From the onset of the pandemic in 2019, ex- president Trump lied about and downplayed the hazard COVID-19 posed to the general public well being. He introduced unscientific, illogical data to the general public concerning the virus and when the it unfold like wildfire throughout the nation, Individuals have been unprepared to guard themselves. He disparged the experience of world-renowned infectious illness specialists like Dr Anthony Fauci to help his lie that ” the virus was similar to the flu” or ” it might “go away by Spring when the climate acquired heat.” He was messaging lies to sections of his base to retain their vote for his re-election as an alternative of defending the nation’s public well being. He promoted an Easter return to regular to please the evangelicals. He was pandering to his toxic-masculinity male voters by downplaying the necessity to put on masks. He denied the scientific information about COVID to maintain his actuality TV fan/voters enamored with seeing him as somebody ” who knew extra about science than the scientists.”
In a taped interview with Bob Woodward, Trump admitted he didn’t inform the general public about how lethal COVID was as a result of ” I didn’t wish to create a panic.” How DUMB or opportunistic a choice was that?” Because the pandemic unfold globally and the dying price soared, Trump supported the push to create a vaccine for 2 causes, 1) it might make him look sturdy, like a fixer, a winner, 2) he wanted a face-saving strategy to acknowledge that the pandemic risk was actual in any case his lies have been disproven by the variety of folks getting contaminated and dying. Nonetheless, to stay macho within the eyes of his gullible supporters, he continued to not put on a masks, to bully his surrogates into not put on masks, and to carry super- spreader rallies the place an infection unfold and mates like Senator Herman Kaine caught COVID and died. Then he changed infectious illness specialists with wacky quacks just like the pillow man Mike Lindell who pushed an oleander potion to deal with COVID.
Subsequent, the steady genius changed the recommendation of scientists together with his personal remedy approaches for COVID equivalent to; 1) injecting bleach into the physique to ” give a cleaning within the lungs” 2) shining ultra- violet gentle into the physique to kill the virus, and three) to take hydroxy chloroquine ( disproven my physicians as a remedy for COVID. The proof of Trump’s full incompetence for understanding and managing the pandemic was that he caught COVID. In reckless, ego-driven behaviors to him holding a Rose Backyard superspreader occasion the place a number of members of his household and administration grew to become contaminated with the virus. How DUMB is it to help and belief a president who caught a extreme case of COVID due to politically motivated conduct?
NPR reported that its investigation confirmed “In October, the reddest tenth of the nation noticed dying charges that have been six instances increased than the bluest tenth, in keeping with Charles Gaba, an impartial well being care analyst who’s been monitoring partisanship traits throughout the pandemic and helped to evaluate NPR’s methodology.” All scientific findings point out nearly all of hospitalized COVID sufferers are unvaccinated. An October report from Brookings reviews 90% of Democrats are vaccinated in comparison with 68% of Republicans. How DUMB is it to assume not getting vaccinated makes you extra accessible, extra clever, safer, or tougher? And it’s DUMB to assume remaining unvaccinated makes you extra loyal to Trump. At a latest look with Invoice O’Reilly, Trump admitted he’s vaccinated a boosted. Whereas he does the whole lot to avoid wasting his ass, he applauds his voters for preventing for the liberty to selfishly, ignorantly, and arrogantly danger their lives, the lives of others. That loyal Republican voters not recognizing the Republican disinformation machine is utilizing them to advertise its political pursuits isn’t clever, ethical, and won’t be survivable.