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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,035 posts)
Sun Jul 19, 2020, 07:52 PM Jul 2020

The crisis that shocked the world: America's response to the coronavirus

Isabelle Papadimitriou, 64, a respiratory therapist in Dallas, had been treating a surge of patients as the Texas economy reopened. She developed coronavirus symptoms June 27 and tested positive two days later. The disease was swift and brutal. She died the morning of the Fourth of July.

The holiday had always been her daughter’s favorite. Fiana Tulip loved the family cookouts, the fireworks, the feeling of America united. Now, she wonders if she’ll ever be able to celebrate it again. In mourning, she’s furious.

Tulip, 40, had seen her country fail to control the virus. She had seen Texas ease restrictions even as case counts and hospitalizations soared. She had seen fellow citizens refuse to wear a mask or engage in social distancing.

“I feel like her death was a hundred percent preventable. I’m angry at the Trump administration. I’m angry with the state of our politics. I’m angry at the people who even now refuse to wear masks,” she said.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/health-news/the-crisis-that-shocked-the-world-americas-response-to-the-coronavirus/ar-BB16WaBS?li=BBnb7Kz

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The crisis that shocked the world: America's response to the coronavirus (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 2020 OP
They blew it. And blew it big time. Initech Jul 2020 #1
HE blew it! BigmanPigman Jul 2020 #2
True, it is entirely his fault. Initech Jul 2020 #3

Initech

(100,081 posts)
1. They blew it. And blew it big time.
Sun Jul 19, 2020, 08:02 PM
Jul 2020

It will take years, maybe decades to clean up this mess. Fuck you Trump.

BigmanPigman

(51,611 posts)
2. HE blew it!
Sun Jul 19, 2020, 08:15 PM
Jul 2020

His enablers are accomplices in these mass murders that we are the victims of. THEY and HE blew it (and on purpose).

Initech

(100,081 posts)
3. True, it is entirely his fault.
Sun Jul 19, 2020, 08:32 PM
Jul 2020

A much more competent leader would not have let things get this far out of control.

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