Coronavirus (political)

[mooby]

Originally Posted by sdskinsfan2001

Fuck China (their government, not all citizens)

Fuck COVID.

No need to act like Trump's response was great. But I'm not real big into assigning deaths to people either. This was never seen before. Not exactly an easy thing to have a perfect response to. No one knew what was going the 1st few months.

Government should be investing heavily in masks research. Half the masks people are wearing are absolutely bush league or not even actually masks.

Develop a mask that looks like a top gun helmet, and I'll wear it even inside by myself.

Note - Not drunk lol, but I'm not really disagreeing with anyone here. The government's number 1 job is the safety of its citizens. We need to get way better.

This is where I disagree. This particular strain of COVID has never been seen before, but throughout history there have been times where highly contagious viruses have spread throughout the public (some causing death, some not). Obama even had a pandemic playbook (not saying it would've been the be-all/end-all solution) which they could've used as a guide. Kinda talking out of my ass on this one, Trump has never acknowledged a single good thing Obama did so it was inevitable he would ignore any advice coming from that camp.

At the bare minimum, things might not have taken such a toll if our last president had taken it seriously from day one. He ignored it until it couldn't be ignored because he wanted to keep the economy propped up so he could win reelection. His initial downplaying and refusal to take it seriously could also cost us herd immunity if enough of his supporters refuse to get the vaccine (throwing a bone here, I have several minority coworkers who lean Dem that also don't care for the vaccine much due to gov't distrust, so the problem is more than just conservatives on this one).