midnightpulp
04-01-2020, 06:49 PM
Fuck all this political football shit. Seems, once again, the red and blue teams are assigning blame to "other side," when what we should be actually doing is proverbially putting the axe to ANYBODY who bungled the coronavirus response.
The Bunglers:
Bill De Blasio (from an interview with Jake Tapper):
Playing a series of video clips of the Democratic mayor telling city residents to “go about your lives” over the past couple of months, Tapper noted that de Blasio delivered that message to the city as recent as March 13.
“In retrospect, is that message, at least in part, to blame for how rapidly the virus has spread across the city?” Tapper wondered aloud.
“Jake, we should not be focusing, in my view, on anything looking back on any level of government right now,” de Blasio deflected. “This is just about how we save lives going forward.”
Dr. Oxiris Barbot. Tweeted herself at the New York Lunar New Year celebration surrounded by thousands of people, saying that there's nothing to worry about.
Ron DeSantis. Didn't shit off the pot until today with a mandatory stay-at-home order. Kept the beaches open far too long.
The CDC. Lack of funding or not, I don't understand how a proclaimed "world leader" in disease control can fuck up something as presumably simple as a coronavirus test.
The Trump Administration. Had one stopped clock moment in closing down travel with China, but for weeks, continuously insisted that this was nothing more than a little flu and it'd be gone in a week, and after that week ended, it'd be gone in a week, and after that week ended, it'd be gone in week. Now Trump is facing the prospect of a high five or six figure death count on his watch.
The WHO. I'll leave this here. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-who-idUSKBN1ZU1C2. And the Taiwanese interview with one of their officials really illustrates how much they are in China's pocket.
Fox News (one person exempting, who will be on the heroes list): Should go without saying.
There is NO excusing any of the above, even if they came around and eventually "did the right thing." If you excuse any or deflect blame, you're obviously a Blue team or Red team shill and care nothing about truth and integrity.
The Heroes:
London Breed. Issued the nation's first shelter-in-place order on March 16, which has played a big role in containing the outbreak in the Bay Area.
Gavin Newsom. Issued the nation's first statewide shelter-in-place order.
Tucker Carlson. An immense piece of shit usually, but he was the only Fox News anchor to break rank and take the coronavirus seriously. There's even speculation that it was because of him that Trump finally took it with some degree of seriousness.
And all the brave men and women working as doctors, nurses, grocers, checkers, stockers, baggers, truckers, warehouse workers, who are keeping society running. Aside from doctors, these typically undervalued trades are being cast in a new light of just how tremendously valuable they are (vis a vis some techbro billionaire who creates some worthless app or social media platform).
The Bunglers:
Bill De Blasio (from an interview with Jake Tapper):
Playing a series of video clips of the Democratic mayor telling city residents to “go about your lives” over the past couple of months, Tapper noted that de Blasio delivered that message to the city as recent as March 13.
“In retrospect, is that message, at least in part, to blame for how rapidly the virus has spread across the city?” Tapper wondered aloud.
“Jake, we should not be focusing, in my view, on anything looking back on any level of government right now,” de Blasio deflected. “This is just about how we save lives going forward.”
Dr. Oxiris Barbot. Tweeted herself at the New York Lunar New Year celebration surrounded by thousands of people, saying that there's nothing to worry about.
Ron DeSantis. Didn't shit off the pot until today with a mandatory stay-at-home order. Kept the beaches open far too long.
The CDC. Lack of funding or not, I don't understand how a proclaimed "world leader" in disease control can fuck up something as presumably simple as a coronavirus test.
The Trump Administration. Had one stopped clock moment in closing down travel with China, but for weeks, continuously insisted that this was nothing more than a little flu and it'd be gone in a week, and after that week ended, it'd be gone in a week, and after that week ended, it'd be gone in week. Now Trump is facing the prospect of a high five or six figure death count on his watch.
The WHO. I'll leave this here. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-who-idUSKBN1ZU1C2. And the Taiwanese interview with one of their officials really illustrates how much they are in China's pocket.
Fox News (one person exempting, who will be on the heroes list): Should go without saying.
There is NO excusing any of the above, even if they came around and eventually "did the right thing." If you excuse any or deflect blame, you're obviously a Blue team or Red team shill and care nothing about truth and integrity.
The Heroes:
London Breed. Issued the nation's first shelter-in-place order on March 16, which has played a big role in containing the outbreak in the Bay Area.
Gavin Newsom. Issued the nation's first statewide shelter-in-place order.
Tucker Carlson. An immense piece of shit usually, but he was the only Fox News anchor to break rank and take the coronavirus seriously. There's even speculation that it was because of him that Trump finally took it with some degree of seriousness.
And all the brave men and women working as doctors, nurses, grocers, checkers, stockers, baggers, truckers, warehouse workers, who are keeping society running. Aside from doctors, these typically undervalued trades are being cast in a new light of just how tremendously valuable they are (vis a vis some techbro billionaire who creates some worthless app or social media platform).