The disrespect elected and unelected officials for several hundred million Americans' ability to provide for themselves and their families is also highly offensive.
Like the national response of Sweden, which was to do essentially nothing, which has put them squarely in the middle of the pack, and also means that they are not experiencing the dreaded "second wave"?Until the spread is under control, no one gets their economy back. The majority of people aren't going to participate because they have real concern. A minority that disagrees going on with their business isn't going to make a dent; seems like we already have the case for that in AZ, TX, FL. Why the solution to that isn't imploring a national response, which has clearly worked in other countries, is odd.
I'm not sure where you live, but I think you're grossly overestimating the people who care about Covid-19 anymore. I talk to a lot of people coming in and out of my workplace, and 9/10 of them are sick-to-death of this BS. One guy at my gym wears a mask when I'm there, but no one else does. The personal trainers and the guys behind the desk aren't even offering the token gesture of wearing one around their chin anymore.
50% of people in the grocery store were not wearing when I was there on Sunday. The only people I've ran into who seemed scared of the virus are morbidly obese women and people that are 85+ years of age.
I'm not in a rural location, I live in a suburb of Columbus, OH. I'm not sure what the sentiment is in the highly urban and affluent downtown areas, but pretty much everywhere people have just about had it with Covid-19.
A couple of outliers is no reason to shut down a state's economy and mandate that everyone wears the 21st century version of a gold star over their mouth. Prior health conditions have been a factor in pretty much every horror story.Let's not forget there's a vector between death and survival. Many survivors have been sick for 2-3 months, lung transplants, amputations, and some that survive for 2 months will die.
Almost everyone who gets this virus will recover with no negative side-effects, if they even show symptoms at all. My brother got it and went for a 10-mile run while he was showing symptoms. His wife, who sleeps in the same bed as he does, tested positive and showed 0 symptoms. My parents and sibling, whom he sees daily, have still not tested positive.
This is only true if "ideas I don't like"="racism"This thread has been something else for the past couple weeks. Particularly watching you all eat your own. It is mildly encouraging that some have stood up to the outright racism here.
Adjusted for the amount of tests administered, throw in blatant number fudging that testing authorities have done, and the US is on par with every single other country. Lockdowns, masks, etc have had no effect on the spread of Covid-19 except to just delay the inevitable reality that everyone in the world will be exposed to the virus unless they choose to live in a bubble for the next several years.Pay no attention that USA has 4% of world population but 25% of both deaths and cases—that's where the real anger should be directed. There's no national plan to address any of this, Americans are now embarrassingly banned from traveling to most Western nations of consequence (who are ending this pandemic), and we'll continue to suffer this crap while everyone else is wrapping it up, having pity on us(a). Sports are back in Europe.
A national response wasn't warranted because there was nothing the national government could have done to stop the spread of this, other than for Trump to assume power Kim Jong Un style and lock every single resident in their home under pain of death.
Europe is banning travel because it's politically expedient, not because it's actually useful.
The fact that people continue to parrot garbage they heard on CNN months ago and refuse to do any of their own research or adjust their thinking to fit reality is why I know that the madness will continue until at least November 4.