COVID-19 Megathread 5: The Trumps catch COVID-19

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If the Trump we saw at today's conference was the one we got all throughout this pandemic, we'd be looking at a much closer election this November.*

But, yes, by Trump's infinitesimally low standards: good press conference. He can't keep it up though.

(*Except that Maxwell comment. Eww. And also WTF?)

 He lied for most of the conference. Started with his lame China Flu nonsense again. Said the media was not reporting bad outbreaks anywhere else. Trump is awful, the fact people expect so little of him and he fails to even meet that shows how we got in this mess.

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Should have these 4 components for sure.

1. Direct stimulus to every American citizen, drop the means testing(it's not worth the redtape upfront) and develop a system for future instances where direct stimulus can be distributed instantly and evenly.

2. Money for states, this is very important.

3. Bonus compensation for medical professionals and grocery and others workers who continued working throughout the pandemic at risk and harm to themselves.

4. Continue the extra $600 weekly unemployment insurance as is, it's been credited with economists on the left and right as keeping households and businesses from drowning.

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Advocates for farm workers were begging the state of Florida for help before the pandemic really hit this state and they were ignored. It doesn't make any sense either you want the people growing your food to have protection and not be sick. They have been hit pretty hard now here in Florida as well.

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Should have these 4 components for sure.

1. Direct stimulus to every American citizen, drop the means testing(it's not worth the redtape upfront) and develop a system for future instances where direct stimulus can be distributed instantly and evenly.

2. Money for states, this is very important.

3. Bonus compensation for medical professionals and grocery and others workers who continued working throughout the pandemic at risk and harm to themselves.

4. Continue the extra $600 weekly unemployment insurance as is, it's been credited with economists on the left and right as keeping households and businesses from drowning.

This is a good basis, but the items need to be pegged to economic statistics. Otherwise, its entirely possible that the senate shuts everything off in the next round (if Biden wins and Rs keep the senate) and we are just plunged into a deep recession in 2021.

This unfortunately sounds like just politics, but its the reality of the world we live in. However, pegging it to economic stats is also good policy and not just politics.

 The recession is coming and Biden will have to clean up this mess at the same time that rightwing media and pundits will have no shame whatsoever in blaming the mess on Biden.

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 Trump bankrupted The United States of America Passport.

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How depraved are these anti-mask people? Are they also not washing their hands? It's just disgusting to be honest.

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 It's not possible for it to be more hot than it's been here in Florida. We've had record heat, oppressive humidity, and a baking UV index. If Covid-19 spreads because of AC where the hell is it originating from?

 The contact tracing has been so bad.