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I keep hearing on news outlets that Trump waited too long to acknowledge and act. I 100% agree with social distancing but I'm not sure I understand what we could have prevented if we did something sooner.
Lets say we did social distancing in Mid-Feb for a month... Maybe we only have 10,000 CONFIRMED cases. Still, lots of church's keep holding mass, Jewish communities like in Lakewood NJ keep throwing parties, kids keep sneaking out to hang out, so the Virus stays alive in very small numbers. Then we get the "ALL CLEAR" good to go back to work and on with your lives.. then suddenly a month later we go from a few cases back up to the 215,000 we're at today... Then what? Another month of social distancing and the economy REALLY tanks? So I just don't quite understand what difference it would have made.
I'm tired of hearing "Trump didn't act soon enough" and there's no follow up reasoning as to why or what difference that would have made.. For the record, no, I'm not a fan of Trumps.
You understand there are supposed to be people who handle this ? He sent them home.
You get that the potus is to protect the citizens of any threat ? He had the information before the news people ever said a word. But this is not uncommon for us. We bury our heads in the sand.
Stupid DeSantis finally put the state of Fl in lock down - after spring breakers took the bug back north. MrT did not have the things in place to handle this threat. Same thing -When it got noisy on the news then he acted.
Let’s just say instead of a bug it was germ warfare - a real attack on purpose. How long before we all grab our weapons ? How long before he tells us - we are under attack !
It isn't just the social distancing. The fact you think this is the most important 'accomplishment' of the PResident shows how little you expect.
Back in early January they should have been exploring scenarios -- including worst case. What if this virus wasn't just in China. (common sense -- people travel). What if it comes here and hits the USA like China what does that mean for resources, especially in the more densely populated area....blah blah blah......
It isn't just the social distancing. The fact you think this is the most important 'accomplishment' of the PResident shows how little you expect.
Back in early January they should have been exploring scenarios -- including worst case. What if this virus wasn't just in China. (common sense -- people travel). What if it comes here and hits the USA like China what does that mean for resources, especially in the more densely populated area....blah blah blah......
In 2019 they had a simulation. Crimson contagion- it was all there in a report. They had the scenario played out !
I keep hearing on news outlets that Trump waited too long to acknowledge and act. I 100% agree with social distancing but I'm not sure I understand what we could have prevented if we did something sooner.
Lets say we did social distancing in Mid-Feb for a month... Maybe we only have 10,000 CONFIRMED cases. Still, lots of church's keep holding mass, Jewish communities like in Lakewood NJ keep throwing parties, kids keep sneaking out to hang out, so the Virus stays alive in very small numbers. Then we get the "ALL CLEAR" good to go back to work and on with your lives.. then suddenly a month later we go from a few cases back up to the 215,000 we're at today... Then what? Another month of social distancing and the economy REALLY tanks? So I just don't quite understand what difference it would have made.
I'm tired of hearing "Trump didn't act soon enough" and there's no follow up reasoning as to why or what difference that would have made.. For the record, no, I'm not a fan of Trumps.
And you not seeing follow up is your problem with reading comprehension, bias etc.
It is very clear what folks are criticizing with Trump.
What would earlier social distancing have accomplished?
Nothing. Nobody would have believed that things would get this bad, so no one would have done it.
Only after the U.S. started experiencing what China already had, would people have started responding. And that couldn't have happened any earlier than it did.
You understand there are supposed to be people who handle this ? He sent them home.
You get that the potus is to protect the citizens of any threat ? He had the information before the news people ever said a word. But this is not uncommon for us. We bury our heads in the sand.
Stupid DeSantis finally put the state of Fl in lock down - after spring breakers took the bug back north. MrT did not have the things in place to handle this threat. Same thing -When it got noisy on the news then he acted.
Let’s just say instead of a bug it was germ warfare - a real attack on purpose. How long before we all grab our weapons ? How long before he tells us - we are under attack !
We have layers of government. Trump is allowing states to do their own lockdowns.
All of you who complain about this are Monday Morning QBs. Has it been perfect? No. We have never been through this in this country. There are no perfectly right answers.
Do you hold yourself to the same standard that you hold others - that you can never be wrong?
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