We’ve got about 500,000 confirmed cases in this country (and God knows how many actual cases). Do we have any idea HOW those people CAUGHT the virus? If someone would report that, in addition to all the preexisting conditions that are particularly affected, we could factor that into the reopening scheme.
BUT NO. Everyone just wants to report on what they hear at Trump’s press conference and how “stupid” he is.
A depression is the Democrats dream come true.
Unfortunately, the longer this shutdown goes, the stupider he looks. This nation responded to the request of the White House to stay home and "flatten the curve" so as to allow medical ability the opportunity to catch up with medical need. This has been accomplished. Anyone who catches this virus can be assured of proper treatment and if needed, a ventilator. Anyone who catches this virus has a medicine that can cure them in short order for the most part. Getting this nation into this posture was a tremendous accomplishment by the President and his team. We no longer need to fear this virus to the point of keeping our economy under lock and key. It is now just like any other illness we might face, which is treatable and curable.
Trump did what we expect a President to do getting us here. He needs to realize that this is all he will ever be able to do, and cease trying to be our doctor with all this new "testing" shit. Anger all across the country is growing at the ridiculous position we find ourselves in because of dishonest and exaggerated "models" and the longer this is drawn out the more it will result in anger at Trump himself. He needs to declare victory in the "flatten the curve" goal and get rid of the scarf lady and shorty pants and do everything HE, as President, can do to encourage a return to normalcy. Pronto.
I saw politico’s charts breaking down deaths per state of covid vs the 10 year average of influenza deaths. California for example has about 1600 deaths compared with a 10 year average of 4700 influenza deaths. Were we all wearing masks in the last 10 years..shutting down restaurants and sporting events? The media have promoted the panic and fear to an A+ scale. The chickens may always be chickens so we must move past them. Time to open things up. Sure a few people will die, as a few will contract influenza, or cancer or heart disease.
The numbers aren’t as scary as the news.