Donald Trump Shook Hands with CPAC Chairman Exposed to Attendee Infected with Coronavirus. Ted Cruz says he shook hands with the person at CPAC who has been diagnosed with the coronavirus. "Will stay at home until the 14 day period has passed out of an “abundance of caution”

We remain ready for Trump’s “Way-to-go Brownie” moment, although that may remain the cipher for his entire presidency, having failed the tests of leadership by obfuscating every moment with disinformation and outright lies.

x 1. Had tests available so we could have identified who had contracted the disease earlier & limited community spread



2. Not fired the US pandemic response team in 2018



3. Allowed public health officials to communicate directly to the public w/o clearing statement through Pence https://t.co/BEX2mYda04 — Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) March 8, 2020

How well informed is the HHS Secretary:

x I think the point is theyÃ¢ÂÂre maintaining strategic ambiguity against the virus. Keeping it off guard by not revealing the plan in advance. — Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) March 8, 2020

x CPAC, which today confirmed an attendee was infected with coronavirus, is where then-acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney accused the press of hyping coronavirus, which he described as a media ploy to try to bring down Trump. — Philip Rucker (@PhilipRucker) March 8, 2020

One person’s price gouging is another’s arbitrage. Another person’s arbitrage is yet another’s triangulation.

x Facebook will ban ads for face masks on its platforms to keep people from profiting off the #coronavirus crisis. https://t.co/Wnb2nTdCac pic.twitter.com/zr61F1RXIF — Gizmodo (@Gizmodo) March 8, 2020

And the Trump disinformation campaign continues unabated with its own viral contagion.

x IÃ¢ÂÂm not talking about average Sanders supporters being deceived into retweeting something. IÃ¢ÂÂm talking about pro-Sanders accounts with five-figure followings posting it and leaving it up. ThatÃ¢ÂÂs relevant in discussing how this spread. https://t.co/TBxyql8EGZ https://t.co/zcxSHJUYqH — Daniel Dale (@ddale8) March 8, 2020