(05-23-2020, 11:14 AM)dfrecore Wrote: But, as usual, government is all about not looking at the unintended consequences of their actions (hence people who won't go back to work because they're getting more in unemployment than they would get if they worked - now who would have seen that coming? Oh yeah, EVERYONE except the dopes who thought of it.).
Is that the big news in Breitbart these days? Or did I miss Rush this morning?....It's funny how well people can get played. All the tax cut trillions and bailout money going to the ultra-rich and corporations that only needed bailouts because of years of stock buybacks payed for by accumulating corporate debt (hence needing the bailouts) solely to enrich executives at the expense of gutting the companies.....Not to mention the worst wealth inequality in your history. After all that, you feel that where the economic focus should be is on some guy in Arkansas making $6 an hour at a slaughterhouse with rampant covid spread who doesn't want to infect his family. THAT'S WHERE THE FOCUS SHOULD BE?.......GET REAL.
Seeing as this is a medical issue those trained in that profession are probably first and foremost the ones who should be listened to. If the bare minimums had been implemented in the beginning (having enough masks and wearing masks being mandatory for the entire population, and test test test) the situation would have played out completely different. Or even just not denying the virus was real instead of saying it was a democratic hoax, might have been a start. Most of Asia is a prime example, EVERYONE wore masks from the very beginning, therefor, the outcome was far better.
When a sizable percentage of a population is comprised of utterly brain-dead yokels and religious fundamentalists screaming "MAH FREEDOM" over the safety and needs of the larger population, things are not going to get better. I fully support their freedom to infect themselves if we could quarantine these people somewhere, but unfortunately we can't. Even your freakin president won't wear a mask, I'm not sure why, maybe just to spite those with a few brain cells working in tandem.
"well-rounded group of folks advising the President".......Apples don't fall far from the tree.
Second wave incoming.