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Originally Posted by markksman
It is dumbfounding because Trump sold himself to the RubeClass as a successful businessman. If that were true he would know that the best use of resources for a situation like this would be a centralized authority where the top talent could manage a successful response for the entirety of the country and oversee the timely distribution of resources and assets. Instead mr businessman said “Let the states figure it out.”
The likelihood that this virus is still roaring come January is significant. In fact a decent chance exists that when we get back into winter and match up with the traditional flu season things could get substantially worse.
What I do know is if Biden wins the election there will be no time wasted in implementing a centralized and coordinated response properly utilizing the vast assets available to this country. This isn’t due to anything special about Biden. It is a shared trait among all adults with the exception of Donald Trump and a handful of others.
I would just pray Trump is able to step aside and let the adults start working during his lame duck period, if that is what comes to be. Right now the best er can get out of Trump is him lying about a vaccine being ready around election time.
I really think and fear, that if the US does not bring base line levels way, way down before fall and winter flu and cold seasons set in, that the US is in for Biblical type calamity and death toll.
The literal shut down and abandonment of health care facility in many locations where the lineups of people just cannot be touched.
All the signs are there now, that you need to get baselines down so when you get spikes your system can handle them as Canada and much of Europe is. But you cannot do it from such a high baseline where systems are already near the breaking point.
Republican POTUS love giving presents to incoming Dem POTUS. Bush handed Obama the Financial Crisis and Trump looks like he will hand off to Biden this mess, maybe times 10.
And then Republicans will try to hold Biden responsible for spending and the economy in the early part of his admin as they try to blame Obama for the deficit spending in the first part of his.