These daily breifings by Drumpf are beyond unhelpful.

As of the 23rd, the NYTimes reports–and all apparent evidence from statements by POTUS and his underlings support–that Drumpf wants to stop the social distancing strategies and call for everyone to just go about their business, go back to work, commute, etc, amid the ongoing pandemic. This is a ridiculously bad idea.

Leaving it here as a time stamp: On the morning of 24 Mar 2020 there are a reported 6,077 deaths in Italy due to a coronavirus infection. At the same time, in the US, there are 591 deaths from the same. Drumpf has spoken of returning back to normal after March 31st.

I’m glad I live in a city with a Mayor who has shut things down through April 7th at least; my hope is leaders in more cities will provide this sort of leadership and take the tough choices required to help us move forward with the minimum amount of irreplaceable loss.

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