It’s their plan to undermine the President’s 2020 campaign. The MSM are showing their true colors - they will inspire as much panic as they think they need to unseat President Trump. :(
Their attempts will fail.
I was out shopping last week in a small rural town where the city is 1/2 liberal and the rural properties are probably 1/4 liberal. No panic. No shortages. No conversations about the virus. Tuesday, this week, I was in a city of over 50k (not counting suburbs/rural). I went to 2 stores: light traffic, half-empty carts, so no evidence of panic buying and a subdued, calm vibe. Aldi’s was continuously restocking while I was there and only the facial tissue had gaps.
Had a conversation with a realtor who was only concerned 1) with the stock market gyrations and 2) when test kits would be ubiquitous.
We are having a closing in 2 weeks. One of they buyers is undergoing chemo (both husband and wife are MDs with specialties in pathology and psychiatry, respectively, live in a Chicago suburb and work & teach in Chicago). They hope to attend the closing in person (a 250-mile trip one way for them)and want to go out to dinner together, that evening. Point is: they are showing zero fear and while I don’t know their politics, they live & work in the heart of the beast)
DH spoke to a former colleague this am and in discussing where we are looking for our next home, she mentioned that one of our choices is “100% for Trump”. She does not know our politics. Since we check voting stats for anyplace we are interested in, we already knew the place she mentioned voted 65% Trump in 2016. DH deflected the conversation, but the proggie did not go off on a TDS rant, either.
So far, all their attempts to undermine Republicans have not only failed, they have boomeranged. Perhaps there is major panic in prog strongholds that have cases/deaths, but not in our corner of SW Wisconsin, despite cases about 100 miles away in Madison.
I think more and more people are discounting media hyperbole.