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1. As soon as Trump decided this was a political issue instead of a public health issue

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Sun Dec 6, 2020, 11:31 PM

Dec 2020

There was no chance it was going to turn out any other way.

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Makes you ask why the hell we even bother.' Infectious disease experts face disillusionment as COVID [View all] sinkingfeeling Dec 2020 OP

As soon as Trump decided this was a political issue instead of a public health issue gratuitous Dec 2020 #1

This had us fearful as soon as he gained the presidency eleny Dec 2020 #7

When this virus was first being mentioned openly in late January I all but panicked. herding cats Dec 2020 #17

You beat me by a month eleny Dec 2020 #30

+1000 smirkymonkey Dec 2020 #10

Exactly stated. joshcryer Dec 2020 #18

+1 uponit7771 Dec 2020 #40

and yet 74 million Americans wanted more of him Skittles Dec 2020 #49

It is. I am at the point of breaking the country in half, with a Blue_true Dec 2020 #54

K&R. Absolutely the best take on this horror show that I have seen Rhiannon12866 Dec 2020 #2

We had all the way anti-leadership. NCjack Dec 2020 #4

And it has caused nothing but trouble, the only reason we're in bad shape now Rhiannon12866 Dec 2020 #6

Sinkingfeeling certainly hits it on the head. Arne Dec 2020 #3

i've been following Mina on youtube barbtries Dec 2020 #5

Thanks for the Medcram link. Dr. Mina is on it. peacebuzzard Dec 2020 #31

thanks for checking it out peacebuzzard! barbtries Dec 2020 #32

I was lucky to catch your post; Mina has zeroed in on the problem. peacebuzzard Dec 2020 #35

totally. barbtries Dec 2020 #37

He is neglecting 1 thing. A certain percentage of the population who found out that they were LiberalArkie Dec 2020 #44

This is true in the town where I currently live, trying to ride out the pandemic. peacebuzzard Dec 2020 #46

Thank you Boston. sheshe2 Dec 2020 #8

So depressing Ohiogal Dec 2020 #9

Mine as well! samplegirl Dec 2020 #51

decades of hate-propaganda turned "Harvard" into a dirty word Blues Heron Dec 2020 #11

Haven't failed as a country . . . Aussie105 Dec 2020 #12

a Country is handmade34 Dec 2020 #13

So each person is supposed to fight a pandemic on their own? Rugged sinkingfeeling Dec 2020 #15

Rugged individualism has nothing to do with it. Aussie105 Dec 2020 #21

+1 uponit7771 Dec 2020 #43

We should start openly challenging the GOP as the party of personal responsibility. Volaris Dec 2020 #19

Agree and disagree Cosmocat Dec 2020 #38

Disagree, Trump never federated a response to a national disaster and openly left it "up to the ... uponit7771 Dec 2020 #42

Lack of leadership. When a real leader asks us, we can do great things. tclambert Dec 2020 #14

Can you imagine Trump facing a Pearl Harbour? Ligyron Dec 2020 #25

He'd blame it on the Democrats. Then call it a hoax. tclambert Dec 2020 #27

Then he'd bomb the shit out of Canada durablend Dec 2020 #47

If my grandparents had reacted to WWII the way Republicans reacted to Covid DBoon Dec 2020 #52

We're a nation that values capital over human life. Yavin4 Dec 2020 #16

+1 n/t area51 Dec 2020 #34

McConnell sure does. bdamomma Dec 2020 #36

+1000 llmart Dec 2020 #41

Every business owner who fights against lockdowns DBoon Dec 2020 #53

God forbid if we close down Appelbee's for 2 weeks. n/t Yavin4 Dec 2020 #55

K&R MustLoveBeagles Dec 2020 #20

I guess you have to find meaning in saving the people you can save. BobTheSubgenius Dec 2020 #22

Fauci said he expected three completely different pandemics to hit Arne Dec 2020 #24

Hey - welcome aboard! BobTheSubgenius Dec 2020 #39

It's fundamentally a lack of love that brought us to this place. patphil Dec 2020 #23

Kate McKinnon's SNL skit from 2016 was prophetic - Hwe Will Kill US All iluvtennis Dec 2020 #26

I was on a cruise to Hawaii, March 1-18. PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2020 #28

"as a country, we have truly no moral capacity to do it" DallasNE Dec 2020 #29

Money and power are the only organizing principles in the conservative world. jayschool2013 Dec 2020 #33

Looks like two generations of the dumbassification of America has worked. ancianita Dec 2020 #45

As Dan Rather put it: ananda Dec 2020 #48

back door housecat Dec 2020 #50