"In the end, Trump did what he said. He built a wall around 🇺🇸 & made the world pay for it. He just never told Americans that they’d be stuck inside. Welcome to the Plague States of 🇺🇸. You can check out, but you can never leave"
@indica turns the knife! medium.com/@indica/the-pl…
"Given than you need a functioning government to manage this pandemic, that's [2021] the soonest Americans can get one.
It’s far too late.
...In the absence of a humane government, America is now ruled by COVID-19. Welcome to the Plague States of America." 2/
Travel out of infected Northeast & from Europe accelerated spread nationwide in Feb/March. Exodus from NY/NJ area especially by affluent sparked outbreaks. Its a comprehensive failure of national strategy, not of individual states. 3/ nytimes.com/interactive/20…
"Besides impeaching a dead-duck President, there’s nothing America can do but wait, while COVID-19 grows ever stronger. Grows completely out of control. In a pandemic, days matter, hours matter. A year is entirely too late." #viraltime 4/
"Plague States of America" is harsh but true. By November elections, US projected to have close to 7 Million cases (detecting roughly 1 in 5 infections, so thats 35 million infected americans and ~200,000 lives lost). /END covidanalytics.io/projections
covid19-projections.com/#current-us-pr…
.@BrankoMilan comparison. Germany beating Brazil was jaw-dropping during the first half. This is jaw-dropping, coronavirus shooting goals, running circles around a bungling defense, for a whole year.
GOP insane gamble isn't "ppl should die" but that
(1) virus is unstoppable anyway
(2) Better to infect ppl rapidly & 'achieve' peak by August
(3) Claim success as cases/deaths will be declining going into Nov elections. Boosts Economy prospects. (4) Win
washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2020…
Trump/GOP stump speeches for elections:
"Yes 200-250,000 ppl are dead. But we fixed it. Remember how awful August was? September and October are so much better. Jobs are back. Wages are going back up. Its Morning in America again."
covid19-projections.com/#current-us-pr…
Look how close November elections are *now* with over 150,000 dead & economy in toilet. Best projections (@youyanggu) suggest covid declines from September onwards. Don't write off Teflon Trump.
covid19-projections.com/us
Too many ppl are lost in a maze of numbers when the way to stop plague, is really simple - 'Find, Test, Trace, Isolate, & Support'. Its just each has to be coordinated & done in a focused way. All while #viraltime clock ticks fast independentsage.org/wp-content/upl…
The Real Pandemic Danger Is Social Collapse
"If more people emerge from the current crisis with neither money, nor jobs, nor access to health care, and if these people become desperate and angry... "
-@BrankoMilan in March. pic ht @JStein_WaPo
foreignaffairs.com/articles/2020-…
Best projections suggest each week from here on has fewer deaths. Trump/GOP campaign msg will be: "Yes 250,000 ppl are dead. But we fixed it. Remember how awful August was? Sept & Oct are better. Jobs are back. Wages are up. Its Morning in America again"
Lot of self-congratulation in Pence's #RNC2020 speech. The corona czar has been bungling one thing after another, but not in this alt. reality. Key Q is whether ppl prefer to forget the scandals as daily new cases/deaths decline cnn.com/2020/08/26/pol…
Heartening trends. In places that were hotspots before, cases per million are *way* down. Hospitalizations down nearly 70% in latest hotspots. Arizona, for eg., had ~3500 hospitalizations in mid July. Now, under 600.
covid19-projections.com @tedfertik
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