Day 1209 – Shelter In Place, Wash Your Hands
Monday May 11, 2020
174 Days until the election on November 3rd
254 Days until the Inauguration on January 20, 2021
This ain’t over. This virus is still as deadly as ever.
Governments are easing up on restrictions and guess what? The rates of infection are going up. Amazing. Who would have thought? (Egads.)
In the middle of last week there was a skinny young lady testifying to – I guess – Congress. She was a doctor. She looked way too young to be a doctor. You know she looked like she was 12; okay maybe 24 or 27. She was kind of scared by the whole thing, I think.
What she said, however, scared me. She was a doctor with the EPA, or CDC or something like that. She said there were four conditions that any jurisdiction would meet before thinking about opening up. She listed them. They weren’t hard to understand and they all made sense.
Then came the kicker. She meekly said, “To date, none of the states have meet all four of these conditions.”
OKAY. STOP. THINK ABOUT THAT.
“To date, none of the states have meet all four of these conditions.”
Are you willing to go out and risk your health and your life given that none of the states have met the basic conditions needed to defeat this virus?
Are you willing to go out in the world and know that you have the potential to pick up the virus, even if you don’t show signs, and that you might bring it home, infect someone else and they might die?
Moving on. I outlined in a recent post how Trump and Barr are trying to subvert the rule of law. How Trump is trying to discredit the Mueller Report and dismiss and blemish the reputation of anyone who was associated with it. This to try and say that the Russians didn’t interfere in the 2016 election, when they clearly did. Furthermore, to say that he and his campaign knew nothing about the Russian efforts, when they clearly did.
And now, I’ve seen a Trump ad for the 2020 ad. He has cleverly cut and spliced in Andrew Cuomo and Gavin Newsome saying things that make it look like they are agreeing with the job Trump has done. So the 2020 Trump campaign will come down to:
– Besmirching anyone who disagrees with him,
– Creating false narratives about himself and what he has done
– Restricting voting as much as possible
– Letting the Russians and whomever else tamper in our elections, as long as it helps him win
Let’s review his plan for fighting the pandemic:
– Don’t invoke the War Powers Act to get necessary equipment
– Lie about the numbers,
– Make no attempt to contain the virus via testing and contact tracing
– Hold press conferences, tweets, and other PR to suggest that he and the White House are on top of the situation and doing everything possible to stop the virus. When in fact he is doing nothing, at best; and at worst, getting in they way.
– Fire or demote anyone disagreeing with him, even if they are right.
Don’t be fooled. The virus is still out there. It is deadly.
Don’t be fooled. The vile are still out there. They are deadly.
They will do anything to get their way and it’s of no help to you.
174 Days until the election on November 3rd
254 Days until the Inauguration on January 20, 2021
PS The author at the minefield clearing sign. It also suggests that you not stray off the beaten path as they may not have cleared all the mines. I wish I had known this a little earlier when I had such distress from lunch that I had to squat behind a bush to take care of business. I could have lost my ass!
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