Attendees for the June 19 Trump rally are being asked to acknowledge "an inherent risk of exposure to COVID-19" and agree not to hold the campaign liable.
President Donald Trump is set to resume his campaign rallies next week — but attendees have to agree not to hold his campaign liable if they get the coronavirus in the 19,000-seat arena.
An invitation for the June 19 event in Tulsa, Oklahoma asks people to register online for the event —and waive their rights to sue if they get sick.
"By clicking register below, you are acknowledging that an inherent risk of exposure to COVID-19 exists in any public place where people are present. By attending the Rally, you and any guests voluntarily assume all risks related to exposure to COVID-19 and agree not to hold Donald J. Trump for President, Inc.," the rally site or organizers "liable for any illness or injury," the form says.
The rally is being held in the Bank of Oklahoma Center and comes as the city is in phase three of reopening from the coronavirus pandemic.
“Under Phase 3, businesses may resume unrestricted staffing at their worksites by observing proper CDC-recommended social distancing protocols and are recommended to continue increased cleaning and disinfecting practices," Gov. Kevin Stitt's office said in a May 29th statement.
A Trump campaign official said there would be health precautions in place at the event but did not elaborate. White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany told reporters on Wednesday she didn't have specific information but said "we will ensure that everyone who goes is safe."
Stitt, a Republican, has hailed the Trump event. “The President is making Oklahoma his first campaign stop since March 2, and his visit here confirms Oklahoma is the national example in responsibly and safely reopening," he said Wednesday.
The event had already been controversial because of the site and the date. Tulsa is the site of the Greenwood massacre, where a white mob killed an estimated 300 black people and torched the neighborhood's "Black Wall Street" in 1921, and the 19th is also known as Juneteenth, a holiday that marks the end of slavery in the United States.
trump honks have been told by trump that the virus is a hoax. Now they have to sign a form acknowledging the virus. Their remaining collective brain cell is struggling to hold all the cognitive dissonance together.
Liberal sheep believed the virus was the end of civilization. The economy needed to be sacrificed to save every man, woman, and child. Then they forgot about that for 3 weeks and had mass gatherings where everybody stood shoulder to shoulder with strangers night after night. Now it's about Trump so it's a problem again.
People willingly potentially risked virus exposure to advocate for the lives of black Americans.
Please don't do this.
Are you serious???
Or, put another way "People willingly potentially, and knowingly put the rest of the community at a higher risk so they could get a tv, or a pair of shoes, or even some dish soap....'free'.
Look, I agree with the peaceful protests, I really do.
But, I fear it won't be long until we're told "These people can't buy what they need in their own neighborhoods. They have to drive out to get what they need." And the burned down buildings, stores, etc, will be forgotten.
People willingly potentially risked virus exposure to advocate for the lives of black Americans.
Please don't do this.
Maybe that wasn't the best tact to take.. but I'm ticked.
Every day I get a daily briefing from the NYT in an e-mail, it highlights the top 4 or 5 stories of the day. Every day I go read the coronavirus update, mostly because it's my job. I have construction managers in cities all over the east coast and I need to know which spots are hot/flat/declining, etc. so I can keep my people safe. I check the NYT and a couple other sources.
Every day for a long time the story reads the same, if there is a flare up in a red state, they quickly point out precautions not taken, when they opened up, etc... when it's in a blue state, it's a shame for those poor victims and it probably couldn't have been avoided.
So every day for the last week they have continued to highlight flare ups and hot spots.. then they talk about when they opened up and what is going on socially in those areas that might have caused it... know what they haven't mentioned ONE SINGLE TIME ALL WEEK? That we are more than 2 weeks into mass, unregulated protests in every major city and quite a few smaller cities and towns.... not one time have they even given it a passing mention that maybe... JUST MAYBE... that might have something to do with it.
And Arch is partially right. Every time somebody talked about opening a beach or something like that the response was always the same... "If these idiots want to kill themselves, I don't care, but they are going to take this back and kill other people." "What about MY grandma?" So these protestors weren't just risking themselves, they were risking everybody.
People willingly potentially risked virus exposure to advocate for the lives of black Americans.
Please don't do this.
People also willingly risked virus exposure to protest what they felt were a violation of their rights to operate their businesses and earn a paycheck.
It is absolutely hypocritical to condemn one side and praise the other.
Personally, I feel both sides were wrong, because they risked passing on the infection to other people by ignoring social distancing guidelines.
And into the forest I go, to lose my mind and find my soul. - John Muir
I understand how people expect no more form the president of our nation than anyone else. You've made it clear in the past that we shouldn't expect him to act any better than the fry cook at the Waffle House.
I guess that's why when we have no national policy concerning the virus he gets a free pass from some. When he goes around wearing no mask, when he goes around saying insidious things, sewing seeds of division, we should just figure that our angry Uncle Bill does the same thing, so...
At least the vast majority of protestors had enough common sense to wear masks and were outside. Let's see how these indoor rallies look. And of course there's the whole "sign a waver " part of it. It's wonderful to see our president set up conditions ripe for spreading the virus yet wish to hold no accountability.
But then he's already said that when it comes to the virus he takes no responsibility. So it's par for the course and people seem fine with that.
Intoducing for The Cleveland Browns, Quarterback Deshawn "The Predator" Watson. He will also be the one to choose your next head coach.
Liberal sheep believed the virus was the end of civilization. The economy needed to be sacrificed to save every man, woman, and child.
You sound like 40cent.
At least I don't make up or join in on stupid names for other board members.
The media has done a good job of keeping us up to date on all of the daily protests around the nation for the last 3+ weeks.
The media has done a good job of keeping us up to date on all of the areas in the country where coronavirus is spiking/flat/declining.
The media has done a masterful job of making sure those two stories never overlap. At best, it is disingenuous reporting to talk about covid spikes and mention that the local swimming pools opened up and restaurants started allowing diners at 50% capacity a couple weeks ago but fail to mention the 10,000 people who crammed into a 3 block area night after night to protest.
You may believe that they were taking a calculated risk for a higher purpose, that's fine. Failing to mention it is agenda-driven reporting.
To further that end, they aren't even really trying to connect the dots..
NYC COVID-19 Contact Tracers Not Asking About George Floyd Protest Participation, Despite Fears of New Virus Wave BY GREG B. SMITH JUN 14, 2020, 5:30PM EDT
Over the two last weeks, Mayor Bill de Blasio and others have voiced concerns that packed police brutality protests across the city could trigger a new wave of COVID-19 infections.
Whether or not that’s the case, however, remains unknown — and de Blasio’s team won’t be directly trying to find out.
The hundreds of contact tracing workers hired by the city under de Blasio’s new “test and trace” campaign have been instructed not to ask anyone who’s tested positive for COVID-19 whether they recently attended a demonstration, City Hall confirmed to THE CITY.
“No person will be asked proactively if they attended a protest,” Avery Cohen, a spokesperson for de Blasio, wrote in an emailed response to questions by THE CITY.
Instead, test-and-trace workers ask COVID-positive individuals general questions to help them “recall ‘contacts’ and individuals they may have exposed,” Cohen said. Among the initial questions: “Do you live with anyone in your home?”
Tracers then ask about “close contacts” — defined as being within six feet of another person for at least 10 minutes.
It’s up to tested individuals to volunteer whether any of those close contacts occurred during protests. “If a person wants to proactively offer that information, there is an opportunity for them to do so,” Cohen wrote.
The mayor announced his “test and trace” program on May 8, promising that the city would hire 1,000 “contact tracers.” City Hall has declined to spell out how many individuals have been questioned so far, but de Blasio promised to release that information Monday.
Since the effort began, officials say most — but not all — people questioned by contact tracers have been cooperative. Some, however, have refused to volunteer any information about their close contacts.
“Naturally, we have not been able to obtain all information from all positive cases, but engagement among those reached is high,” Cohen wrote.
Mayor and Gov Want to Know There’s no direct effort to resolve a question both de Blasio and Gov. Andrew Cuomo have asked repeatedly since the demonstrations against police brutality erupted following the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police: Are the protests helping spread the virus?
“That’s the one variable in this equation that we’re not sure of: We don’t know what the effect of those protests are,” Cuomo said last week.
The three-day average percentage of New Yorkers whose COVID-19 test turned out positive has dropped dramatically, from 69% on March 31 to an all-time low of 2% as of June 8.
This has occurred, in part, because initially only people diagnosed as very sick were tested. More recently, a much larger pool of individuals has been tested — including those with no symptoms — driving down the percentage of positives.
But there’s a growing concern the numbers could spike again, given Phase One of the city’s reopening and the protests.
So far, there have been no apparent signs of a dramatic swing. De Blasio on Thursday announced the three-day average percentage of positive tests had risen slightly from 2% to 3%.
Cuomo and de Blasio find themselves walking a tightrope, warning protesters to be aware that COVID-19 remains a very real threat to life and strongly advising all who attend demonstrations to get tested. But they are also steering clear of dissuading anyone from participating in demonstrations.
A Different Experience A key source of tests for the virus now is the medical chain CityMD with 100 clinics in the city, New Jersey and Long Island. A New Yorker who called up CityMD last week to get an appointment for a test after witnessing a daunting line at one of the clinics told THE CITY that the CityMD staff asked the individual whether they’d attended a protest.
CityMD officials did not respond to messages seeking comment.
In Nassau County, health officials take a slightly different approach. While they do not ask individuals who test positive whether they’ve attended protests, they do ask them where they’ve been recently.
“We ask them questions about where they’ve been so that we can gauge who may be at risk,” said Mary Ellen Laurain, a spokesperson for the Nassau County Health Department. “It may come out as part of the interview, but we ask more open-ended questions.”
Despite Cuomo’s concerns about the effect of the protests, the state Health Department has remained neutral on the issue.
Jonah Bruno, an agency spokesperson, stated, “We’re working with New York City to balance the public health priority while also protecting personal privacy, as we seek to ensure a thorough contact tracing program that helps us contain the COVID-19 virus and monitor any fluctuations in the infection rate as we continue reopening New York.”
‘Treat People with Ease’ Dr. S. Patrick Kachur, a professor at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and a former official at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said contact trackers face a balancing act: trying to obtain useful information about an infected person’s contacts without alienating them with overly intrusive questions.
Asking someone if they’d been at a protest could wind up discouraging them from being candid in their answers, he noted.
“I think the logic has to do with the fact that contact tracing requires a strong level of trust between the interviewer and the person they’re talking to,” he said. “It’s really important to have a good rapport and treat people with ease. It’s important to not ask questions that will impede your ability to do the best job you can.”
For example, Kachur, who has been involved in contact tracking during previous pandemics involving the flu and Zika, noted that when investigators are trying to track the spread of HIV, tuberculosis or most diseases, they make a point of not asking about a person’s immigration status.
And while knowledge of how the protests might be sparking a second wave would be helpful, it would be very difficult to track close contacts at events attended by thousands of strangers, he said.
“There’s definitely a concern that state and city officials have that the protests could be a place where transmission occurs, but that risk is lower than household and other community contacts,” Kachur said. “And it would be really challenging to trace those contacts who you’ve been protesting with.”
Going forward, a key question will be whether Blasio’s test-and-trace program can handle the workload as increased testing yields more positive cases and more contacts to trace.
“How well are they able to keep up with the complete investigations that they are able to trace?” Kachur asked. “If they have more cases than they can deal with, that would be concerning. It would be a confusing month or two here.”
But how much do you want to bet that if there is any outbreak that can even remotely be associated with a Trump rally or any conservative gathering... we'll know immediately.
I have no idea what news sources you watch and read but I have certainly seen much reporting that connects the two and raises a lot of concern about tying the protests to the spread of the virus. Once again I think this is a preconceived notion you have in your head.
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President Trump on Friday warned individuals against protesting in Tulsa, Okla., ahead of his Saturday campaign rally there, suggesting any demonstrators would be treated harshly.
“Any protesters, anarchists, agitators, looters or lowlifes who are going to Oklahoma please understand, you will not be treated like you have been in New York, Seattle, or Minneapolis,” Trump tweeted Friday. “It will be a much different scene!”
Trump has heavily criticized Democratic leaders in New York, Seattle and Minneapolis for not sufficiently cracking down on demonstrations that have erupted across the country to protest racism and police brutality in the wake of the death of George Floyd.
The city of Tulsa has announced a curfew for Friday and Saturday in order to prevent violent protesting around Trump’s rally, which has been shrouded in controversy since the president initially announced plans last week to hold it in Tulsa on June 19.
Trump was forced to move the date to June 20 after widespread outcry over the campaign’s decision to not just stage the event on Juneteenth, an annual holiday that marks the end of slavery in the United States, but to stage it in Tulsa, the site of one of the deadliest incidents of anti-black racial violence in the country in 1921.
The Trump campaign has also faced criticism for holding the large-scale event during the coronavirus pandemic, prompting concerns from the city’s health department.
The campaign plans to distribute masks and hand sanitizer to attendees as well as perform temperature checks before the rallygoers enter Tulsa’s BOK Center. The venue holds 19,000 people, and the campaign said it has received more than 1 million requests for tickets.
Attendees have also been asked to sign a coronavirus waiver.
Trump has been repeatedly criticized for his handling of the protests in the wake of Floyd’s killing at the hands of police in Minneapolis.
While Trump has expressed outrage at Floyd’s death, he has also sharply criticized protests that have at times turned violent and has demanded that states more forcefully crack down on the demonstrations.
Trump earlier this month threatened to dispatch active-duty troops to areas that do not sufficiently suppress the demonstrations. The president has more recently excoriated Washington Gov. Jay Inslee (D) and Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan (D) for failing to dispel a group of protesters that have occupied part of the city.
"You have a governor who doesn’t do a damn thing about it, and you have a mayor that doesn’t know she’s alive," Trump told reporters on Monday.
"If they don’t do the job, I’ll do the job," Trump continued, without offering specifics.
Further proof that it was never about the rioters and looters, but the movement overall that trump and his supporters have a problem with.
“To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.”
And that is unfortunate. I don't want to see confrontations between groups because it always leads to violence.
Then the blame game begins.
The trump supporters should be allowed to do their thing in peace. However, emotions will be hot. People opposed will show up. People will get into each others faces. And there you go.
This event was poorly planned. Should have been outdoors. Should have been promoted as "please follow virus precautions." Have masks available. Promote peaceful rally.
Nooo . None of that. trump will not wear a mask in public. It is his political statement. He will incite his crowd to not tolerate anyone.
After his angry Tweet, I wonder if we'll be seeing non military personnel in their fake uniforms walking around with assault rifles? At this point nothing will surprise me.
Intoducing for The Cleveland Browns, Quarterback Deshawn "The Predator" Watson. He will also be the one to choose your next head coach.
After his angry Tweet, I wonder if we'll be seeing non military personnel in their fake uniforms walking around with assault rifles? At this point nothing will surprise me.
After his angry Tweet, I wonder if we'll be seeing non military personnel in their fake uniforms walking around with assault rifles? At this point nothing will surprise me.
I hope (but doubt) people are smart enough to NOT protest at/near the Trump rally as there will be NO winners. Leave the Trump supporters alone and don't give anyone the opportunity to turn peaceful protests into an Anti Antifa etc narrative, you know there will be Trump supporters and Alt Right trying to make it as violent and deadly as possible.
The more things change the more they stay the same.
If I was in charge,I would round up a bunch of diehard Dems,that have the virus,dress them up as Trump supporters and unleash them on the rally goers. Poetic justice.
If I was in charge,I would round up a bunch of diehard Dems,that have the virus,dress them up as Trump supporters and unleash them on the rally goers. Poetic justice.
Yeah, that's the problem. Douche bags on b I th sides. Hopefully you are joking, but that mindset exists in both sides and it's disgusting.
The more things change the more they stay the same.
It's the same kind of mindset that has alt-right activists trying to paint violent protests at the doors of BLM, and posting fake videos and craigslist ads depicting BLM and antifa as terrorist organizations
The more things change the more they stay the same.
If I was in charge,I would round up a bunch of diehard Dems,that have the virus,dress them up as Trump supporters and unleash them on the rally goers. Poetic justice.
There’s no need. The science denying unmasked fools will bring their own doom.
If I was in charge,I would round up a bunch of diehard Dems,that have the virus,dress them up as Trump supporters and unleash them on the rally goers. Poetic justice.
There’s no need. The science denying unmasked fools will bring their own doom.
Did you see the videos this morning. The Petri dish is filling. 8 hours outside, a few inside-let the experiment begin
If I was in charge,I would round up a bunch of diehard Dems,that have the virus,dress them up as Trump supporters and unleash them on the rally goers. Poetic justice.
There’s no need. The science denying unmasked fools will bring their own doom.
Darwin always wins. Cull the herd. The slow ones and the dumb ones.
I wonder if they’ll consider the attendees that get sick part of the DEeP StATe? Or if they’ll tell their loved ones at home that they get sick that they’re lying cUZ iT’S a hOAx? #trumpvirus
"If" anyone other than trump would have been in office the US would not be leading the world in the wrong category of contracted cases and deaths.
Any person with a conscious and a patriotic bone in his body would have recognized the dangers early on. They would have gotten in front of the United States people and gave them the science behind the precautions. Explained why it so important to do everything to contain the virus. They would have set the example for public health consciousness. Would have explained why it is so important to protect others as well as yourself.
Instead what trump did was ignore it. Tell everyone it will go away. Why? For only one reason. His warped sense that it is all about him. How great he is. A macho guy who believes it is a sign of weakness to wear a mask. Forget everyone else. Again. Me, it is all about me. How I must get re-elected.
All his guys Kelly, Cohen, Mattis, Bolton, everyone within knows nothing but his re-election is important. "Enter at your own risk and then vote for me." If some get infected it will be a small percentage. If a few die. Who cares. It is worth it. If I get re-elected.
Think about this. The president of the United States has on two occasions sought a foreign hostile governments help to insure he gets re-elected.
trump wants to corrupt the election process. Think about that. Think about how this pandemic has been handled. How many have died that would not have had to die if things were handled correctly.
And some want to re-elect this guy??
What are you thinking? Really what are you thinking?
What are you thinking? Really what are you thinking?
They think it's just fine and dandy to try to win by any means. The ends justify the means. Look at all those judicial appointments baby. . . . Sold their soul to the devil - but will be going to Church on Sunday ! Oh yeah ! Murica !
The more things change the more they stay the same.
They should get the names and addresses of all attendees and see how many get the virus and how many die. Then do contact tracing to minimize exposure beyond the rally.
People will die because of this rally. Its just a matter of how many.
They should get the names and addresses of all attendees and see how many get the virus and how many die. Then do contact tracing to minimize exposure beyond the rally.
People will die because of this rally. Its just a matter of how many.
Wonder how the attendees will blame Obama, or anything and everything else except trump, when they or their loved ones die?
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