@Shop-et-al wrote:
M'kay... time for a wee vent...
Just saw a pop-up for a petition to tell the current administration that it is responsible for the covid fiasco.
This administration did not cause anyone's underlying conditions or complicating factors
Gah.
We don't blame him and his administration for people's underlying conditions.
But, I believe, we rightly blame them for:
a.) Ignoring early COVID warnings back in January - Navarro said millions of Americans could die from this.
b.) Late travel bans and no U.S. testing. Travel from China was banned January 31 (but not in effect until February 22nd) and travel from Europe was banned March 11 (but not initially U.K. - a major hot spot - nor Ireland, because those two countries held Trump resorts/business).
On February 26th, Trump bragged the U.S. had only 15 cases and that it would likely go to 0 cases within days. How would he know? We had done almost zero testing. We rejected the WHO German-manufactured tests the entire world was using to create our own U.S.-made test-kits, which flopped and delayed testing for months. By early March, we had done 3,000 tests compared to 150,000 by South Korea. Rather than tell people the truth that America messed up and didn't order test kits months earlier, when there was still time to effectively catch early cases, he lied and said everything was okay and would likely go away within days.
. . .We have 200,000 Americans "officially" dead now. It didn't just go away.
c.) No nationally-coordinated, enforced lockdown and a national mask wearing mandate.
d.) Unequal bailout that favored the rich and large corporations.
e.) Constant lies, downplaying, and cover-ups (even recently, Trump has pushed for less U.S. testing) about the virus.
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 09/20/2020 06:14PM by shoptastic.