The Partisan Divide on Issues

[Bob Butler 54]

(04-12-2020, 10:15 PM)Classic-Xer Wrote:

(04-12-2020, 06:57 PM)Eric the Green Wrote: Corona virus 19 is too new for science to have definitive information on it. Cures are being worked on, but what is certainly not viable and certainly dangerous is for Trump to trumpet a cure that no science supports in the hope it might persuade America to lift shelter in place and go back to normal and thus allow the virus to spread even more.

Is that Trumps fault? Is it Trump's fault that science doesn't have a magic wand or book with all the answers? So, when do we start lifting shelter in place and get back to normal so to speak? When does blue America think/feel will be the right time to start? I know blue America likes to drag it's feet more than Red America. I know that science is learning as we're going through this and it's hampered by lack of sound information and pretty much guessing at this point and most likely will not have any definitive answers for months and no vaccine for a year at least if not longer. I'm in the essential worker category but it is impacting my business right now.

Yes, it is Trump's fault.  China provided a lot of the answers and he ignored them.  It was less the science than China's autocratic regime, but the conservative values of placing the economy and Trump's reputation as more important than saving lives meant the well known answers were not implemented.

A lot of the reason science is guessing is the lack of testing.  This was caused by Trump dropping the ball.