The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is proposing a $250 million contract to a communications company to oversee a crusade to “defeat depression and motivate hope” about the coronavirus pandemic, Politico reported Tuesday morning.
Politico reported that HHS sent “performance paint statements” several weeks ago, describing the expected outcome of the company marking the contract.
The objectives of the contract are to “triumph over despair and motivate hope, percentage of the most productive practices that allow companies to function in the new general and instill the mandatory confidence to return to the frames and restart the economy,” Political said, too.to build a “coalition”.spokespersons from across the country, provide data on public health, remedies and vaccines when the country reopens, and provide Americans with data on the reopening phases.”
“By harnessing the power of classic social and virtual networks, the sports and entertainment industries, public fitness associations and other artistic partners to provide vital data on public fitness and economics, management can triumph over despair, motivate hope, and achieve recovery,” the task says.
The objectives of this data will be businesses and workplaces, schools and other schools, religious organizations, child care systems and law enforcement officials, according to Politico.
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A dozen corporations have expressed interest in the contract, most of which are not well-known giant corporations.Two corporations that won the proposal told Politico that they had nevertheless not submitted an offer for the contract.
News of the crusade comes at a time when President Donald Trump is facing widespread denunciation of his handling of the coronavirus and his management has made false statements about his reaction to the pandemic.
Last week, for example, Trump said the country had “one of the lowest fatality rates in any primary country in the world,” which is misleading.
Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Russia, and India have lower fatality rates than the United States, which are the 20 countries hardest hit by the virus.
Trump and his supporters applauded their reaction to the pandemic and used last week’s Republic National Convention as a platform to tell the electorate that the president had things under control.
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“We are preparing for this challenge,” Trump said of his reaction to the pandemic when he accepted the GOP presidential nomination last week.”We are offering life-saving treatments and will produce a vaccine before the end of the year, or even earlier.”.
On Monday, Trump retwed a message falsely claiming that the COVID-19 pandemic was not as fatal as officials reported, which he deleted via Twitter for sharing false information.
Public fitness experts have also criticized the White House for spreading false data about the pandemic in recent months.
In July, four former centers for disease control and prevention opposed the Trump administration for undermining the federal fitness firm and questioning its clinical guidelines.
“Over the next week, and until Monday, management has continued to question the agency’s recommendations and role in reporting and guiding the nation’s pandemic response,” former CDC Administrators Tom Frieden, Jeffrey Koplan, David Satcher and Richard Besser said in a Washington Statement.Opinion message.” On Sunday, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos called CDC rules an impediment to the immediate reopening of schools of what they are: how to do it safely.”
The winning businessman will work with HHS undersecretary for public affairs, headed by Michael Caputo, one of Trump’s former crusader advisers.