One, it is true that the 7-day moving average of deaths is going down, from 1,174 on Aug 4 to 753 as of yesterday. However, the forecasts are for an increase later in the fall. On April 30, the IMHE estimated 72,433 deaths by Aug 4, but the actual number was 160,620. We effed up, and now they're estimating 410,000 by year end. So, one ch…
One, it is true that the 7-day moving average of deaths is going down, from 1,174 on Aug 4 to 753 as of yesterday. However, the forecasts are for an increase later in the fall. On April 30, the IMHE estimated 72,433 deaths by Aug 4, but the actual number was 160,620. We effed up, and now they're estimating 410,000 by year end. So, one cheer for the recent decline, but it's far from over.
Two, I have low regard for this "blame the messenger" garbage on Woodward. Trump said what he said on tape. Assuming Trump was truthful about not wanting us to "panic", which is debatable, he deliberately lied to the American people, holding us in such low regard that we would fly off the handle if he were to level with us. The Colonel Jessup mentality--we can't handle the truth--is insulting and nonsensical. This doesn't take into account all the leaders of other nations who didn't lie to their people, where those people didn't "panic", and successfully contained the virus. Trump must think we're really stupid. Maybe he's right, we elected him.
Three, the problem isn't that "people who would not have believed him if he did say the virus was a threat", it's that Trump never took the virus seriously. This is another case of stupid blame-shifting from him to the American people and American governors. Had Trump taken the virus seriously, he would have taken different actions and made different decisions, and the result would've been fewer dead Americans, by the tens of thousands.
Sure, Cuomo and DeBlasio get their share of blame for their missteps, but they run a state and city, respectively. Trump runs the country.
Four, you lost me at "Brian Kemp who competently reopened his state". Cases and deaths surged in June, after Kemp prematurely reopened, and now they're 5th in cases per million and 15th in deaths per million. That's not a success story, and it can't be just passed off on the protests.
Five, yes, Trump was a complete dumba$$ for sitting down even once with Woodward, and even more of a moron for doing it 18 times.
Six, the bottom line is that we as a nation have still not contained the virus and Trump is the president. The EU contained it, most Asian countries contained it, Australia contained it, New Zealand contained, Canada contained it. We haven't, we are failing, and Trump is presiding over this failure.
One, it is true that the 7-day moving average of deaths is going down, from 1,174 on Aug 4 to 753 as of yesterday. However, the forecasts are for an increase later in the fall. On April 30, the IMHE estimated 72,433 deaths by Aug 4, but the actual number was 160,620. We effed up, and now they're estimating 410,000 by year end. So, one cheer for the recent decline, but it's far from over.
Two, I have low regard for this "blame the messenger" garbage on Woodward. Trump said what he said on tape. Assuming Trump was truthful about not wanting us to "panic", which is debatable, he deliberately lied to the American people, holding us in such low regard that we would fly off the handle if he were to level with us. The Colonel Jessup mentality--we can't handle the truth--is insulting and nonsensical. This doesn't take into account all the leaders of other nations who didn't lie to their people, where those people didn't "panic", and successfully contained the virus. Trump must think we're really stupid. Maybe he's right, we elected him.
Three, the problem isn't that "people who would not have believed him if he did say the virus was a threat", it's that Trump never took the virus seriously. This is another case of stupid blame-shifting from him to the American people and American governors. Had Trump taken the virus seriously, he would have taken different actions and made different decisions, and the result would've been fewer dead Americans, by the tens of thousands.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/08/trump-coronavirus-deaths-timeline.html
Sure, Cuomo and DeBlasio get their share of blame for their missteps, but they run a state and city, respectively. Trump runs the country.
Four, you lost me at "Brian Kemp who competently reopened his state". Cases and deaths surged in June, after Kemp prematurely reopened, and now they're 5th in cases per million and 15th in deaths per million. That's not a success story, and it can't be just passed off on the protests.
Five, yes, Trump was a complete dumba$$ for sitting down even once with Woodward, and even more of a moron for doing it 18 times.
Six, the bottom line is that we as a nation have still not contained the virus and Trump is the president. The EU contained it, most Asian countries contained it, Australia contained it, New Zealand contained, Canada contained it. We haven't, we are failing, and Trump is presiding over this failure.