He’s decided moving forward is the best strategy to save re-election, and it’s exactly what is going to COST him re-election. Irony or something. I don’t think the rally itself is going to hurt anyone though
I just want the virus stuff to get better so we really can move forward, but it seems like everyone in Texas is worried again. And Florida Arizona and California apparantly
Here let me help clarify. The purpose of the lockdown was to flatten the curve. Calculating the area under the curve which is the total number of cases will show that flattening the curve doe NOT reduce number of cases, but controls stress on the resources. We have done exactly what was asked.
Because influenza is not running at this time, the ICUs are full of routine stuff (ICUs run at about 75% capacity). This means that there will not be a stress on the system. The natural spikes are timed appropriately
I am in a spiking area. I was responsible for the CoVID ICU at my institution the last 6 days. Despite spiking numbers — zero ICU admissions. additionally the state board of health is now including in hospital reports the median age and it is decreasing. Therefore younger people who are not at risk of hospitalization are getting this disease
This is how it works in nature — there is nothing to fear, we will come out of this biologically — the real question is will we come out free?