(April 18, 2020 at 1:17 pm)Jackalope Wrote:(April 18, 2020 at 12:46 pm)Nomad Wrote: And even at that his travel ban happened after the airlines were closing off flights to China, was selectively applied (remember how he kept flights open to the UK which was already looking to be the worst affected of the European because of the idiotic "herd immunity" {in reality a let poor people die plan} strategy for no other reason than BoJo the Clown likes licking his arse) and lead to a panic rush of US citizens flooding back into unprepared airports because the Trump regime had so badly fucked up the testing strategy.
It's not a good sign when your one decisive action looks almost designed to make things worse.
It's also worth noting the insufficiency of that act when you consider that we already had community spread in WA state by then.
Monday morning quarterbacking aside, downplaying the seriousness of the matter and disseminating disinformation undermined containment and is undermining mitigation. No comprehensive, coherent national strategy was or is apparent. The captain jas let go of the wheel.
Which isn’t surprising. Trump’s been captain for more than three years and still hasn’t read his job description.
Boru
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