There is no question at all that had this administration actually followed the science and the experts advice from the beginning and not downplayed the virus that tens of thousands of lives could have been spared.
We have examples from every other Western nation on Earth to see what could have been. We see even to this very day what Trump’s decision to downplay the benefit of universal mask usage has wrought on the nation. We see what his decision to give China glowing praise and the benefit of the doubt has caused.
Trump knew how deadly this virus was for weeks before he admitted it in public. He knew the virus was being spread through airborne transmission weeks before he acknowledged this truth. This ■■■■■■■ psychopath held 5 MAGA rallies from February 10th (3 days after he admitted on tape what he knew) and March 2nd with thousands and thousands of screaming Americans, indoors, no masks, and not being told the deadliness of this virus and the fact it was not spreading surface-to-surface, but from breathing.
There are things a person can debate. There are things a person can overlook. There are things a person can accept, out of some blind political faith or ideological benefit that eventually comes. But tens of thousands of dead Americans? Who the ■■■■ can accept that as a part of their ideological stance? I guess we will see on November 3rd.
How many of our brothers and sisters were acceptable casualties in the war for America’s soul?
My observation is the Democrats are rewriting history to fit their narrative. China did its best to hide the seriousness of the initial outbreak in Wuhan, and initial reports were frequently incorrect and confusing. US social media shutdown links to sites, such as Zerohedge, who showed graphic videos coming from social media in China with people dropping in the streets and reported on speculation from China about a possible lab origin for the virus.
Trump was among the first leader to announce a ban on travelers from China on January 30. Biden denounced the move as hysterical xenophobia, and Democrats continued to push their impeachment trial and viewed the coronavirus as a distraction. The first coronavirus hearing in the House did not occur until February 5. https://docs.house.gov/Committee/Calendar/ByEvent.aspx?EventID=110450
No. Trump and Democratic governors bungled the initial response, the severity was overestimated, and the fact that our fatalities aren’t worse is by sheer accident. No party can claim leadership during this pandemic.
Hogwash. With Trump the buck seems to always stop way over ——————> there.
I agree that China was horrific in all of this. I can even believe their misinformation could be classified as an attack on us and the world. And what has Trump done to hold them accountable for their actions? NOTHING. Not a damn thing. He waved the white flag of surrender.
This is factually untrue. Talk about attempting to re-write history. There were about 40 other counties that imposed a ban on Chinese travel before Trump finally was convinced by his NSC and Dr. Fauci to ban Chinese travel. And when he finally agreed after about a week of pleading, then he went with some watered down version that still allowed 40,000+ to travel here from China.
Who’s projections exactly? Because the Imperial College London put out that estimate around that time, the IHME put out there own estimates as well… and wouldn’t you know, during March Trump was emphasizing that the US only had 22 deaths, and that it would disappear soon.
The 2M projection came from ICL, you can read more here: https://www.cato.org/blog/how-one-model-simulated-22-million-us-deaths-covid-19 Their analysis was quite simplistic, but also predicated on the notion that nothing would be done to curtail the spread (e.g. no masks, no social distancing, etc.) So it projected numbers based on conditions that were never in play here.
But you speak of “Trump’s policies”, as they relate to the coronvairus outbreak. What exactly are his policies? Is it wearing masks? Then why doesn’t he wear one? Is it encouraging social distancing? Then why would he post tweets about liberating Michigan, Virginia, etc. in support of protesters storming State Houses right when they’re in the midst of an outbreak? Is it putting restraints on local economies under more dire conditions? What exactly do you perceive as “Trump’s Policies” as it relates to this situation?
The IHME projections have been fairly reliable thus far. The ICL estimates were never taken too serious, because honestly, something is going to be done to curb the infection rate with, or without, political influence. People are smarter than that. But back in March, Trump was still saying that it will just go away soon, likely with some warmer weather. How’d that projection play out?
Wrong. Deaths with Rona not “from”. The whole count is positively ridiculous…right along with the process to protect us will end up causing more pain, suffering and death…than it saved.