Masks, social distancing & lockdown mandates are not only a violation of our rights, they have also never been proven to stop a viral spread. Shocker!
This statement is obviously false. Look at Mainland China, Taiwan, South Korea. Of course there they also used flexible quarantines, electronic tracking and phone apps — measures U.S. governments and people refuse to even consider. Our Federal structure, distrust of government, insane political polarization and lack of social solidarity are obstacles ANY politician would face in dealing with this or any future contagious threat.
Everybody knows wearing a mask and social distancing is inconvenient. Nobody enjoys making such sacrifices. But our President has set a terrible example, from consciously lying to us about the seriousness of the threat to calling this a war and himself the General in charge, to dominating the daily press conferences with idiotic comments, all while not even wearing his own mask. Trump encouraged resistance to elected officials in Democratic states and divided the country unnecessarily ... as he always does. The severe economic disruption in the U.S., as well as the number of deaths here, would have been less — but probably still relatively high — had Trump just set a good example himself and allowed CDC spokesmen to take the lead.
Trump and all of us have certain responsibilities. Everybody agrees that so called “permanent lockdowns” are unsustainable. But there is no sense in denying that Trump campaign rallies where thousands do not wear masks are dangerous. Or that masks and social distancing and hand washing, etc., are important in slowing the spread of the pandemic and saving lives.
I got as far as your repusive reference to China as the political system we shoud emulate.
He spoke of RIGHTS and you responded by supporting the very antithesis thereof.
More stupidity on your part. I spoke of China AND Taiwan and South Korea, and I said nothing about “emulating.” But when assholes attack basic sanitary and anti-pandemic measures, even making up lies about the supposed ineffectiveness of measures that
have worked, there is something very wrong. We CAN learn something from Asian societies in this matter.
The U.S. can without doubt survive this virus pandemic, even if there are no vaccines, because Covid-19 effects mostly older people and its lethality is not especially high. But without preparing, without learning proper lessons and good habits from
this pandemic, we will certainly not be ready for future epidemics — or possible
real biological terrorism.
Certain crowded urban societies in Asia did much better than we did, recovered economically faster, adopted more flexible and scientific measures, had less chaotic political responses, actually came out of this experience stronger and more confident. Suppose the next pandemic has lethality like Ebola? Will you guys still be yelling about your individual rights and refusing to wear masks?