Oso planning to go pro
So, if you are in grammar school or high school and live with someone with 2 or co-morbidities, stay home and school virtually. If you are a teacher with 2 or more (or you’re living with someone who fits that description) stay home and teach virtually. Everybody else (vast majority), back in the pool?
Something like that yes. I think we have learned a lot from Florida, Texas, Arizona. If you mitigate the spread, through distancing, masking, etc., it looks as though you can keep down hospitalizations and deaths. If you can simulate that environment in a public school, they should be there in person unless they have family issues like the ones you mention above.
Welp ...President Donald Trump admitted he knew weeks before the first confirmed US coronavirus death that the virus was dangerous, airborne, highly contagious and "more deadly than even your strenuous flus," and that he repeatedly played it down publicly, according to legendary journalist Bob Woodward in his new book "Rage.""This is deadly stuff," Trump told Woodward on February 7.In a series of interviews with Woodward, Trump revealed that he had a surprising level of detail about the threat of the virus earlier than previously known. "Pretty amazing," Trump told Woodward, adding that the coronavirus was maybe five times "more deadly" than the flu.Trump's admissions are in stark contrast to his frequent public comments at the time insisting that the virus was "going to disappear" and "all work out fine."The book, using Trump's own words, depicts a President who has betrayed the public trust and the most fundamental responsibilities of his office. In "Rage," Trump says the job of a president is "to keep our country safe." But in early February, Trump told Woodward he knew how deadly the virus was, and in March, admitted he kept that knowledge hidden from the public."I wanted to always play it down," Trump told Woodward on March 19, even as he had declared a national emergency over the virus days earlier. "I still like playing it down, because I don't want to create a panic." https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/09/politics/bob-woodward-rage-book-trump-coronavirus/index.html
Trump admits President Xi personally told him how dangerous COVID was, and that there is airborne spread. Also, admits he deliberately lied to Americans and downplayed the seriousness to avoid any panics. Knew it was dangerous to young people. Anyone want to even try to defend him? Trump lied, people died.
I have been screaming this since March. And I was roundly criticized here for it.You are correct, but stating it the way you do ("Trump lied, people died") sounds way to glib and jingoistic. People didn't just "die". Trump killed them by his lies and his inaction. We still do not have a leader in this country. We have a mad king and his cult following who still don't care about people dying.
Boy you guys are really trying to make a mountain out of a mole hill here. A week before the Feb 7th comment to Woodward Trump shut down travel to China, you don’t crap down international travel for something that isn’t serious.
Trump has been widely criticized (rightfully so) for his public messaging early on regarding Covid but when you look at the policies they put into play before this comment and shortly after the administration was obviously taken the virus seriously.
This is false, but when lies and distortions are all you got ... then you lie and distort.
You live in lala land full of revisionist history and scientific illiteracy. It's bizzare reading your posts about the pandemic and current events and trying to come to the same conclusions that you do.
I think the biggest misstep was his Liberate message to fan the flames of people protesting lockdowns. I think that was the point we were most united in this and then the protests happened which has led to the haphazard approach since. I don’t disagree with trying to avoid panic, but it was downplayed so much that people thought it was more of a conspiracy.We were making good progress, but that threw a wrench into it.
What part was false?
What panic? Were there panics in South Korea? Germany? New Zealand? Australia? Canada?Are we Americans so skittish and dumb that a little honesty about the seriousness of the problem would have led to mass chaos?
Obviously shutting down travel from China solved everything. Duh!
The part about travel being shut down to China (or from China, which likely is what you meant).Travel was restricted, not shut down. And has already been pointed out, this one step does not mitigate the many, many failures.