White House Briefing With the Wuhan Coronavirus Task Force

Imagine Sleepy Joe standing at the podium every single night explaining the US coronavirus response & answering questions for hours on end...It would be a disaster! He can’t even make it through a short interview without confusing PPP & PPESo grateful for @realDonaldTrump!

— Abigail Marone (@abigailmarone) April 22, 2020

Trump: "We're gonna be bigger and better and stronger than ever before."

Trump jokes reporters may complain he took too many questions.

SURGEON GENERAL’S WARNING:Check yourself before you wreck yourself. https://t.co/WLVjoUXE7C

— Neil Stevens (@presjpolk) April 22, 2020

Adams says of the unprecedented cases of asymptomatic carriers of the Wuhan coronavirus: "You wear your mask to protect ME, I wear my mask to protect YOU"

SGA: reiterates that social distancing is essential 

SG Adams (for the billionth time): Wearing a mask is not a replacement for social distancing

The whole mask thing was stupid from the start. Of course masks work to protect people from virus and to protect people from from spreading the virus if they are sick. 

Media creating their own - incorrect- narrative before the briefing even ends. 

Um.. Half hour ago even Trump said the same thing. https://t.co/1Ijylm8DIk

— Pradheep J. Shanker (@Neoavatara) April 22, 2020

Where's the Tiger King pardon follow up!?

— Chuck Ross (@ChuckRossDC) April 22, 2020

CNN cuts away from the press briefing.

Trump says, "We'll shoot 'em out of the water," about Iranian gun boats harassing US Navy ships. 

The reporter who asked about Tiger King is now speaking!

Trump reiterates that he's ordered our ships to blow Iranian boats out of the sky if they get too close. 

Oh look! the Surgeon General is here! putting these rumors to rest.

AOC on the verge of saying the quiet part out loud

"When we have this decision about going back, reopening, I think a lot of people should just say 'no, we're not going back to that.'"@AOC calls for a national boycott of work during attempts by states to reopen their economies. pic.twitter.com/6kXypS8KQN

— Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) April 22, 2020

Dr. Birx says that they are building an infrastructure for testing that will allow them to be prepared for any future crises.

President Trump: “My administration has directed more than $7B in federal funding” for treatment development pic.twitter.com/e2vbzcW6sY

— Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) April 22, 2020

VP Pence says he won't be visiting his mom when he visits Indiana to protect her from possible exposure.