[Thread] If you were looking for the absolute worst policy response to #COVID19 - other than the one we already tried, which was failing to take even the most basic precautions for a tsunami we knew was coming - it would be the absolute lunacy of the President teasing that...
2. ...we’re going back to normal soon.
Despite what should be even half obvious to anyone paying remote attention, we have already, as a country, struggled greatly in getting people to take this disease seriously.
Despite what should be even half obvious to anyone paying remote attention, we have already, as a country, struggled greatly in getting people to take this disease seriously.
3. Restaurants, bars, beaches, stores – playgrounds for the selfish, uninformed, and uninterested.
We finally succeeded in sharing a good amount of that foolishness down, and now the President, extraordinarily fearful of what the resulting economic downturn is doing to his...
We finally succeeded in sharing a good amount of that foolishness down, and now the President, extraordinarily fearful of what the resulting economic downturn is doing to his...
4. re-election chances, starts telling folks, in essence, ‘We’re good’.
WE ARE NOT GOOD!
NYC, in the last 24 hours, recorded almost 100 deaths. Hospitals are overwhelmed, refrigerated morgue trucks are being setup in parking lots, and roughly 1 in 10 police officers are...
WE ARE NOT GOOD!
NYC, in the last 24 hours, recorded almost 100 deaths. Hospitals are overwhelmed, refrigerated morgue trucks are being setup in parking lots, and roughly 1 in 10 police officers are...
5. ...either quarantined or out sick. This, in a city, as arguably ‘well-prepared’ as any in the country.
The Mayor of Los Angeles announced today that his citizens should expect lockdown to continue for another two months, and warned of ‘mass death’.
The Mayor of Los Angeles announced today that his citizens should expect lockdown to continue for another two months, and warned of ‘mass death’.
6. And at the opposite end of the spectrum?
The President - and his state TV apparatus - are telling his legion that great progress is at hand.
What effect do you think such statements have on the likelihood of folks to #SocialDistance ?
The President - and his state TV apparatus - are telling his legion that great progress is at hand.
What effect do you think such statements have on the likelihood of folks to #SocialDistance ?
7. We remain about 10-14 days behind our European brethren such as Italy and Spain, where they are losing hundreds of people PER DAY. (In counties a fraction of our size)
The United States #covidcurve is now the steepest in the World.
Two + Two = Bad. Very Bad.
The United States #covidcurve is now the steepest in the World.
Two + Two = Bad. Very Bad.
8. The storm is coming America. I hope you are all ready for it.
