You need to read both of these articles.
Below are two stories from our most savvy writers about the state of America dealing with the virus, and it looks like we are in a very serious crisis with no way out.
Basically the government has abandoned us all, and is essentially saying fend for yourselves and good luck. Per Wallace-Wells the pandemic will peak in May, so our present bubble of normality is not going to last much longer.
Good luck to all of you, and use your common sense and if I see anything useful I will pass it on......
David Wallace-Wells....
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What we are seeing right now is the collapse of civic authority and public trust at what is only the beginning of a protracted crisis. In the face of an onrushing pandemic, the United States has exhibited a near-total evacuation of responsibility and political leadership — a sociopathic disinterest in performing the basic function of government, which is to protect its citizens.
Things will get worse from here.
Frank Rich.....
Way, way out of his depth. Photo: Evan Vucci/Shutterstock
Most weeks, New York Magazine writer-at-large Frank Rich speaks with contributor Alex Carp about the biggest stories in politics and culture. Today, Trump’s response to the coronavirus, Joe Biden’s chances as a general-election candidate, and the generational divide among voters in the Democratic primaries.
Despite announcing some measures in his television address last night, Donald Trump is reportedly “not comfortable with the optics” of formally declaring a coronavirus emergency — and delivering the resources that declaration would release — as more and more reporting has begun to detail how the crisis has been mismanaged by the federal government. Is this the crisis that will doom the Trump administration?
The most urgent question is not whether the coronavirus is the crisis that will doom the Trump administration. It is whether the Trump administration is the crisis that will doom America.
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