point is 00:03:50 about how widespread this already is would be incredibly helpful. Then over the past 24 hours, we learned that Dr. Fauci will be getting enhanced personal security. This seemingly connected to the increased efforts of a smear campaign against Fauci, death threats then following. Though the Washington Post noted,

Starting point is 00:04:04 the concerns include threats as well as unwelcome communications from fervent admirers. And then finally, in these quickies, we have voting and more specifically, vote by mail. And among those pushing for it more heavily this week, you had Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi. In terms of the elections, I think that we'll probably be moving to vote by mail.

Starting point is 00:04:21 The integrity of the election system is central to our democracy. How anyone could oppose our enabling the states to have vote by mail raises so many other questions. Also telling reporters yesterday that she's pushing for between two to four billion dollars to be given to vote by mail measures in the next stimulus. Though it should be noted there has been opposition to this idea. Some fear that this would lead to lower income voters who tend to move a lot, not having an easy way to vote. We've also had people like President Trump previously saying that a big push for vote by mail

Starting point is 00:04:49 would mean Republicans do not get elected. But we've also seen Nancy Pelosi refute this. I think that that's necessary for our country, for us to have a strong Republican party. And I feel sad that the president doesn't have confidence that his party cannot convince the American people about a path to go forward. We've also seen a ton of celebrities

Starting point is 00:05:08 joining the vote at home campaign alongside represent us. Among those are people like Khloe Kardashian posting an Instagram story encouraging people to either request absentee ballots or to contact politicians to change voting for home rules in their state. Did Sia and Sarah Silverman doing the same on Twitter? Yesterday you had Jennifer Lawrence get involved.

Starting point is 00:05:23 And the thing is, regarding the solutions, there's nothing that's perfect right now. Recently, there was a report looking into how states would be able to handle all of this, and it was not great. Right now, only 34 states will allow voters to vote absentee without any excuse come November. And right now, a handful of states are allowing extended vote-by-mail measures due to the coronavirus,

Starting point is 00:05:38 but as far as whether or not that would apply to November and not just these primaries, that remains up in the air. Also, 12 states currently do not let all voters vote by mail. And changing the voting systems could also be tricky. I mean, states like Massachusetts, you'd have to change the state constitution. You know, so places like North Carolina, that's actually recently made it tougher to vote by mail.

Starting point is 00:05:53 But still, you do have some trying, like Senators Amy Klobuchar and Ron Wyden, who have been working on legislation that will allow people to vote early or by mail. There's also been more talk recently about another option, and that is online voting. And actually currently, 23 states and DC let some vote by email and five more

Starting point is 00:06:07 allow some to do so via a web portal. And actually regarding this, two election officials wrote a piece for TechCrunch saying that the coronavirus aside, online voting should be seen as a necessity in democracy. Writing, traditional voting methods simply don't work for those living abroad, deployed in the military, or those with disabilities.

Starting point is 00:06:20 As election officials, it's our duty to stand up for the constitutional rights of our citizens. Also going on to talk about the coronavirus, writing expanding voter participation by ensuring ballot access for all citizens is paramount to protecting our democracy. In the 21st century, that will necessarily include electronic methods, particularly as we face challenges with voters abroad and contemplate emerging challenges at home like COVID-19, where large public gatherings and long lines spark new threats to consider. Though obviously with this come a great number

Starting point is 00:06:46 of security concerns. And while you have situations where you have Utah's oldest voter at the age of 106 being able to vote via an app, pilot programs around the country showing progress. Using this on a nationwide scale feels like it is a long way away. But with more and more Americans stuck at home

Starting point is 00:07:00 by the day, November getting closer every single day, the conversation around potential solutions needs to be had. And then let's talk about the situation around masks, or really I should say situations. You know, there's been a lot of back and forth on who should and who should not be wearing masks. In the past, we've seen organizations saying

Starting point is 00:07:15 only people who are sick should wear a mask, and that if you are not sick, you should only wear a mask unless you're caring for someone who is sick. But also, I believe that was largely in an effort to save masks for healthcare providers and caregivers. Are you people saying that kind of thinking led to things like on February 29th,

Starting point is 00:07:28 US Surgeon General Jerome Adams tweeted a misleading tweet saying, seriously people stop buying masks. They are not effective in preventing general public from catching coronavirus. But if healthcare providers can't get them to care for sick patients, it puts them and our communities at risk. Are people pointing to that and saying,

Starting point is 00:07:42 well, it's not that it's not effective, but there is a priority. We need to make sure that healthcare providers are as safe as possible because we've seen reports of them getting infected with COVID-19. Because you know, there is a resource problem right now that people are trying to help with.

Starting point is 00:07:54 Though in the meantime, we are seeing situations where healthcare providers are either resigning or being fired over equipment. For example, you had a doctor who spoke with NPR today who had her own N95 mask. Say administrators told her if she wore her own N95 mask, others would want to wear masks as well and the hospital didn't have enough.

Starting point is 00:08:09 She refused to take off her mask because she wanted to stay safe and protect her family and she got terminated. Then adding after complaining, she was reinstated and then terminated again all within three days. And of course, while in no way the only other one, there was that story around that nurse who was just crying talking about the situation that blew up. I quit my job today.

Starting point is 00:08:27 I went into work and I was assigned to a COVID patient on an ICU unit that has been converted to a designated COVID unit. None of the nurses are wearing masks, not even surgical masks, in the hallways when they're giving report to each other. I had my own N95 mask. I told my manager I understand we're short on supplies, but let me protect myself. Let me feel safe. I have family that I have to come home to. And the way things are looking, this isn't gonna get any better. America is not prepared and nurses are not being protected.

Starting point is 00:09:12 So we have an issue with the number of personal protective equipment in this country where we're seeing stories like this being shared. We're also seeing that maybe there is a public change. With Dr. Fauci saying this week. Idea of getting a much more broad, community-wide use of masks outside of the healthcare setting is under very active discussion.

Starting point is 00:09:30 The thing that has inhibited that a bit is to make sure that we don't take away the supply of masks from the healthcare workers who need them. But when we get in a situation where we have enough masks, I believe there will be some very serious consideration about more broadening this recommendation of using masks.

Starting point is 00:09:50 We're not there yet, but I think we're close to coming to some determination. And in fact, we've also started to see both LA and Riverside County in California recommend the use of non-medical face coverings, even among healthy people while out in public. Which also on that note, we're seeing an increasing number of people making their own masks.

Starting point is 00:10:06 And if you'd like to join in on that, I'm gonna try this weekend. I'm gonna link down below to a printable guide. That way, in the meantime, you can feel more protected while at the same time not feeling like you're hurting our healthcare providers. Also, while we're talking about masks, we should also talk about Japan

Starting point is 00:10:18 and the Prime Minister of Japan, Abe. As of this morning, Japan has only reported 2,384 cases, only 57 deaths. Right now, museums and schools in Tokyo are closed, but shops only reported 2,384 cases, only 57 deaths. Right now, museums and schools in Tokyo are closed, but shops are still open, restaurants are still allowing people to come and dine in. But it's believed by some now that it's increasingly likely that their luck is going to run out,

Starting point is 00:10:33 especially because right now it is cherry blossom season. So we've seen a lot of tourists crowding around one another, and because situations like this where people are ignoring social distancing, there are fears that the number of cases is about to explode. Also because of that, you have a lot of people urging Prime Minister Shinzo Abe

Starting point is 00:10:46 to declare a state of emergency. And notably here, that would allow governors in different prefects to send out stronger messages when it comes to telling people to stay home. But Abe has refused, saying that such a move is not imminent, and then he offered a different solution, saying that the government would distribute two reusable face masks per household,

Starting point is 00:11:00 and saying that the move will be helpful in responding to the rapidly increasing demand. However, this seemingly just angered a ton of people. We saw Abe's mask and screw your two masks begin to trend on Twitter in Japan. Right off the bat you people criticizing Abe for only handing out two masks per family. And in fact one of the most circulated images here was of multiple people in a family all having to share between two masks. A number of people wishing that this was just an April Fool's joke. You also had others slamming the move because seemingly he was acknowledging that there was an issue,

Starting point is 00:11:26 but instead his solution was to provide something that was not enough for a number of families as well as not fast enough. Because reportedly those masks will not be distributed for another couple of weeks. But it's also not just people feeling scared here. You have medical officials warning that a surge in coronavirus cases could be disastrous for Japan's healthcare system. Reportedly hospitals in several major cities including and Osaka, are already being stretched thin. And even according to a government panel, drastic countermeasures need to be taken as quickly as possible.

Starting point is 00:11:50 Like I said, there's already evidence that we could soon see a big surge in the number of cases in Japan. On Tuesday in Tokyo alone, they reported 78 new cases, which was their highest single day jump so far. But then today, they reported almost 100 new cases, so we're seeing that number continue to rise. As we've seen in other countries, just because the number of cases hasn't hit the hundreds

Starting point is 00:12:06 or the thousands, that doesn't mean it will not. There was a time where in this country, 15 cases were being downplayed. And now we're looking at a situation, I guess, to mix this with our daily update around numbers. In the United States, as of 4.30 p.m. Eastern time, there were 236,339 confirmed cases, 5,648 total deaths, 8,861 total recoveries, and globally we're looking

Starting point is 00:12:27 at over one million confirmed cases, 50,230 deaths, and 204,605 recoveries. Also some other numbers we should mention are the unemployment numbers we're seeing in the United States now. So two weeks ago we saw 282,000 Americans filing for unemployment. Then one week ago we saw the record setting

Starting point is 00:12:43 3.3 million Americans filing for unemployment. And now this ago we saw the record setting 3.3 million Americans filing for unemployment. And now this week, according to data just released by the government today, 6.6 million more Americans have filed for unemployment. Right, in the span of three weeks we've seen nearly 10 million Americans sidelined. Right, so those are just staggering numbers. It is scary what that means,

Starting point is 00:13:00 but the situation is not completely hopeless. As we've discussed in the past, this is a unique situation. Usually with a recession you lose a lot of jobs over a long period of time But here what we're dealing with are people who would normally have a job otherwise out of nowhere being sidelined Well, you have a number of economists hitting on right now are two main things How long will this last and afterwards will companies go back to normal regarding how long does this last as Axios points out if unemployment claims? Continue at this pace for another four weeks We'll end up seeing half as many workers laid off

Starting point is 00:13:25 as lost their jobs during the 2008 to 2009 Great Recession. But adding, on the other hand, if these numbers continue for 16 weeks, it will be twice as bad. And regarding the other point of, will companies go back to normal? A lot of that will depend on, is it safe? Do people trust that it's safe?

Starting point is 00:13:38 If this is something, like Dr. Fauci said, that is coming back with seasons, will companies ramp back up if they're worried that something like this will happen again? Or because you hope for a B, all these people getting fired, all of a sudden, hey, maybe the situation's handled, they get rehired, but it's not guaranteed. Companies that do survive may be fearful

Starting point is 00:13:54 of bringing on more staff, more costs. Also, how many small business owners are gonna lose their business over this time period and not be able to rehire? But ultimately, that's where we are with this now. We're gonna wait to see what happens next. And of course, as we see these changes, we'll be talking about it. That is where I'm going to end today's show. And hey, if you like this video, we are with this now. We're gonna wait to see what happens next. And of course, as we see these changes, we'll be talking about it.

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The Philip DeFranco Show - PDS 4.2 Dear Brian Kemp, Are You An Idiot or A Liar? The Confusing Mess Around COVID-19 Masks & More

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