So I was watching CNN and they have Maria Cardona a Democrat strategist.
She basically said people will choose to Vote Biden as thry believe Biden will "Crush the Virus"
Yeah I know CNN is biased so and so.
But regardless of your political ideology is there really a logical reason why a different Person in office can suddenly crush the Virus?
They seem to be really confident Biden will fix this.
Are they implying Biden will Sniff the Virus away?
Would Biden help other countries and sniff the Viruses too?
Is this it?
Policy wise, Trump hasn't done anything all that out of the ordinary for a national leader with regard to dealing with Covid. I'm Canadian, and it's tough to find much difference between Trudeau and Trump. Both bailed people out with extended Unemployment Insurance types of benefits. Both supported and facilitated testing at pretty near the same levels. Ditto for travel restrictions. Feels like Trump has actually done more to support small business as they weather the storm. And then both let the States/Provinces dictate the rest.
But Trump's rhetoric and personal decisions haven't been helpful and have likely cost lives. He's undermined his own medical experts at every turn, leading to lower levels of compliance. He's not done much to stamp out odd conspiracy theories that make people go beyond non compliance toward downright flouting of the measures with things like Covid parties. And he's held events massive rallies that have spread the virus directly.
Overall, though, the US is in worse shape than a country like Canada for a number of reasons:
1. More, larger, and more international cities.
2. A citizenry that is much more invested in ideas of personal freedom and much less likely to comply with long term restrictions on that freedom.
3. Trump's continued super spreader events gathering thousands of people together over and over in various locations.
4. Ongoing left wing super spreader events in the BLM protests and riots happening throughout the country.
5. A sizeable underclass of people who have no choice but to live in close quarters, use public transit, and do not have adequate medical coverage.
Most of that doesn't change regardless of who is president. But, yes, some of it certainly does.