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1/ Trump's Latest Failure Could Kill 6 million Americans >>per bit.ly/3hHvzKV by @Thom_Hartmann >> Although they haven't yet publicly acknowledged it in such stark terms >>...

2/ ... it's clear now that the Trump administration has decided pursue a herd immunity strategy to deal with the coronavirus >>per bit.ly/3hHvzKV by @Thom_Hartmann >>...

3/ ...Trump's new White House advisor on coronavirus >> Scott Atlas >> has said it on numerous occasions in multiple venues >> >>per bit.ly/3hHvzKV by @Thom_Hartmann >>...

4/ ... and now our Attorney General >> Bill Barr >> is trying to argue that lockdowns to prevent the spread of the virus are as bad as slavery >>per bit.ly/3hHvzKV by @Thom_Hartmann >>...

5/ ...Trying to achieve herd immunity in the United States against the coronavirus >> assuming it's even possible >>per bit.ly/3hHvzKV by @Thom_Hartmann >> would involve between two and 6 million Americans dying >> And that's just the deaths >>...

6/ ... People who survive coronavirus often have heart damage >> strokes >> dementia >> severe chronic fatigue >> and long-lasting damage to other organs >>per bit.ly/3hHvzKV by @Thom_Hartmann >>>>...

7/ ...With a herd immunity strategy >> tens of millions of Americans will be suffering these consequences >> perhaps for the rest of their lives >>per bit.ly/3hHvzKV by @Thom_Hartmann >>...

8/ ... But if you'd rather play golf and watch Fox News than govern a country >> herd immunity is the easiest way to get past a pandemic >>per bit.ly/3hHvzKV by @Thom_Hartmann >>...

9/ ... The CDC >> apparently on the orders of Trump's political toadies like Dr. Atlas >> has stopped advising states to have mask mandates when their infection rates spike >> >>per bit.ly/3hHvzKV by @Thom_Hartmann >>...

10/ ... When its director >> Dr. Robert Redfield >> tried to tell America that we should all be wearing masks >>per bit.ly/3hHvzKV by @Thom_Hartmann >> Trump went out and contradicted him >>...

11/ ... At the same time >> Republicans in both the House and Senate are refusing to do anything that might help people affected by this crisis >>per bit.ly/3hHvzKV by @Thom_Hartmann >>...

12/ ... in the bizarre belief that cutting off aid to people will force them back into the workplace >>per bit.ly/3hHvzKV by @Thom_Hartmann >>...

13/ ... For some baffling reason >> the media is largely ignoring this story >> >>per bit.ly/3hHvzKV by @Thom_Hartmann >>...

14/ 14/ ...Perhaps it's because it's so hard to believe that the Pres.

15/ of the United States would think letting 6 million Americans die >> and tens of millions of Americans suffer permanent disabilities >> is the right thing to do >>per bit.ly/3hHvzKV by @Thom_Hartmann ...

16/ ...

15/ ...But this is the same guy[Trump] who brought us a failed steak company,per bit.ly/3hHvzKV by @Thom_Hartmann,a failed vodka company,a failed airline,a failed school,several failed casinos,&...

17/ 16/ ... >>per bit.ly/3hHvzKV by @Thom_Hartmann[Trump who brought us] even a real estate empire that was failing so badly it had to be bailed out by foreign oligarchs multiple times >>...

18/ 17/ ...Trump doesn't know how to run a business >>per bit.ly/3hHvzKV by @Thom_Hartmann >> so we shouldn't be surprised that he doesn't know how to run a country >>...

19/ 18/ ...His latest failure >> tragically >> is the United States of America >>per bit.ly/3hHvzKV by @Thom_Hartmann >> But running a bunch of companies into the ground doesn't cause the death of millions of human beings >>...

20/ 19/ ... Now the stakes have been radically raised >> Trump's new "herd mentality" strategy for dealing with the coronavirus is beyond incompetent: it's evil >>per bit.ly/3hHvzKV by @Thom_Hartmann

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