I think I have written before that at the outset of the pandemic I, like most people, was willing to allow those who would ultimately be held responsible for the results of our response to err on the side of caution.
I, after all, was not going to wake up one day to discover that my inattention, indecision or error had caused a catastrophe.
That was then. This is now. Here is the only order, in my opinion, that any of us should be willing to obey given the vast amount of information we now have on the China Virus and its trajectory.
"If you are 60 years or older please stay at home as much as possible for the duration. You are at comparatively high risk of infection, severe symptoms and death. Wear a mask and distance when you must go out.
If you are less than 60 years old but suffer from heart disease, high blood pressure, diabetes, and/or respiratory illness please stay at home as much as possible for the duration. You are at comparatively high risk of infection, severe symptoms and death. Wear a mask and distance when you must go out.
While you may be willing to take your chances, that would be unfair to your fellow citizens. Medical resources will be impacted unnecessarily and medical services to others for China Virus infection and all other issues will be adversely affected if those of us at highest risk are careless. Wear a mask and distance when you must go out.
If you do not fall into either of the populations described above, please go about your business, carefully.
Wear a mask indoors in public places and stay as far from others as practical."
I find myself more and more persuaded that the Chinese released the virus intentionally, or, once it spread in China, allowed it out of the country intentionally for the sole purpose of derailing the re-election prospects of the only man in the western hemisphere they fear.
President Trump is the only leader who has stood up to them and has the nerve to stick to his principles. There was no chance of President Trump being defeated before the Chinese Virus entered the West. None.
They may have succeeded.
