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How is your country dealing with the virus and are you happy with them?

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Graylight · 51-55, F
I'm not happy at all with the US response.

Abysmal preparation aside, we have a president so intent of laying blame and making up "clever" nicknames that he can barely keep track of the lies he tells.

We continue to fight the virus spread state by state as if a virus respected borders. We'll "wait" to see what happens in the East before we decide what to do in FL, as is India, China, Italy and Spain have not made that abundantly clear.

The states that do have shelter-at-home suggestions and mandates are virtually useless if they're written like this state's. Enormous swamps of infection still keep their doors open, from big box stores to landscapers, cosmetic surgeons, tire stores, clothing stores, any store that sells household items, services, clothing or other goods. Parks. Spring Break. Walmarts and Targets. Daycare centers. Cleaners. And a governor who will not twitch unless Trump commands it. You name it. The infection spread containment here is ZERO.

And people are praying to the altar of antibiotic gel rather than the much more effective and humble [i]bar of soap.[/i]

We'll survivie this latest crisis, but it will be in spite of ourselves.
MethDozer · M
@Graylight Yet when someone decided to a a shut down travel from the source your side called it drastic and racist. So it goes all around.
Burnley123 · 41-45, M
@MethDozer I supported travel shut down and I see the whole China virus thing as a distraction. I don't care if people call it that.

I think to talk of 'sides' is really reductive. Libertarians arent the only ones with different views.
MethDozer · M
@Burnley123 Here, talking about here.

To say it hasn't been bipartisan fucking up or that Trump hasn't made one rich decision is bullshit. Same with the contards saying Cuomo isn't doing a great job compared to anyone in Washington .
Graylight · 51-55, F
@MethDozer 1. Travel bans have been shown to have little positive effect.

2. A "side" doesn't represent me or my opinion.

3. To continue to make this pandemic political is to keep proving the point that every once in a while, the Earth should shrug us off.
MethDozer · M
@Graylightlol, and here we go with nonsense. Yeah, no way having people come from affected areas spread a it faster. Ceasing travel from infected areas is standard procedure.



You haven't been making political from day one?lol



Bleep-blop-bloop-blop🤖
Graylight · 51-55, F
@MethDozer Look at the research.

And no, this pandemic is not political fodder. Trump's utter incompetence at dealing with it [i]is[/i].
MethDozer · M
@Graylight When there is a new disease, you shut down travel.
from the source. It's standard procedure to help slow the spread.


You been politicizing it since the beginning. Save your semantics

Tell us what should be down?
Graylight · 51-55, F
@MethDozer https://blogs.cdc.gov/global/2014/10/13/cdc-director-why-i-dont-support-a-travel-ban-to-combat-ebola-outbreak/

https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?type=printable&id=10.1371/journal.pone.0016591

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1450020/

https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/full/10.1089/bsp.2014.1030

https://www.forbes.com/sites/judystone/2020/02/01/why-travel-bans-dont-work-during-an-outbreak-like-coronavirus/#3c5fd60653ea

https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/02/23/virus-travel-bans-are-inevitable-but-ineffective/

https://www.vox.com/2020/1/23/21078325/wuhan-china-coronavirus-travel-ban

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/14/trump-coronavirus-travel-ban-europe-us

https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/covid19-travel-bans-1.5495919

Want to keep playing?

No. The handling of the situation has been and should be politicized. The virus itself is not. It can't be, even if you believe it. IT IS A VIRUS.
MethDozer · M
@Graylight You're just as bad as the fox newsers.🤦‍♂️
daisymay · 51-55, T
@Burnley123 [quote]China virus[/quote]

You misspelled "Trump Pandemic". You're welcome.