Let's be fair with our comparisons between @BarackObama and @realDonaldTrump.
Both faced pandemics.
A short thread on why Obama apparently succeeded and Trump has been a total unmitigated failure.
Both faced pandemics.
A short thread on why Obama apparently succeeded and Trump has been a total unmitigated failure.
Both faced pandemics.
2009 H1N1
2019 SARS-CoV-2 / COVID-19.
Hard to compare them.
But Trump brought it up and it deserves consideration.
Ok, let's do it.
2009 H1N1
2019 SARS-CoV-2 / COVID-19.
Hard to compare them.
But Trump brought it up and it deserves consideration.
Ok, let's do it.
2009 and 2010 had NO excess deaths in comparison to surrounding years.
2020 we know has around 270,000 all-cause excess deaths so far, and we are sadly on track for well above 300,000.
2020 we know has around 270,000 all-cause excess deaths so far, and we are sadly on track for well above 300,000.
In the worst year of Obama's 1st term, 810 Americans per 100,000 died (all causes).
This year 950-990 Americans per 100,000 will die (all causes).
But this is key: the excess deaths in 2020 occurred during COVID spikes, not during lockdowns.
The curves match almost perfectly.
This year 950-990 Americans per 100,000 will die (all causes).
But this is key: the excess deaths in 2020 occurred during COVID spikes, not during lockdowns.
The curves match almost perfectly.
I am not saying that we should compare these pandemics.
But if you do, as Trump asked, you find that in 2009-2010 we did ok.
In 2020, we are living an epidemiologic disaster, that other nations have shown is actually to SOME extent, maybe even a large extent, in our control.
But if you do, as Trump asked, you find that in 2009-2010 we did ok.
In 2020, we are living an epidemiologic disaster, that other nations have shown is actually to SOME extent, maybe even a large extent, in our control.
I have come to the conclusion that the best way to beat the virus, save our economy, and prevent the next one, is to:
Remove the incompetent folks in the White House who have shown us their "best effort."
NOT GOOD ENOUGH.
I will NOT accept 950-980 deaths per 100,000 Americans.
Remove the incompetent folks in the White House who have shown us their "best effort."
NOT GOOD ENOUGH.
I will NOT accept 950-980 deaths per 100,000 Americans.
Why will I not accept 975 deaths per 100,000 Americans?
BECAUSE WE'RE AN INDUSTRIALIZED ECONOMY, PEOPLE!
DEATH RATES LIKE DO NOT OCCUR IN SUCH NATIONS.
But if we fail to act, we may as well be lumped in with "developing nations."
That's how bad it is.
Turn the tide!
/fin
BECAUSE WE'RE AN INDUSTRIALIZED ECONOMY, PEOPLE!
DEATH RATES LIKE DO NOT OCCUR IN SUCH NATIONS.
But if we fail to act, we may as well be lumped in with "developing nations."
That's how bad it is.
Turn the tide!
/fin
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