As we are building herd immunity and despite the much reported “rise in infections” – which is and always was, inevitable and logical, the death rate continues to go down. This proves what people who did their research have known for a while: that Covid-19 is way less deadly than was feared.
Most people have realized by now that the Wuhan-Coronavirus can make you very sick for a while (like most viruses), can potentially kill you if you have a very weak immune system, are fragile and have other vulnerabilities (like the flu and most other viruses can), but that most people have little to no symptoms (which means the virus does not make them sick) and that this virus is no more deadly than many other diseases we have dealt with in the past (unless you count every traffic accident, heart attack and cancer fatality as a Covid-death).
Most people have also realized that shutting down businesses and forcing “distancing”, “quarantines” and other measures upon the entire population was a counterproductive overreaction that has cost tens of millions of Americans their jobs within just a couple of months. It lead to food shortages, exploding suicide rates and countless deaths because people don’t get medical treatment in time or at all, due to fear of “Covid.”
So why does the media and why do Democrats keep this fear up? Why do Democrat mayors and governors who, a couple of weeks ago, called upon thousands of people to gather (when they agreed with the cause), now double down on shutdowns and pass ever new petty restrictions and requirements to hassle and patronize everyone?
The true reason seems obvious when you look at November 3rd:
Donald Trump has been one of the most successful presidents in building an economy that has lifted up millions of Americans. Under Trump, minorities, especially hispanic and black Americans, have seen the lowest unemployment in the history of the United States.
Running against him is Joe Biden, who coerced Ukraine into firing a prosecutor who dared to look into his son’s actions at Burisma, and who has close personal economic ties to China, Americas most powerful adversary. Biden’s attitude towards women and children is likely not helping him either. His public statements in the last couple of years give reason to be concerned about his cognitive abilities declining rapidly.
So from a Biden-supporter perspective, having Biden in his basement (literally) and his face and mouth covered (ditto), is the best case scenario to give him somewhat of a shot this fall. Of course, this only works if it doesn’t look too obviously weird.
No wonder Biden wants to make these measures mandatory for the entire population, if he becomes president.
Forcing the entire population to behave in this irrational manner, makes Biden look less ridiculous. It also furthers the goal of harming the economy, which many Democrats believe is the best strategy to defeat Trump (despite it coming at a terrible cost for the vast majority of Americans, spare Jeff Bezos and the owners of Zoom).
It has, however, nothing to do with your health. Ask yourself: does it seem helpful to be touching a cloth in front of your mouth whenever you speak, eat, drink, can’t breathe, or it moves, and then touch other things with your fingers? Does it make sense to you that going to a rally with 5,000 people is safe, just because your governor agrees with the mission, but sitting at a bar with a handful of people, or in a pew with a couple dozen is not?
Don’t be surprised if your mayor soon says that letting children play with your leg hair or grabbing and sniffing a stranger is safe, while hiring people or having a police department or elected sheriff is not.
Thankfully, we get a say in this on November 3rd.
https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/505784-democrats-try-to-turn-now-into-november