After the storm, then what?

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Originally Posted by Mr. Goodtimes

Sure lets reelect the guy and his cronies that cost us God knows how many trillions by shutting down the country for boomer flu and then putting us another two trillion in debt with the stroke of a pen so low to middle income Americans can get a measly $1200 consolation prize for for the likely tens of thousands, if not more dollars they lost. If a democrat did this people would be losing their minds at what a catastrophic waste of money this is for no gain; orange man does it though and its all good because muh republican, muh America, muh not hitlery kitten. Traditionally the only thing republicans have even sort of not sucked at is curbing the inevitable creep towards full blown socialism; and lately they've ben failing at that too. Republicans care about preserving the constitution and conservative culture the same way the democrats care about the blacks and the gays. Each side just caters towards a different group of idiots looking for someone to follow because neither group wants to hear or admit that they've been lied to their whole lives by their elected officials.

Time will either vindicate or condemn.

If the whole thing turns into a nothing burger then Lucy is gonna have some splain'ing to do.

But currently in the US:

337,000+ cases and we seem to have the highest numbers in the world, although there is no way China is reporting accurate numbers. 9,600+ deaths and 17,000+ recovered. Obviously there are a lot of cases that aren't known yet.

I know the move was an attempt to contain and eradicate the virus like they did with SARS, but not sure we are gonna pull it off. Probably worth the try. If they fail it will be another seasonal virus that is always with us and even a vaccine probably wouldn't change that.

Now if despite efforts, this still becomes a record setting pandemic that will be remembered for the rest of the century, then any effort was worth it.

I tend to see the entire thing as a test of the plan of action, either completely necessary or simply one bad enough to engage in some data gathering. Obviously there is a cost and probably more on the way. Again, time will tell if it was a best effort or a futile gesture that needlessly costs everyone.

Hasn't been easy, I'm going on almost a month with no income and $2,400 won't dig us out of that hole. Trump is sort of in a no win, if we gets lots of deaths - he waited too long, if it looks like he claimed the sky is falling and everyone gets the corona sniffles but the deaths associated aren't any more or any worse than a bad flu strain then he is really gonna take the heat, especially in the next elections.

But more importantly than what he did or didn't do and what he should have done or not done, will be who he runs against. If it's any of the usual DNC fanatics I'll still be voting Trump. I also expect the GOP to attempt to undermine him and somehow nominate a new candidate that is more to their liking.