Muh Muh Muh My Corona (virus)

And you? What would you like to see this Administration do when it comes to the pandemic?

 

Trump never briefing on it would be a damn good start. Beyond that ...

I only entered this fray because @Alma and @Azrael were having an unjoined debate. I've yet to hear from @Azrael, so the question as to whether he's merely interested in messaging remains unanswered.

 

Sorry. Work day.

Should I stipulate Trump as president? Or am I free to imagine some generic replacement president?

 

VORP

 

Well, the message is, in part, the medium, so let your imagination run wild.

 

These are just words. There's no reason for the "rule of law" to hold Montana to New York's standard, or to hold New York to Montana's standard. They're 2000 miles apart.

 

Not possible, given the recent name change to Disparate States of America.

 

The Trump administration itself issued guideline recommendations for reopening. They are being ignored by governors who wish to reopen ASAP.

 

I didn't know the virus could read a map. I'm sure the people in Washington who live a 2 hour drive from MT are happy to know that.

 

The question was about message. Isn't a message all about words?

Actually, there are very good reasons to hold everybody to similar standards for re-opening. The virus is the same regardless of location. The way it spreads and the way it is treated are variables, but a bare minimum federal standard makes absolute sense because the states aren't isolated from one another. Individual states could then add layers on top of that standard.

Of course, restricting this to the message only is foolish. There should be action as well, such as testing and the distribution of supplies at the federal level. Those are things that should have been at least in the planning stages in January and they should have been in place by April. Our federal government has failed to do all that through a combination of factors that include incompetence and a lack of desire to get it done.