RobertSul

He’s been trained into thinking this administration can do no wrong, and if something does happen, it’s either someone else’s fault or it’s an “impossible” situation.

Why was controlled spread *possible* for other countries? Why is it impossible for us?

The only reason this was an impossible situation is we have someone who yields a lot of influence on impressionable minds saying from the start that this was a hoax. And then there were less than 15 cases and it’d be gone. And then it’d go away in April. And then belittled reporters/political opponents for wearing a mask. The fact that you don’t see the trend here speaks volumes.

“Impossible situation” for the most powerful country on Earth. https://www.emsworld.com/news/1225033/us-has-highest-covid-19-death-rate-developed-world

An impossible position? We have the worst death rate of developed nations. Why do you even bother voting for such an important position if you don’t think the person you’re voting for should be held accountable for anything? Also, how are these therapeutics going to work when hospitals are already having to ration supplies, while cases are still going up? Utah is going to have to in a week or two, and hospitalization rates lag behind positive cases. https://www.sltrib.com/news/2020/10/25/with-coronavirus-cases/

How many more months until a vaccine comes out? How are uninsured people going to get access to any of this after ACA is struck down? Long-term effects still aren’t fully understood, but let’s give up on trying to control the spread.

I’m really disappointed that the party of “personal responsibility” has turned into “I take no responsibility” in just a few short years. It’s amazing the damage that a cult of personality can do in such a short amount of time.

“We’re not going to control the pandemic.” — White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, Oct. 25, 2020.

I’ve never met anyone from Evansville and am convinced it doesn’t exist.

Geez, with all the people in the Midwest desperate to live in South Carolina, there must be a very difficult and exclusive vetting process since the state has less than half the population of Illinois, Ohio and Michigan. How long did it take to complete the South Carolinian citizenship exam? Recommend any good study guides?

We do pretty well with GDP PPP per Capita, too. Again, really good for a country our size: https://www.worldometers.info/gdp/gdp-per-capita/ Wealth disparity is a different issue and does skew these numbers from an equity standpoint, but not by a HUGE amount.

Our cheap imports have gotten a bit more expensive since the Trade War started. Our Human Development Index is pretty high up, tied with England. It’s especially good for such a populous country. http://hdr.undp.org/en/composite/HDI

Why isn’t it he on it now if we’ve had this correction for over a month now? Also, it was heavily promoted back in April, WAY before any kind of real trial and scientific-based conclusions could’ve been made.

“or maybe big pharma' $$$ is to important.” Did you get whiplash from that pivot? The tweet wasn’t about passing, it was about the step BEFORE that, talking/negotiating, in which the “non-COVID crap” could be discussed. But even that preliminary step has been delayed by 4+ weeks.

Hot off the presses! https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.usatoday.com/amp/5899988002

Baseless means without foundation in fact. The only speculation in that “rant” was profiting from a German vaccine. Everything else is well-documented.

“Everyone wants to blame someone, but let’s blame China.” Tell me how I can vote for Chinese officials. Furthermore, China didn’t disband our pandemic response team in 2018, didn’t send our ventilators to Russia earlier in the year, didn’t push hydroxychloroquine when it clearly didn’t work, didn’t try to monopolize (and profit from) a potential German vaccine, didn’t meander about the White House among staff and military leaders, while maskless, like a ticking biological weapon, didn’t hold large, close-quartered, maskless rallies for its ego, didn’t threaten to withhold funds to states if it didn’t get its way.

Bingo. Any justification is good justification, no natter how weak.

Exactly. It’s like linking a thesis written in the 1600s about how the sun revolves around the Earth and using that to support a claim. It’s disingenuous.

We’ve been through this already. Masks were limited and had to be reserved for those who needed it most. If everyone thought they needed masks early on, medical staff wouldn’t have enough and would succumb to COVID, bringing about unstaffed hospitals that would fail as sick patients were piling in. Why are you clinging onto 6 month old information in a 7 month long pandemic?

The reasoning is extremely relevant - how can medical staff tend to patients if they themselves are not protected? What isn’t relevant is you clinging to an outdated situation as an excuse for the current one.

Which state governor has a strong influence on the actions and thoughts of 50-60 million people? I’ve never seen people try so hard to deny responsibility and accountability to the office that should be held to the very highest standard of both.

Masks were needed for frontline medical staff. If they were overcome with COVID, who’d have attended to the influx of patients? Please use critical thinking skills and trust of experts, the world is laughing at us. "I don't regret anything I said then because in the context of the time in which I said it, it was correct. We were told in our task force meetings that we have a serious problem with the lack of PPEs.” - Dr. Fauci

Having the most influential political party leader not calling it a hoax, not saying it’d be over in April, not making fun of people who wore masks would’ve been a great start.

How can people wear masks if there are no masks? People were saying they were needed for medical staff early on to prevent hoarding.