And it started, in an attempt to make the president look bad.
Of course it did.
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If Hillary were in office, none of this would be happening just as none of this happened in 2009-10 with the H1N1 pandemic." A.T., "How do you solve a problem like Pelosi?," Patricia McCarthy
Sadly, a true statement.
This virus panic is a political stunt, that's all it ever was, all it ever WILL be.
Corona virus typology is NOT new. Corona viruses have been attacking us forever, and they won't stop when THIS strain is beaten.
Again. . .
Viruses that cause the common cold
human rhinoviruses
CORONAVIRUSES
parainfluenza viruses
adenoviruses
human parainfluenza virus (HPIV)
respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)
These viruses offer our immune systems new challenges ALWAYS, they are changing constantly ! If they didn't, we would get sick one time for each type, then never get a cold or the flu again ! Wouldn't that be nice ?
That's not how it works.
So, we have new viral illnesses challenging us always, this isn't new.
How we react IS new.
We've now decided that when a new strain of cold/flu virus arises, we're to shut our civilization down and huddle in our homes.
Given that there is ALWAYS a new strain of cold and flu, a bad one every year or two, we can be sure we'll all be spending MUCH more time at home with our families....
Or CAN we ?
Can our civilization survive only working part-time, or some unknown fraction, to be decided by nature and her mischevious viral creations ? ... at unknowable intervals ??
Or should we quit playing political games with each other about something that's always been with us, get back to work and stop acting like spoiled children ?
"But this is killing people !"
"The best medical professionals say this is the correct course of action!"
On & on & on we've read/heard these things.
Sure, it's killing people. New strains of these viruses always DO. This is not new.
Many medical professionals disagree completely with our current course of action. So the appeal to what "The best medical professionals..." say, is empty. They don't all say one thing. Sorry, theres no "consensus."
So, let's go back to the beginning....
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If Hillary were in office, none of this would be happening just as none of this happened in 2009-10 with the H1N1 pandemic."
There WILL be more corona virus infections in the future. New strains, some worse, some more mild than covid19 or H1N1 etc.
Are we to shut our civilization down every time we encounter a new one ?
Or, do we do it ONLY when we have a president we've tried to impeach TWICE, a president we HATE, one we will do ANYTHING TO GET RID OF, ... and now's the perfect time for this, it's an election year, let's shut down the economy and make everyone miserable and blame the misery on HIM !! ANYTHING to get rid of that dreadful orange ape !!!!!
Think about it. There WILL be more strains of corona (and other) viruses, will we react as we've always reacted ? Or will we now always do THIS ?????
Because if we do THIS every time, our civilization will cease to function and we'll learn what REAL trouble is.