Silence the experts
Meanwhile, in between COVID parties, we should also prevent medical experts from keeping us informed, because if we’re not informed, we won’t realize how badly Trump is fucking up.
Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.) on Thursday called for the White House to dissolve its coronavirus task force so that health officials like Anthony Fauci and Deborah Birx are prevented from contradicting many of President Trump’s “stated goals and actions” when it comes to the economy.
Maricopa County, part of which Biggs represents, has seen record-breaking spikes in coronavirus cases recently, with more than 52,000 total cases and 817 deaths — the highest in the state.
Therefore, let’s cover it up.
What Biggs said:
“As our economy is restored, it is imperative that President Trump is not undermined in his mission to return our economy to greatness. Dr. Anthony Fauci and Dr. Deborah Birx continue to contradict many of President Trump’s stated goals and actions for returning to normalcy as we know more about the COVID-19 outbreak.
This is causing panic that compromises our economic recovery. We can protect our most vulnerable from the COVID-19 outbreak while still protecting lives and livelihoods of the rest of the population. It’s time for the COVID-19 task force to be disbanded so that President Trump’s message is not mitigated or distorted.”
Notice he doesn’t explain how “we can protect our most vulnerable from the COVID-19 outbreak while still protecting lives and livelihoods of the rest of the population.” I’m guessing that’s because he doesn’t know how, and that that’s because it’s not true: we can’t.
Except that quite clearly they don’t give a rats arse about protecting any vulnerable people. Those most at risk are people in over-crowded conditions with underlying health conditions. Overwhelmingly poor, black or brown and those in prisons. I’m sure it wouldn’t take too much investigative reporting to find Trumpers declaring the mass death of such types a benefit to society.
I disagree. All that is needed is for every Trump supporter to wear a thick black bag over their head 24/7, large enough to permit steady sipping from a bottle of disinfectant while shambling and stumbling around.
Where there’s a will, there’s always a way.
To be fair, Maricopa County has a population of 4,485,000, so 817 deaths is about 182 deaths per 1 million people, which is less than half of the US rate.
The best source I have found on Covid-19 stats is https://www.statista.com/statistics/1104709/coronavirus-deaths-worldwide-per-million-inhabitants/
“Published by Raynor de Best, Jul 1, 2020
Based on a comparison of coronavirus deaths in 183 countries relative to their population, Belgium had the most losses to COVID-19 up until July 1, 2020. As of the same date, the virus had infected over 10.4 million people worldwide, and the number of deaths had totaled more than 511,000. Note, however, that COVID-19 test rates can vary per country. Additionally, big differences show up between countries when combining the number of deaths against confirmed COVID-19 cases.”
Comparative rates per million inhabitants for death and infection puts the whole issue into best perspective IMHO.
eg.
Confirmed deaths (absolute) Population (in millions) Deaths per million
Belgium 9,747 11.42 853.35
United Kingdom 43,730 66.49 657.7
Spain 28,355 46.72 606.86
Italy 34,767 60.43 575.31
Sweden 5,333 10.18 523.71
France 29,777 66.99 444.52
USA 127,244 327.17 388.93
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Australia 104 24.99 4.16
and all the way down to
Rwanda 2 12.3 0.16
Burundi 1 11.18 0.09
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