And this is my point. There's no explanation for exactly what Trump hasn't done that he should have or what makes him different from any other leader of the other nations who are not being criticized for what they apparently failed to do.
This is why people won't fall for it.
Availability of testing, restrictions on domestic travel, cancellation of public gatherings, social distancing. His failure to do any of this will be his downfall if this gets anywhere close to as bad as it’s gotten in Italy.
For sake of comparison, what happens to Trump’s reelection campaign if most of the country survives relatively unscathed, but Florida ends up looking like northern Italy?
That’s one state, with a pretty good health care system, an elderly population, and no reported cases until yesterday. If nobody in Florida really had the virus, no problem, containment kicked into gear this week in the private sector, maybe it’s not too late. But, late last week Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville put its COVID-19 management plan into place. The health care industry saw the trend before the testing began. Tourist activity was ongoing, nobody was quarantined, business as usual. Meanwhile, you’ve got a large elderly population, bigger than normal due to snowbirds, who weren’t being informed enough of their risk to take adequate precaution.
Add to that an estimated 100k underreported infections in Ohio, that could mean thousands dead even with a conservative mortality rate. Another swing state, looking for someone who let its voters die due to lame inaction.
Trump’s not projected to win the popular vote, if he fucks this up any worse, he’s gonna lose the election, and deservedly so.
