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global1's JournalTrump's Failure To Call A Nationwide 'Stay At Home' Will Only Extend The Length of This Crisis.....
Aren't the experts telling him that his not calling for a nationwide 'stay at home' will just draw out the time we can get back to normal in this country?
It seems to me that to flatten the curve - the whole of the country must work to do that at the same time. Those states that haven't issued a 'stay at home' order will ultimately get hit. As they spike at different times in the future they will only extend the time that this crisis continues.
It seems like an easy enough concept to grasp. What doesn't he understand? Why aren't the experts getting through to this man?
He reminds me of a guy I used to work for. He would get suggestions from his management staff and wouldn't act on them when he should have. A couple of weeks later - he'd come out at a meeting and say - we will do this - only acting on something he could have done weeks before. The only difference this time - he made it look like the idea came from him.
Our company finally folded. Went bankrupt.
Cause - was the guy in charge - his inaction.
We've Been Preparing For 'Social Distancing' For A Long Time Now .....
If you think about it – we’ve been preparing for ‘social distancing’ for a long time now and the transition to having to ‘social distance’ shouldn’t be such an issue or problem to adapt to.
One could think that the start of ‘social distancing’ began with the advent of the ‘internet’. The ‘internet’ opened up the whole world to us and allowed us to interact with the whole world from our kitchen table.
The ability to virtually contact and communicate with anyone through ‘e-mail’ took us a little further down the path of ‘social distancing’ which gave rise to such programs as ‘Facebook’; ‘Twitter’ and a multitude of other social networking internet programs.
Now people lay out their whole lives on ‘Facebook’ complete with daily schedules, pics of daily activities and even pictures of the food that they’ve eaten at a restaurant or prepared in the home. They don’t even call each other to talk. They simply go to their facebook page to see what others are up to and keep others informed of what they’re doing.
We even have a president that relies on Twitter as almost his only method to communicate with the American People. Just another ‘social distancing’ technique so one doesn’t have to face the public in person and risk being verbally challenged. It allows for time to come up with a good response or an excuse and not being put on the spot.
Now let’s explore other ways we’ve come down the path to ‘social distancing’:
a. The fast food drive-thru; no face-to-face contact with a waiter/waitress
b. The bank drive-thru; no face-to-face contact with a bank teller
c. Self-service gas stations; pump your own gas
d. Self-service check-out counters at stores
e. Grocery delivery to your home
f. The rise of restaurant delivery services to your doorstep
g. Malls and shops closing because of Amazon; Prime; etc – in fact such services are changing the way we shop; one doesn’t even have to leave their house anymore; your shopping needs come to you at your doorstep
h. Curbside pick-up of your phoned in orders at big box stores
i. Pay bills over the phone; on-line
j. Don’t even have to go to the movies anymore; just use Redbox or any of the streaming services to watch movies in your home.
k. Pay for view; don’t have to go to sporting events anymore; view in the privacy of your own home; better seats, views and food; with the added luxury of re-plays
l. Skype and now Zoom – so we can now see and talk to others while not leaving one’s home or having to visit with others in person
m. Highway electronic tolls instead of toll booths
n. On-line dating programs: Finding a date or a mate over the Internet or you mobile phone
o. Exercise equipment for your home; for example ‘Peloton’ ; no need to go to a gym to work out anymore; can work-out in the privacy of your home
These are just some of the obvious examples of how we’ve divorced ourselves from personal contact with others and how we’ve actually been practicing ‘social distancing’ for some time now. I’m sure I’ve even left out other examples that you can come up with that take us out of close contact with people and foster ‘social distancing’.
We’ve been told that a lot of these examples were created out of 'economic and time management'
needs – but I wonder if someone out there was actually preparing society for – maybe - a ‘pandemic’ crisis like we’re facing now. Perhaps these things were created so that we could cope with this crisis we’re embroiled in at the moment.
My point is, however, that ‘social distancing’ is not new because of this crisis and we’re actually more prepared to deal with ‘social distancing’ because we’ve actually been subliminally living with it for far more time than we realize.
Yes -this coronavirus crisis has forced us to realize that we’ve actually been ‘social distancing’ for some time now.
I believe that it’s in our human instinct to protect ourselves and right now our creative juices will be flowing that will foster even other 'social distancing' products and services that presently we can’t even imagine. Don’t underestimate ‘American ‘ingenuity’ or ‘entrepreneurship’.
So – bottom line - don’t be despondent of our present predicament. It’s not as bad as maybe we’re making it seem. If we just stop and think for a moment – we’ve actually been coping with ‘social distancing’ for some time now. We even welcomed it into our daily lives with open arms.
It’s just that now we have some time on our hands by these ‘stay at home’ orders that we can ponder the effects and maybe be thankful for its benefits.
If More Time Was Devoted In The White House To Fight This Virus Crisis Instead Of .......
trying to come up with excuses that Trump is not to blame - maybe we'd get ahead of this crisis and begin beating it.
Everyday - it seems like the WH and the Repugs come up with another failed excuse not to blame Trump for his incompetence, inaction and continuous lies.
It's no wonder why we can't get ahead of this virus. Trump and the Repugs are still focused on trying to repair his past failures.
Trump's Come To The Realization That All He's Got Left To Campaign On For Re-election Is.....
the coronovirus. Because he knows this - he's putting on the act that he has to - to try and make him look good at handling this crisis.
That's also why he's trying to keep those commercials that show his incompetence and his statements throughout this crisis off the air. He's sent a 'cease and desist' letter to the media. He's trying to act like he's really concerned about people dying from Covid-19. However, he had the Drs. (I believe) grossly overestimate the possible deaths from this crisis to 1 million to 2 million people - so he can come in at the most likely real numbers 100,000 to 200,000 - so he can claim that his 'tremendous' handling of this crisis by him saved a lot of lives. That's also why he's seemingly trying to cooperate more with the Govs and the States. That's why he's parading all those corporate CEO's in front of us. Make it look like he's doing a 'tremendous' job.
The problem is though - that his incompetence has been visible for all of us to see.
He still can't keep his mouth shut at the podium at these daily conferences to lie; to take bows by patting himself on the back and lash out at reporters that try to hold his feet to the fire.
He's also been taking credit for what the Gov's and Mayor's around the country are doing to save their people. He's trying to make it look like he's responsible for all the critical decisions that they've had to make.
So - IMHO - what we are witnessing is typical Trump - acting out - being what he needs to be in order to be re-elected.
Don't be fooled people - he hasn't changed. He's the same Trump we learned to come to know. This time he's acting more concerned - because this coronovirus is the last thing he has to campaign on for re-election.
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