So who's going to vote for Trump when so many of his supporters are falling for the wealthy corporate brainwashing behind the "re-open" movement? Trump and the billionaires who know he's got their back are taking advantage of Trump supporters' ardent dedication by leading them to slaughter. Like Trump said, he could shoot someone on Fifth Ave. and not lose any voters.
While Trump gives Republicans everything they need to combat the coronavirus (despite their irresponsible approaches to it), Democratic states like New York, New Jersey, and California are being told to fend for themselves. This week, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell made the Republican party's disdain for "blue" states crystal clear when he suggested they ought to just go bankrupt instead of expecting Congress to "bail out state pensions by borrowing money from future generations.”
Johns Hopkins University reports the coronavirus has killed more than 50,000 people in the United States, only four days after surpassing 40,000 American deaths. In fact, in New York--the pandemic's global epicenter--more have had the virus than the number lab tests confirm. According to the Associated Press, blood samples collected from about 3,000 people show nearly 14% had developed antibodies to fight a coronavirus infection. 21% of the New York City residents tested possessed antibodies.
Nobel prize economist Joseph Stiglitz warned this week that due to Trump's incompetence (my word, not his), the COVID-19 crisis has left the U.S. resembling a “third world” country and put us on track for a second Republican Great Depression. (We need to start calling it that again!)
Meanwhile this week, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) director Robert Redfield cautioned we are in for an "even more difficult" coronavirus wave next winter.
And, of course, what would a good old-fashioned pandemic be without some snake oil salesmen trying to make a buck off it?
After eschewing social distancing recommendations, Louisiana pastor Tony Spell urged his parishioners donate their $1,200 government recovery checks to evangelists.
But don't worry--Trump has a possible cure!
Seeing as sunlight is the best disinfectant, if we can just figure out a way to expose the inside of our bodies to UV light, we'll be virus free. Just like that! And if that doesn't work, we can mainline disinfectants directly into our veins. Seriously? Just when we assume it couldn't get any more loony. I'd say we're dealing with a mental patient, but I have respect for the mentally ill.
I don't know how I got to all this in under an hour.
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