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Thom's blog
America Has a Big Decision to Make - How Do We End Shelter In Place?
 Dr. David Nabarro of the World Health Organization says that until a vaccine is developed, the coronavirus will likely "stalk the human race" for quite a while. Shelter in place and all the other efforts to stop the spread of the coronavirus are designed to do, basically, only one thing: protect hospitals. When enough people get really sick really fast, our healthcare system is overwhelmed, so the goal of shelter in place is to slow the spread of the disease, not to stop it. But, as Dr. Anthony Fauci pointed out yesterday on CNN, Trump missed our opportunity several months ago to contain the virus like South Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, Norway, Denmark and Germany have done. Now the United States is purely in what is called mitigation. We're trying to reduce its destructive hit on our healthcare system. Because Trump failed in preventing the virus from spreading across the United States back in January, February, and March the only option we have now is to try to lessen the damage to our healthcare system by slowing the spread. But the spread of this disease is now inevitable all across the United States, so the debate is shifting to how to slowly infect pretty much everybody in the United States without creating hotspots or outbreaks that crash our hospitals. The only thing that could change this is the development of a highly effective vaccine, but that is months and maybe years away. Since younger people are less severely affected, expect that soon Trump and some states will be talking about letting young people out of quarantine. This, too, will increase the number of people who die and increase the spread to older people, although at a rate that our hospitals can handle. Other countries that have done well with this did so through massive, widespread testing and contact tracing on an ongoing basis. The Trump administration, however, has taken both those things off the table for the United States. and because the virus does not respect state borders, this can only be done at the federal level: no governor has the ability to do this. Because Trump utterly failed in keeping the virus away from the United States and refuses to fund and implement a nationwide testing and contract tracing program, simply slowing down hundreds of thousands of coming deaths may well be all we have left. -Thom |
Monday's Daily Stack 
Hour One: America Has a BIG Decision to Make...How Do We End Shelter-In-Place?
Tweet: " For the purpose of creating conflict and confusion, some in the Fake News Media are saying that it is the Governors decision to open up the states, not that of the President of the United States & the Federal Government. Let it be fully understood that this is incorrect...." by Donald J. Trump. Tweet: " ....It is the decision of the President, and for many good reasons. With that being said, the Administration and I are working closely with the Governors, and this will continue. A decision by me, in conjunction with the Governors and input from others, will be made shortly!" by Donald J. Trump. Tweet: " Louise is making Quarantinis:
Put a bit of marijuana in the oven at 240 degrees for 20 minutes, then stir it into a pint of gin. Let sit for 4 days, then strain and pour a shot or two into a glass with a touch of vermouth.
Also, the Quarantonic: add that gin to organic tonic." by Thom Hartmann. Tweet: " Fauci is now saying that had Trump listened to the medical experts earlier he could've saved more lives.
Fauci was telling people on February 29th that there was nothing to worry about and it posed no threat to the US public at large.
Time to #FireFauci..." by DeAnna Lorraine. Tweet: " Sorry Fake News, it's all on tape. I banned China long before people spoke up. Thank you @OANN" by Donald J. Trump.
Hour Two: Is Trump Destroying the Post Office Because He Doesn't Want Americans To Vote By Mail?
Article: " 4th Amendment". " The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized."
Hour Three: Trump's Covid-19 Response...Genocidal For the Poor & Elderly?
Tweet: " CA's 500 ventilators will begin to ship out today: 100->NY, 100->NJ, 100->IL, 50->MD, 50->DC, 50->DE, 50->NV
Committed to the health of every Californian. Practicing our duty as Americans to take care of one another. I know other states would do the same." by Gavin Newsom.
Article: " Constitution of the United States" Article 1 section 8 (Powers of Congress). " The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States... To establish Post Offices and post Roads;" |
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