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

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Yikes, 60% of Americans disapprove of Trump's response to COVID-19.

https://twitter.com/PollsAndVotes/status/1264271760360460291?s=20

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https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1264312206914719745?s=20

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Yikes, 60% of Americans disapprove of Trump's response to COVID-19.

https://twitter.com/PollsAndVotes/status/1264271760360460291?s=20

The fault here is with Congress. But people will blame the president. I also disapprove of his handling throughout. The media continues to hurt the country even more, and they continue to refuse to do any self reflection themselves so you reap what you sow.

Congressional Approval is the highest its been since 2009

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https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1264312206914719745?s=20

Run the front page about the 40 million displaced American workers, and the extra hundreds of thousands who will die from deaths of despair, while at the same time casting a successive lost generation to dumbass economic policies. Yeah, I’ll continue to wait.

Anyone who is affluent and/or under the age of 20 cannot possibly understand the severe economic ramifications we now face. The irony is, those under 20 will be the most negatively affected by this in the decade to come.

Lol, what? Lockdown measures are still supported by over 60% of Americans and more people are worried about opening up too fast than opening up too late.

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Glad the virus-truthers want to listen to the CDC without question now!
Since we are doing that, how about we have everyone wear a mask, slowly reopen (and revert back to shutdowns if cases spike), and social distance, like the CDC recommends?

You know, I don't really have a huge problem with masks.  I'm happy to wear one if I'm going to be in a place like a supermarket (I actually remember kind of regretting not wearing one the last time I went in one).  I just think that most businesses should be open, even those not conducive to masks or social distancing (like restaurants).  As I live alone, I am also going to see friends when I can, as I would go crazy otherwise.

If masks in certain circumstances (like a crowded store) are what it takes to otherwise get back to normal, I'm fine with that.  It kind of feels dystopian when restaurant servers have masks on, but I don't mind that either at the end of the day.

What I do think we need (and even once this is over) is hand sanitizer everywhere.  You should never have a hard time finding it when you enter a store, workplace, church, stadium, or restaurant.

No.  In March, governors and state health officials closed our businesses, suspended our kids' educations, and took our freedoms by exaggerating the risks of COVID-19.

Now they want to trade it back to us for mask mandates, contact tracing and made-up rules?

I don't think so.

And they saved lives because of it. Sorry, I'll trust the scientists and epidemiologists. Thankfully more states and municipalities are instituting mask mandates and the vast majority of the public is okay with it.  

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Most "reopen American opinions" come from bots:

https://twitter.com/ArtificialOther/status/1264196646973378562?s=20

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The 19% in Kentucky are really angry. Disgusting!

https://twitter.com/NilesGApol/status/1264678178272030722?s=20

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Looks like Florida is lying about their numbers

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This is messed up:

https://twitter.com/BrianSimsPA/status/1265787518974377991?s=20

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If we're going to head for herd immunity anyway (or close to it), I am truly starting to think a strategy of "intentionally infect all the young and healthy people" would have been what was best for two reasons.  First (and most importantly), we would be choosing who gets it.  Based on the CDC's estimate of a 0.26% fatality rate and assuming 50% as the herd immunity threshold, a non-targeted herd immunity strategy would result in about 430K deaths.  However, their estimate is a 0.025% fatality rate in those under 50.  Hitting herd immunity with engineering the infections to be in the young would have only resulted in about 41K deaths.  Now, it probably would have been a little more because we wouldn't have been perfect in stopping older individuals from getting sick.

The second reason is that we could have gotten this whole crisis over with in a matter of a few weeks to maybe a month.  Things truly would have likely been 100% normal by Easter Sunday if we had gone down that path.

This is wishcasting.

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https://twitter.com/ProjectLincoln/status/1274096165470994438?s=20

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I hope to God that they don't shut everything down again or I'm gonna be pissed.

Let those of us who don't give a sh**t take our chances. Possibly getting covid comes with the territory and we all know it.

The people who are so worried should just stay in their house. The Stasi aren't going to come to your house and force you to go to Red Lobster, damn.

Honestly there should be a deliberate infection program for people like you. If you want, you will  be deliberately infected but will be placed under house arrest (to prevent spread) as long as you test positive. Afterwards, you are free to do whatever you want no matter how many cases there are. The caveat is that you will be denied any medical assistance if needed. You will be in your home no matter how sick you get.

I'd be good with that tbh. I have weak lungs so I'm somebody who could probably be really in danger from covid but it's not like anybody cares. I can't allow myself to be stagnant.

The American 24/7 Hustle culture has really hit peak insanity.

I don't like putting s**t on hold either, but damn, saying you'd rather die than lose a couple of months of work is beyond me...

It's baffling to me too.

Muh liberty...

Seriously though, it's amazing how many whiny babies aren't willing to wear a mask out and about. We could probably get back relatively normal behavior with people just wore a mask!

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Yet another day where deaths continue to drop rapidly versus the same day last week despite a sustained uptick in cases and a slight uptick in positive test rate.

https://twitter.com/NateSilver538/status/1275179726731182082

Yikes...

https://twitter.com/natesilver538/status/1275546160204300291?s=21

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Arizona, Florida and Texas are turning into New York 2-3 months ago.

https://twitter.com/JesseRodriguez/status/1275803698925637632?s=20

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New York, New Jersey and Connecticut are turning the tables on Florida and Texas:

https://twitter.com/DrLeanaWen/status/1275815562426355713?s=20

States listed: Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Washington, Texas, and Utah.

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Things are starting to close down again/delay reopening:

https://twitter.com/RonBrownstein/status/1275950710966743040?s=20

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https://twitter.com/JeremySWallace/status/1275979228673191936?s=20

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Texas is closing down bars again

https://twitter.com/chadhastyradio/status/1276504017951227905?s=21

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https://twitter.com/DeItaOne/status/1276530192392085505?s=20

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I think we are getting to a point where some states, or at the very least some counties/regions, are going to have to go to total shutdown again.

You can't have a functioning economy with the disease running rampant.

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Arizona is shutting things down again:

https://twitter.com/zekejmiller/status/1277730132074156032?s=21

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https://twitter.com/drericding/status/1279749506037317634?s=21

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https://twitter.com/gabmobanks/status/1281968746018611201?s=21

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Alabama has issued a mask decree:

https://twitter.com/lyman_brian/status/1283432223824388098?s=20

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https://twitter.com/EmmaKinery/status/1284102607582224384?s=20