Maybe this belongs in the politics thread but had trump issued a Nationwide mandate, many Democrats would shout out wheres my freedom. So he let governor's dictate what to do. And now that some are closing, the blame is still on him. They cant expect instant aid because you chose to close a second time without even truly surging. Both sides need to admit they failed here. But that will never happen.
You've been trying to pass this opinion off as fact for multiple pages its as trash then as it is now. It's patently false that Dems would have cried "Freedom." I live in arguably the most strict county in the country (Bay Area, CA) and I can tell you that we shut down earlier than any other place in the US based on
SCIENCE. No one cares about what
Trump has to say about anything because he has the DNA of a slug. It had nothing to do with politics because shutdowns don't help politicians. On the contrary, I predict these shutdowns will actually cost some local democrats votes in CA. Again, in the Bay Area, we listen to epidemiologists, immmuneologists and County health officials when it comes to highly infectious RNA viruses. The fact is that Democrat Governors have been pleading for federal plans and financial assistance since the beginning and have been hand waved because
Trump doesn't have a leadership bone in his body. Ventilators are great but we needed a war time mass organization campaign. Instead he's committed to delusions of Neverland and pixie dust. We need help right now and he's tweeting from the bottom of the ocean.
It's not theoretical physics, if you have more people that are sick than specialized nurses and doctors to take care of them
you have no other choice but to shutdown because of the surges of the sick and dying that will inevitably pile up and clog the healthcare system. It doesn't matter if you have beds if you don't have doctors to take care of them. It seems no one gives a **** anymore about the nurses who have to pump air into covid coma patients and hold the hands of the dying in ICU's all day everyday. What happened to all those commercials they used to show back in April?
From the very beginning we had all of the procedures in order to keep the virus down to a controllable case amount. All the scientists knew this 2nd wave was coming but not enough people were listening. Being inside with a lack of masks and social distancing is a respiratory diseases wet dream. The plan was really simple:
1. Shut down all movement that is unnecessary for at least 20-25 days ( Essential workers must wear masks and social distance when outside/working)
2. Isolate people within their households/people they live with.
3. Comprehensive tracking, tracing and testing program that uses "virus detectives" and app based notifications for the population.
4. Get the level of cases down to a manageable level ( less than 10,000 cases per day nationally) where you can immediately spot and isolate cases in the community and things can open up on a measured tier basis because it's easy to see when and where clusters occur.
All this while the
Federal government gives stimulus money to its citizens and businesses so they have no excuse to go out and work/congregate and infect others. Taiwan and South Korea were able to keep their numbers low. It was more than possible and has nothing to do with "Prison Lockdowns." Aggressive testing and national buy-in. This is difficult when you claim Covid is a democrat hoax to stop the Presidential re-election and the heads of the CDC are wrong about the things they've spent their entire lives studying while holding the highest position in their respective sector.
Instead we got make believe wishes and magic potion spells from the Federal Government. When they couldn't push their magic serums or self help mantras anymore they just disappeared completely. The Federal Government's covid response team failed the American People it took an oath to protect. It's not both sides anything. It's too late now though, most people checked out and there's no stimulus so people can't stay home even if they wanted. We're essentially going full speed ahead with infections, bodycount and apocalyptic economic damage until a vaccine is being dispensed at your local CVS.
charlie parker
I wasn't calling it fact, just an opinion or thought I've had in the back of mind. Some hate trump so much, they go the opposite of what he says no matter what or simply has no trust in him. There's no doubt he botched it. Other than free money, there's not much they want out of him anymore.
