End of Trump's social distancing rules spurs fears of virus rebound

[TomCADem]

Source: MSN

But as President Donald Trump repeatedly declares that “we’re opening our country again,” the inconsistent patchwork of state, local and business decision-making is exactly what could drive a second wave of the coronavirus — or potentially prolong the current outbreak.

Instead of the national campaign to get people to stay home, the White House is leaving states with a set of CDC recommendations. They aren’t binding, and they aren’t all specific. That could lead to unexpected spikes across the country — sometimes in new places that didn’t see a bad outbreak, but also in cities that were recovering, only to suffer a setback.

“It’s going to take a long time for us to really wrestle this one down,” said Anne Schuchat, the deputy director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in a brief online conversation with a medical journal Wednesday. “The extent to which this [disease] is challenging, it’s hard to overstate.”

The U.S. death toll is still rising, often by 1,500 to 2,000 a day. It passed 60,000 on Wednesday, according to the Johns Hopkins University tracker, a number that Trump had until recently predicted the country would not exceed.

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/end-of-trumps-social-distancing-rules-spurs-fears-of-virus-rebound/ar-BB13ohdJ?li=BBnb7Kz

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This is confusing as all heck. It is one thing to end mandatory stay at home orders, but to suddenly end social all distancing? That is insane.

[DrToast]

1. Trump doesn't set rules

[sandensea]

8. Exactly. It's amazing how shameless some of these headlines are.

Presstitutes.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

16. He said that social distancing at the Air Force Academy's commencement was "P.C."

Link to tweet

[Walleye]

2. He is jonesing for his hate rallies. He believes that's how to win the election

And he is in serious need of adoring crowds. Probably because he has no friends.

[Initech]

9. Exactly what I've been saying.

This is all about those damn MAGA rallies. He wants to declare victory in front of his adoring fans, and they will believe him. Despite that he'll get a lot of people killed in the process.

[demgrrrll]

3. Someone said he is looking for chaos to cover all the things that are coming out in May. NT

[Timewas]

4. Personally

I really don;t give a rats ass what he says and sure as hell would noty put my life out there on his word.If his "people" want to go out there and have parties let them go for it..

[SWBTATTReg]

5. We're opening our Country again! What an idiot. Like 'it'll go to zero very soon', eh?

Worthless POS.

[hedda_foil]

6. Insanity. Pure, unadulterated insanity.

My college hasn't decided about fall classes but there's no way this doesn't explode the curve upwards for the next several months at least. Our Summer F2F classes are already cancelled. I'm going to try to move my six fall courses online with zoom. Got a lot of reworking to do.

[Igel]

7. The reporters have confused the two.

When they say that they're the same, they're using their truthiness skills.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truthiness

[BigmanPigman]

10. CA will now close all beaches and parks..the Gov has the final word in CA, not Crazy Lump.

"Gov. Gavin Newsom will order all beaches and state parks closed Friday after tens of thousands of people flocked to the seashore last weekend during a heat wave despite his stay-at-home order, according to a memo sent Wednesday evening to police chiefs around the state."

And in San Diego...

"San Diego leaders said Wednesday that the county's stay-at-home order will be EXTENDED INDEFINITELY, as they lean on the state for guidance on reopening."

"The county will extend to order on Thursday, according to San Diego County Public Health Officer Dr. Wilma Wooten. In terms of opening up, as you heard from the governor yesterday, any jurisdiction opening up is contingent on the guidance and direction of the governor of California," said Wooten. "So we cannot open back up until the state gives the green light to do so."

In other words, CA says, "Fuck tRump!".

https://www.10news.com/news/local-news/san-diego-county-to-extend-stay-at-home-order-as-officials-lean-on-states-guidance
https://www.10news.com/news/local-news/when-where-youll-have-to-wear-face-coverings-in-san-diego

[JohnnyRingo]

11. Now it's a MAGA rally in search of a state.

Like some Darwin contest to see which governor's state gets to hold the first post corona rally.

[machoneman]

14. Good, let them rally now and a lot. Meaning simply those red states will have an even bigger....

die off than the dinosaurs. Fewer MAGATS alive means more of us to vote. And hey, they are headed for this disaster by following His Orangelordship's advice. It's a free county, let them (although we hope they take zero Democrats with them).

[SergeStorms]

13. Rebound?

I wasn't aware that the virus had gone away. Silly me.

[rocktivity]

15. Ending social distancing without beginning mass testing and proper quarantining

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is nothing short of genocide.

I can only conclude that Trump wants a second wave that will drag on through the summer in time to put the next election in doubt.


rocktivity