Muh Muh Muh My Corona (virus)

I fail to understand why so many politicians can't grasp the most basic element of communication: Honest bad news is better than dishonest good news. No one's asking you to be perfect; admit it when you've made a mistake, work to fix the issue. Not complicated. The problem always gets worse when you pile one poor decision on top of another.

 

we missed our chance

 

What is up with all of these new super diseases coming out of Asia? There was a report a couple of weeks about some new strain of flu as well. Is it just more fear porn?

Kazakhstan: Officials deny reports of 'unknown pneumonia' outbreak more deadly than Covid-19 - CNN

 

It's not "fear porn." Everybody's antennas are tuned to it now. Before - like in January - a disease would start killing people on the other side of the globe and people would ignore it.

 

srsly

fear porn





Tracking Our COVID-19 Response - covidexitstrategy.org

 

'I think I made a mistake': 30-year-old Texan dies at hospital after attending Covid-19 'hoax' party - KVIA

 

Our city board of directors are considering a mask ordinance and taking public comments right now. The livestream is amazing. A greater collection of conspiracy theorists and idiots who trust random YouTube videos instead of medical professionals might never be assembled (until the GOP convention later this year).

An actual virologist got up and spoke. He was booed. Somebody yelled "FAKE NEWS" at him.

 

As a society we are so fucked.

 

At the risk of being overly pessimistic, I wonder how much of it revolves around fear of looking weak. When you build your brand around being (or at least appearing to be) strong, uncompromising, and unapologetic, admitting a mistake is akin to willingly handing the opposition a club with which they can legitimately attack you. That could be particularly damaging when one lacks sources of support and legitimacy beyond raw populism and being an "outsider".

 

Here's how reopening is going in Ohio:

We set a record for new cases Friday, besting the previous set in April. The seven-day rate of tests returning positive is 6.7%. The rate was 3.8% a month ago.

Ohio coronavirus cases spike to a record daily high of 1,525

 

I still can't even with this. Forget that Florida is awful right now, how many people going to Disney are coming from somewhere else? There are so many people that just don't give a crap or think nothing can happen to them and they have to go to Disney because they planned forever and it cost a lot of money and it's fun that plenty of people will still show up. But holy crap. In one of the worst places in the world to do something like this right now too.

How is Disney even feeling like this is a good thing? I guess money above all. And why would you even think about going? Well, lines will be shorter so let's hope all is well!

 

Add in that Disney did not test the returning workers before putting them back to work.