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I’m happy to hear how exactly my statement is biased. Fox News just fired Trish Regan for stating that Coronavirus was “another attempt by Democrats to impeach

I’m happy to hear how exactly my statement is biased. Fox News just fired Trish Regan for stating that Coronavirus was “another attempt by Democrats to impeach Trump.” That statement came just a few weeks after Trump himself claimed that concern around the virus was also a liberal hoax. Days after making that statement, he said that cases would drop to zero in a few days, we’re now in the hundreds of thousands. When asked why he cut the pandemic preparedness unit at his National Security Council, he claimed he had no idea that happened, despite video surfacing that shows him talking about those cuts in 2018. Doctors in NYC are days away from having to decide who lives and dies because there won’t be enough respirators for everyone, they’ve already set up refrigerated trailers to store bodies. Testing still isn’t widely available even though we were all told it would be weeks ago. We’re now at hundreds of thousands infected, thousands dead, and no end to this in sight, given that the president has now pushed social distancing measures to the end of April. What gives you confidence about this situation?

war1025 7y ago
> I’m happy to hear how exactly my statement is biased. Re-reading your comment, I think probably the main issue I have with it probably just comes down to us thinking of different people when we see the word "conservative". I agree that people exist who fit exactly what you described. I just think that's a much smaller slice of the population than (I assumed) you believe. > We’re now at hundreds of thousands infected, thousands dead, and no end to this in sight Welcome to a pandemic. Americans today aren't used to being vulnerable. If anything, it's just a reminder of how thin the facade we project on the world actually is.
- magduf 7y ago
  >Welcome to a pandemic. Americans today aren't used to being vulnerable. If anything, it's just a reminder of how thin the facade we project on the world actually is. No, the problem is that America has an incompetent government. China, Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan have shown how to handle this thing with reasonable degrees of competence. We have not. Plagues and diseases have been around since long before humans. Dealing with them is one of the functions of civilized society, and ours is failing, while other nations are doing far better jobs. But of course, Americans never want to look outside their borders at how other countries do things.

war1025 7y ago

> I’m happy to hear how exactly my statement is biased. Re-reading your comment, I think probably the main issue I have with it probably just comes down to us thinking of different people when we see the word "conservative". I agree that people exist who fit exactly what you described. I just think that's a much smaller slice of the population than (I assumed) you believe. > We’re now at hundreds of thousands infected, thousands dead, and no end to this in sight Welcome to a pandemic. Americans today aren't used to being vulnerable. If anything, it's just a reminder of how thin the facade we project on the world actually is.

magduf 7y ago
>Welcome to a pandemic. Americans today aren't used to being vulnerable. If anything, it's just a reminder of how thin the facade we project on the world actually is. No, the problem is that America has an incompetent government. China, Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan have shown how to handle this thing with reasonable degrees of competence. We have not. Plagues and diseases have been around since long before humans. Dealing with them is one of the functions of civilized society, and ours is failing, while other nations are doing far better jobs. But of course, Americans never want to look outside their borders at how other countries do things.