Let me be upfront with you — I suspect we may see a viral rebound in the United States that pushes some to aggressively go back into a lockdown. I don’t know that the United States will. But I also think so much media rage reporting has happened about Trump and the virus that the media has largely failed to note just how similar other countries have performed to the United States. That suggests it is not Trump, but the virus. Unfortunately, the media is permanently in Blame Trump mode. Certainly, there are legitimate criticisms. Silly me just thinks when the entire planetary governmental systems behave similarly that it is not the President, but some external factor like a microscopic entity. Likewise, other countries are seeing viral rebounds and contemplating new lockdowns so I expect that here too.
I am delighted with the decline in numbers of persons hospitalized with Covid-19 to "less than 1,000" with more testing, now #30 in the US and territories!! I choose faith not fear!
The mainstream media lost their credibility with me years ago. I place them now in the same category as snake oil salesmen and ambulance-chasing lawyers.
Covid-19 seems to impact the ability of many on the left and right to base their views on facts. The fact that 12 European countries have higher per-person death rates than the US suggests that Covid-19 is not just a dangerous problem caused by Trump (the left) or over-counting-Corona-deaths (the right). The basic common sense that infectious disease spread via close contact with an infected person seems to be off limits to many on the left or the right. The 15-day and 30-day guidelines of the task force focused on social-distancing and never mentioned closing down the majority of US businesses, although they did recommend working from home as much as possible (basic common sense).
I have been in Germany since late January so I know firsthand what took place there. Germany started opening up its economy on April 20, 8 days after Trump's much maligned Easter comment. The Germans track each LandKreis (small county) for the number of new Corona cases in the last 7 days, raising a red flag if they are over 50 cases/100K residents. Germany's map of LandKreis's (small counties) shows their numbers getting better although the have been a few localized outbreaks where Corona hit meat packing plants (with dormitories) and or nursing homes. By law, the German businesses practice social distancing and mask wearing. Even after opening their businesses, the German Corona numbers are getting better in many places. The German strategy of treating Corona as a dangerous infection without shutting all businesses and locking people in their homes seems to be a winning combination.
I've been basically ignoring anything labeled "analysis" or "opinion," because it's just people spouting off. So I missed the latest story on Georgia's data spike...but wasn't there a previous problem with one of the charts there? The X axis was mislabeled, with dates sort of scattered around, and it looked like cases were dropping when they actually weren't. I know that got people upset (and there was grumbling about "lies, d--d lies, and charts." ) I'm sure it was an honest mistake, but it did look bad for Georgia's government.
COVID-19 Truthers Come Out on the Left
I am delighted with the decline in numbers of persons hospitalized with Covid-19 to "less than 1,000" with more testing, now #30 in the US and territories!! I choose faith not fear!
The mainstream media lost their credibility with me years ago. I place them now in the same category as snake oil salesmen and ambulance-chasing lawyers.
Covid-19 seems to impact the ability of many on the left and right to base their views on facts. The fact that 12 European countries have higher per-person death rates than the US suggests that Covid-19 is not just a dangerous problem caused by Trump (the left) or over-counting-Corona-deaths (the right). The basic common sense that infectious disease spread via close contact with an infected person seems to be off limits to many on the left or the right. The 15-day and 30-day guidelines of the task force focused on social-distancing and never mentioned closing down the majority of US businesses, although they did recommend working from home as much as possible (basic common sense).
I have been in Germany since late January so I know firsthand what took place there. Germany started opening up its economy on April 20, 8 days after Trump's much maligned Easter comment. The Germans track each LandKreis (small county) for the number of new Corona cases in the last 7 days, raising a red flag if they are over 50 cases/100K residents. Germany's map of LandKreis's (small counties) shows their numbers getting better although the have been a few localized outbreaks where Corona hit meat packing plants (with dormitories) and or nursing homes. By law, the German businesses practice social distancing and mask wearing. Even after opening their businesses, the German Corona numbers are getting better in many places. The German strategy of treating Corona as a dangerous infection without shutting all businesses and locking people in their homes seems to be a winning combination.
I've been basically ignoring anything labeled "analysis" or "opinion," because it's just people spouting off. So I missed the latest story on Georgia's data spike...but wasn't there a previous problem with one of the charts there? The X axis was mislabeled, with dates sort of scattered around, and it looked like cases were dropping when they actually weren't. I know that got people upset (and there was grumbling about "lies, d--d lies, and charts." ) I'm sure it was an honest mistake, but it did look bad for Georgia's government.