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This is one horrifying interpretation by David Frum, a "never Trump" Republican, as to why Trump is acting the way he is about COVID-19.
It is all cynical politics, not about public health at all.
Conclusion:
The division is more than rhetorical. It shapes who gets economic assistance, who gets aid, and now, whose deaths are acceptable in order to put the country back to work.
Life never can be risk-free. The reopening of the economy cannot wait for the discovery and distribution of a coronavirus vaccine. The job of our political leadership is to win acceptance of risk by undertaking that the accompanying benefits be shared. Trump’s noisy attacks on the cities and states that have suffered most—and his politics-first response—send the message that he’s acting in his self-interest, not the public interest.
Both Trump’s Plan A and Plan B intend to turn American against American, in an ugly spirit of rancor and resentment. In pandemic as in prosperity, the Trump way is to punish opponents, reward friends; accuse victims, protect culprits; demand credit, refuse accountability; protect preferred classes and groups of Americans—and sacrifice the rest.
Just like the mob.
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This may be located near the top of the world, but civilization has indeed hit rock bottom.
Everest and all the other 8000-meter mountains need to be closed to all climbers except scientists. They have been climbed. There is nothing left to prove.
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More about the "miracle cure" of bleach for COVID-19, which Trump infamously touted during his Thursday briefing:
While many greeted the claim as patent nonsense, members of a movement advocating so-called Miracle Mineral Solution — a type of bleach — were quick to claim vindication._____
Miracle Mineral Solution, or MMS, is a family of substances based around chlorine dioxide. Its adherents claim it can cure a raft of otherwise incurable illnesses. The FDA has warned that chlorine dioxide has "serious and potentially life-threatening side effects" when consumed.
Among them Jordan Sather, who is also an exponent of the pro-Trump "QAnon" conspiracy movement.
Another cold case involving genetic genealogy has been solved.
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Trump has another meltdown over the White House briefings.
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