I have hope that we will get through it and that, more importantly, that we will change from it, respect the earth, put more power into our more accountable and more humane state and local governments, find meaningful ways to live sustainably, and create the more beautiful world we all know is possible. Also as @MAS1581 has shown, if anyone gets it, they have greater chance of surviving it than previously thought. (Although the LA studies are deeply flawed and I wouldn't rely on those statistics).
But far from seeing this virus as weaker than we thought, it is turning out to be much more virulent than anyone ever imagined.
Why is it so virulent? They don't even know. But likely the large percentage of asymptotic people who have it and are shedding it everywhere they go. With other influenzas, we knew when someone was contagious. With covid, you have to behave as if everyone out there has it.
He is going to kill people
President Donald Trump suggested the possibility of an “injection” of disinfectant into a person infected with coronavirus as a coronavirus deterrent at the White House daily briefing on Thursday.
"I see the disinfectant that knocks it out in a minute, one minute. And is there a way we can do something like that by injection inside or almost a cleaning," the president said during the briefing, speaking to his health officials. "As you see it gets in the lungs, it does a tremendous number on the lungs, so it would be interesting to check that."
He did not specify the kind of disinfectant.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna1191216
@jessi1978 wtf smh (I've never before used the "wtf" text abbreviation, but it's a perfect response to the absurdity/lunacy of an injectable disinfectant.). Thanks for sharing, jessi1978 (I think?!).
I have felt for years now that Mother Nature or Mother Earth would eventually defend herself from the parasites known as mankind. If termites infested your home, eating it away bit by bit, would you not strike back? Would you care if some of the termites were good (compared to the other termites)? No. The earth does not need us to survive. It is we who need the earth. The covid-19 virus is the perfect way to thin out the parasites without harming other species.
it gets better he even suggested using UV Radiation. I mean he called it light he obviously doesn’t know big words. I subjected myself to hear his voice while he suggested this.
on Thursday suggested medical experts should study exposing the human body to heat and light as a treatment for the coronavirus during Thursday's White House briefing by the president's task force on the virus.
Reminds me of when they would treat TB patients with fresh air.
The only thing that Trump will kill is whatever remains of his brain cells, as well as those who continue to blindly follow him. But he doesn't know what he's talking about. Today, he talked about how sunlight kills the virus! I seem to recall that he told a rally of his faithful that the virus would disappear in the spring when the weather got warmer. Well, it's spring, and the weather is warmer. And we are now over 50,000 deaths, with the majority of these deaths occurring in the month of April.
Just wait as we watch the wreck that is Donald Trump continue to unravel. I wouldn't be surprised if he later claims that he always knew about the coronavirus and suggest that we all look directly at the sun to kill it (much as he looked directly at the sun during an eclipse back in 2017).
The majority of the country no longer listens to Trump. And the rest of them who want to listen to Trump and shoot themselves up with bleach...well, if they want to run that risk and probably not be around to vote in November, then there isn't much we can do to help them. Sadly, willful stupidity is something that we have yet to develop a cure for.
Personally, I can't wait for November to get here (assuming we make it that long without the country unraveling completely, of course). I can't wait to vote every single Trump supporter and Trump himself out of office. It doesn't matter that I live in a red state and surrounded by Trump supporters. I will be heard, and I hope there will be enough like me who are angry enough to make Trump and his supporters pay for what they have done, no matter what it takes. If I have to go to the voting booth in a Hazmat suit, then that is what I am going to do.
In the meantime, I will console myself with the knowledge that many people are still sane and don't believe Trump, which tells me that this country is not completely lost. Further, I will fantasize that one day Trump will be forced to resign before the election, stepping aside so that competent people can take control and save some lives.
I know. I know. For that to happen, Republicans would actually have to grow a conscience (and a pair, but that is another story). And since we know that Republicans will never, ever turn against Trump, then it won't happen, and many more innocent people will die in the meantime.
Or maybe Trump will go outside and look at the sun again to the point that he fries his brain completely in his quest to kill the coronavirus, leaving the Republicans no choice but to use the 23rd Amendment.
@jessi1978 We can only wonder how much longer people can stomach this behavior. I personally wrote letters to my Representatives in Congress expressing my outrage to this ignorant man! The world has moved on without us. I certainly agree with the prediction that WE WILL TAKE A BEATING. I can only hope that our democracy prevails in the mists of so many things going wrong at the same time.
I heard Nancy is bringing Imbleachment charges against dump!
@yogagirl I like the typo - "imbleachment" - goes with POTUS' moronic (and dangerous) proclamation that science should study the possible benefits of injecting disinfectant into people's veins.