I respect all brothers and sisters on this board. I'd like to throw in
There are lots of terribly misinformed, Trump-tainted opinions on this page.
Let's start with the most important thing: this is not a partisan issue. Yet another devious, mastermind idea by Trump to keep America thinking shutdowns are the machinations of the "liberal Left" when TRUMP was the one who imposed the original shutdowns. One of his many "bait and switch" tactics. Trump from his own mouth has repeatedly taken ownership of the original shutdowns, so please don't create new facts.
The Coronavirus is NOT the "sniffles". I have it currently, my uncle died from it, my girlfriend (age 37) died from it, and three of my clients have died from it. All under the age of 60. Just because you know people who have mild symptoms does not mean COVID is a joke for everyone. Clearly with almost 250,000 dead it's far more than a cough or sniffles. The funerals I've gone too support this.
While I'm on the U.S. death count matter, the reality is that the anti-shutdown crowd is entirely correct: we can't afford another one. Please remember that Trump and Kushner are on tape with Bob Woodward taking ownership of imposing the original shutdowns, then leaving all states to figure out how to each turn around their health crisis with ZERO federal or national mandates.
It's an impossible fix because each states' leaders want different things for its residents, so with no unified plan the country cannot overcome the Coronavirus. Jared Kushner admitted this to Bob Woodward on tape recording, saying Trump's plan all along was to pass the hard (read: impossible) work to the governors, then Trump will take credit when all 50 states figure out how to overcome their own COVID crises... this is obviously an impossibility without federal intervention. These facts are not to be disputed.
The entire irony for those who see the shutdowns as "corruption from the liberal Left" (when the Republican president first imposed it and last time I checked, "red states" had shutdowns too) is that those who don't want shutdowns are the same people who won't make the smallest sacrifices to prevent Coronavirus spread and subsequently shutdowns!!!
How hard is it to wear a mask? Have range between others? Those trafficking in toxic masculinity don't want to be touched anyway hahaha. Or wish to have personal space. Our children are the U.S. citizens making the biggest sacrifices not having school, sports, friendships, social development, etc. If children can do it, we adults can do it. I will limit social interaction for 60 weeks if it means another 60 healthy years of my life.
Coronavirus restrictions are no more a violation of amendment rights than laws to prevent drinking and driving: sure, you could be fine, but it's to prevent harm to OTHERS. And yourself. One day you might be on the receiving end of another's recklessness. Or your loved ones.
Bottom line: if everyone, not most people but everyone, does their part to limit spread then there will be no widespread shutdowns. Don't believe the partisan lies or propaganda.
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