Tuesday, May 05, 2020

Hey, President Bubba, where are the tests?

"Live and let die" is a theme song that fits Trump to a T. I think it is perfect for his campaign. Absolutely. Can't imagine a better one. 007. A spy. 

When scanning the horizon of the Trump administration and it's insults to America's magnificent country including the EPA and Interior department, the theme song from a spy movie is absolutely perfect. Better than Hail to the Chief.

The virus alone brings such heinous themes to his campaign.

He expects the American people to be sheep to his orders. He does not care about this country and he certainly doesn't know it. Where he leads the masses will not follow.

May 5, 2020
By Matt Zapotosky, William Wan, Dan Balz and Emily Guskin

Americans remain deeply wary (click here) of eating at restaurants, shopping at stores and taking other steps to return to normalcy, a poll shows, even as the White House is contemplating shutting down its coronavirus task force.


With several covid-19 models taking a wrenching turn toward bleaker death forecasts in recent days because of reopening moves in some states, most Americans say they worry about getting the virus themselves and they oppose ending the restrictions meant to slow its spread, according to the Washington Post-University of Maryland poll.


Experts around the country are now revising their forecasts about the spread of the virus, and several models in the past three days suggest that resuming normal activity would spur a significant increase in the number of cases and deaths.


I think disbanding the White House coronvirus task force is an excellent idea and I have never been more serious. I stopped watching them at least a week ago. They were an insult to my intelligence.


The more dire outlook came as Vice President Pence revealed that officials have discussed disbanding the White House coronavirus task force within a month because of “the tremendous progress we’ve made as a country.” President Trump said, “We can’t keep our country closed. We have to open our country.”...


I hope Governor Pritzker sticks to his guns. He, at least, is putting the people first. 

May 5, 2020
By Jamie Munks, Dan Petrella and Lisa Schencker

...The final phase of Pritzker’s plan, (click here) when conventions, festivals and sporting events resume, won’t kick in until there’s a vaccine, treatment or widespread immunity to COVID-19.

Until then, “the option of returning to normalcy doesn’t exist,” Pritzker said at his daily briefing Tuesday.

“That means we have to figure out how to live with COVID-19 until it can be vanquished. And to do so in a way that best supports our residents’ health and our health care systems, and saves the most lives," he said....

I have been "Up North" recently. It was very sobering to see a sign across the highway stating "Admission into Canada is based on Essential need." All of a sudden our neighbor to the north was very, very distant and that felt horrible. I love Canada. SARS-CoV-2 is an enemy separating Americans from their friends. It is a terrible feeling for a terrible reality.