A lot of people are going to get infected because no one can afford to stay home and self-isolate and a lot of people will die because they can't afford treatment.
What's the downside to socialized medicine again? Is it supposed to be worse than this somehow?
What's the downside to socialized medicine again? Is it supposed to be worse than this somehow?
Every single person in this country, Republicans included, is likely to lose someone -- family members, friends, people they care about -- because the GOP has spent decades convincing us that looking after one another is godless communism and tyranny.
Every single person.
Every single person.
Even before Trump gutted our pandemic response and treated the virus as a PR problem, Republicans have systematically fearmongered against and voted down every social program and policy that would have made our nation strong enough to weather this storm.
We are a weaker, more vulnerable, and poorer country because the GOP has slashed at the ties that should be holding us together. Every chance they get, they have weakened us.
Where's the paid sick leave? Where's the health care? Where's the emergency safety net?
Where's the paid sick leave? Where's the health care? Where's the emergency safety net?
The Surgeon General tweeted that what we need to do as individuals to protect our neighbors and our country is to stay home if we're sick.
The GOP built a system where this is not possible.
They did so on purpose.
They did so for evil reasons.
They weakened our country.
The GOP built a system where this is not possible.
They did so on purpose.
They did so for evil reasons.
They weakened our country.
