‘Last Week Tonight’: John Oliver Talks Trump’s Lies About Coronavirus, Flattening The Curve And Importance Of Avoiding Misinformation
On Sunday night time, John Oliver had a stripped-down model of Final Week Tonight. Like many speak exhibits, he has opted to not have a studio viewers in the course of the coronavirus pandemic.
“This isn’t going to be our standard present,” he stated on a stark white set, admitting that the place they normally tape had confirmed circumstances of coronavirus in order that they moved to a different set with a restricted crew.
He began by saying, “This was the week that the coronavirus, for many individuals within the U.S. appeared to go from an abstraction to a really actual menace.”
He stated he appeared to start out with Utah Jazz participant Rudy Gobert jokingly saying he was sick earlier than a recreation after which touching each microphone and recorder at a press convention. It was later discovered that he examined optimistic for coronavirus and his staff is now below quarantine in Oklahoma Metropolis for the foreseeable future.
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Oliver joked that Gobert’s actions have been “silly sufficient” in comparison with the White Home, which reported the primary snow when it actually didn’t occur.
From right here, he started to interrupt down the week in coronavirus together with main sports activities occasions being suspended in addition to Rita Wilson and Tom Hanks and quite a few political figures testing optimistic for COVID-19. “We’re clearly within the midst of a quickly escalating outbreak,” he factors out. “It’s tough to say the place issues stand.”
He then started his unpacking of Donald Trump’s dealing with of the outbreak. “Regardless of what Trump says, checks aren’t out there in most locations to those that want them,” he stated. “Which suggests we cant correctly observe the virus or know the way rapidly it’s spreading. That’s not solely catastrophic as a result of we’re having to fly blind in combating this pandemic, it’s additionally deeply irritating particularly whenever you see how nations like South Korea ramped up their testing capabilities.”
He lower to a clip of main infectious illness knowledgeable Anthony S. Fauci saying that our system of testing “shouldn’t be geared to what we’d like proper now.” Then Oliver known as Trump’s “sedated” Oval Workplace speech concerning the pandemic a “full mess” — primarily due to all of the lies he advised: “He managed to mistakenly declare that imports from Europe have been being lower off which they weren’t; that insurers would waive copays not only for testing however for therapy which at current, they wont; and appear to suggest that Individuals in Europe couldn’t get again into the nation, which they’ll.”
He then threw it to a clip of Trump doing what he does greatest: minimizing the influence of the disaster as he stated the inventory market was “simply high-quality”.
“Nothing is ok right here,” Oliver stated. “The president’s response has sadly been characterised by disorganization and lies.” He continued to unpack Trump’s lies from his Rose Backyard press convention on Friday the place he known as the pandemic a Nationwide Emergency — which was good, however as Oliver stated, “there was quite a bit there that was fairly regarding.”
Particularly, he shook palms leisurely with many and touched the microphone quite a few occasions after interacting with individuals who have been uncovered to individuals who examined optimistic for coronavirus whereas at Mar-a-lago.
Then, when a reporter requested him about disbanding the White Home pandemic workplace, he prevented the query and principally insulted the reporter saying, “That’s a nasty query. I didn’t do it. I don’t know something about it.”
Oliver responded to that with: “That may be a degree of dodging accountability that Trump has been perfecting ever since he was not in Vietnam.”
Trump additionally stated that Google is constructing an internet site that can drive folks to testing services and Google instantly clarified saying that they’re within the early levels of growth on the positioning and they’ll roll out within the Bay Space with the hope of increasing extra broadly over time.
That is the place Oliver will get really honest. “That is irritating and very unnerving and it’s actively contributing to a way of confusion within the coutry, he stated. “It might be greatest to place the president apart — don’t fear, there may be going to be ample time to be totally livid with him later — however the reality is, though this shouldn’t be the case, it appears we’re going to be somewhat bit on our personal right here and due to that, it is likely to be value going over some fundamental guidelines that well being specialists say we should always all completely be following to assist stem this outbreak.”
He gave some levity to the insanity by enjoying a Tik Tok video of somewhat hamster giving some tips on stopping the unfold of coronavirus: washing palms, coughing right into a tissue, sporting masks solely when you’ve got signs, staying dwelling if sick and social distancing.
“Tik Tok hamster is my favourite factor on the earth,” Oliver gushed. “It’s really unhappy {that a} hamster simply genuinely supplied extra helpful public well being recommendation in a single 12 second Tik Tok than the president has in a number of addresses to the nation.”
Oliver talked concerning the significance of “flattening the curve” saying that it’ll sluggish the unfold of the virus with out overwhelming the healthcare system. He added that we should assist and look out for healthcare employees and those that are most prone. Additionally vital is to cease the unfold of misinformation.
He stated there’s lots of “dangerous busllshit” on the market like Alex Jones’s anti-coronavirus toothpaste, commentators evaluating coronavirus to the swine flu and Geraldo Rivera ridiculously saying that should you can maintain your breath for 10 seconds you don’t coronavirus.
“There’s a ton of misinformation on the market… so please watch out earlier than forwarding or retweeting stuff that you simply have no idea to be true,” Oliver stated. “Our private actions are actually going to rely right here.”
He continued, “Even should you’re not apprehensive about getting this virus different folks, particularly the aged and immunosuppressed merely don’t have that luxurious so it’s a good suggestion to deal with these precautions such as you would the flu shot — you don’t get the flu shot only for you. You get it for everybody else. All of us have an actual accountability to at least one different proper now as a result of the alternatives we make will contribute on to how dangerous this disaster will get.”
As a deal with to his viewers, he put a 30-second countdown clock and gave them a chance to vent their frustrations concerning the coronavirus out loud. For Oliver, it was the Liverpool Soccer Membership and the way the Premier League has suspended all fixtures till April 4.
He ended on a hopeful be aware and a way of group. “I do know issues are at the moment very scary issues are going to be bizarre for whereas….the truth that that’s true makes it much more vital that going ahead we’re going to wish to look out for each other — and never simply by way of containing the transmission of this virus — however in phrases the financial influence that is going to have on those that will be unable to climate it.”
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Oliver provides that this will likely be an unsettling, isolating and lonely time and urged folks to name and attain out to those that are weak or really feel remoted. He additionally prompt to donating to an area meals financial institution (some might be discovered feedingamerica.org).
“Attempt your greatest to tune out and never move on misinformation within the upcoming weeks from sources like, sadly, the president,” he stated. “Pay extra consideration to reliable data from the CDC, specialists like Anthony Fauci and naturally, Tik Tok hamsters.”
This may mark the final episode of Final Week Tonight for some time and Oliver stated that they are going to be again in some kind within the close to future. He urged for folks to care for themselves and one another earlier than signing off and saying, “Keep secure and good night time.”
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