As a healthcare worker, I am dumbfounded at our elected officials refusal to wear a mask. For the last two months, president Trump has trashed mask wearing, undermining his own government's advice.
2012 GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain condemned masks. I just learned yesterday that Cain is now hospitalized infected with COVID-19, less than two weeks after attending Trump's Tulsa, Nuremberg rally.
Texas Governor, Greg Abbott, who had said he did not believe in mandatory masks, is now reversing himself and is threatening people with fines up to $250 dollars. Last Wednesday, Texas reported almost 9,000 new cases, the highest one day total in Texas since the start of the pandemic.
Texas and Florida governors have been miserable failures protecting their citizens because they cared more about pleasing Trump. Two days ago, Florida shattered records with over 10,000 new COVID-19 cases in a single day.
As a healthcare worker, I've witnessed firsthand, friends and co-workers infected with COVID-19. I don't want to become another COVID-19 statistic.
As of today, July 3, 2020, the number of Americans who have died from COVID-19 is 130,000 people. I am not Nostradamus, but at this rate of daily infections, I predict that by Labor Day we will surpass the 200,000 mark. Our government response to this pandemic has been a complete and utter disaster. Our government has failed us.
About 100 million registered American voters did not cast a ballot in 2016. There's the old adage that "every nation gets the government it deserves". If you don't vote, you should not be complaining about the incompetence of Trump's regime. You had a chance to have a say in the outcome, and you blew it.
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You're right. Not wearing a mask is irrational. Why wouldn't you want to protect yourself and others from real health risk? The politicians (and President) who turned this simple public health precaution into a "political" ought to be ashamed of themselves. They are responsible for people getting sick.
ReplyDeleteI simply don't understand how we got to this point.
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