Based on the very early warnings he got from both NSC’s Matt Pottinger, and that lovely piece of work, Peter Navarro (go figure), he had full control of this and blew it, and not only that, by downplaying it and mocking masks and other mitigations, he opened America up to a much more rapid spread than it would have otherwise been if he had truly led and mobilized. (”But my numbers will rise! (i.e. infection numbers) and I will look bad!” — near direct quotes of the man), praising Xi on his handling of it, also appeased and caved. NO THANKS
After three years and 56 studies saying they are worthless, Japan dropped the nationwide mask request this past week. A request that was met with among the highest compliance in the world-mandatory or not.
Nothing has changed, the optimal solution which was extremely apparent early on was to overtly protect the at risk and leave everyone else alone. Although obvious to an imbecile, it was followed by about zero nations on earth.
The superior lesser optimal solutions are the ones closest to the above not the ones furthest away.
Based on the very early warnings he got from both NSC’s Matt Pottinger, and that lovely piece of work, Peter Navarro (go figure), he had full control of this and blew it, and not only that, by downplaying it and mocking masks and other mitigations, he opened America up to a much more rapid spread than it would have otherwise been if he had truly led and mobilized. (”But my numbers will rise! (i.e. infection numbers) and I will look bad!” — near direct quotes of the man), praising Xi on his handling of it, also appeased and caved. NO THANKS
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JapaneseInTokyo,
You never disappoint in your stupidity on a variety of issues.(Like Clockwork)
It wouldn’t have matter what anybody did. Viruses have to “run their course.”
Combine that with a globe full of old people and you’ll have an up tick in deaths.
Also, people dying off is only going to get worse over the next 25-30 years as boomers start “eating dirt” & “sitting in an urn.”(So be prepared for more hysteria)
P.S. I live in a county of 109,000 people, 244 people died of Covid in three years.(Big Whoop) The health authorities stop giving age of death halfway through the pandemic, so statistical analysis is impossible.
Trump’s biggest mistake was allowing the “experts” to turn that year’s flu into the plague. Masks my big toe. Totally worthless, a prop for the scam. Trump is smart enough to know the correct response was that of Sweden’s. The most deadly contagion we were dealing with in 2020 was the contagion of lies and BS about the FLU.