Let them eat coronavirus: Trump says wealthy getting tested first is just 'the story of life'

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

There may never have been a more gold-plated, straight-from-the-palace, sucks to be a dirty peasant moment in American history than the one that Donald Trump delivered from the White House on Wednesday. When a reporter asked whether the wealthy should be getting tested for COVID-19 even as thousands of people are being turned away, Trump had just the perfect response. "No, I wouldn't say so, but perhaps that’s been the story of life. That does happen on occasion."

What’s that? The peasants want equal access to a test that can inform their decisions and perhaps save their loved ones? Who do they think they are? Let them eat virus.

In a country where someone who performed CPR on a spouse who was dying from COVID-19 was denied a test, and people with symptoms, and people with symptoms, and people with symptoms, and people with symptoms are being denied testing everywhere across the nation, it’s amazing to see that not only have celebrities, athletes, politicians, and the wealthy been getting tests on request, but they’ve been getting extraordinarily prompt service. Some, like Trump, have reported back results within hours of saying they had been tested, rather than the three days or more that regular citizens “lucky” enough to rate a nasal swab have waited to learn their fate.

Trump’s response that “perhaps that’s been the story of life,” a vapid acceptance that the rich really get an edge in every aspect of life and hey, that’s just the way it is, grates on every nerve for at least two reasons. First, a public health screening seems like the last place where someone’s bank account should have anything to do with whether or not they have access. This is a matter of not just testing one individual, but of protecting the nation. And that’s the second thing: this is just another example of how Donald Trump doesn’t think it’s his responsibility to do anything.

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/3/18/1928719/-Let-them-eat-coronavirus-Trump-says-wealthy-getting-tested-first-is-just-the-story-of-life?detail=emaildkre

[redstatebluegirl]

1. He smirked when he said it.

He has always had the rich man's privilege. He doesn't care a lick about anyone but himself and his rich buddies.

[Walleye]

4. Yes. That smirk! Should be played repeatedly in commercials. Made my blood boil.

[redstatebluegirl]

5. I could see Bloomberg's PAC using it no doubt.

[Baclava]

2. Bailout: 'Wealthy turning to private jets to escape coronavirus outbreak'

Firm reports rise in rich families and multinationals booking flights to lower risks

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/mar/02/wealthy-private-jets-escape-coronavirus-outbreak

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Even $150,000 won’t get you a ticket: Super-rich spurned by private jets as coronavirus stops flights

Private jet operators are turning away wealthy clients as coronavirus-related travel bans restrict their ability to operate, despite a surge in requests from people willing to shell out as much as $150,000 to secure a spot on their planes.

https://fortune.com/2020/03/17/super-rich-spurned-private-jets-coronavirus-stops-flights/

[Historic NY]

3. he means pee-ons