May I make a humble request? Please stop with the political ranting and making up stories about how the U.S is handling this crisis. This is much too important a crisis to try to use it to demonize someone on the opposite side of the political spectrum. Some of these comments today are flat out wrong and spiteful.
"Back in January many Republican Senators ditched their stock right after a briefing about the impeding pandemic " Actually 3 Republican and 1 Democrat Senator dumped stock (out of 100 Senators) 1 was at the briefing.
" Trump's criminal family likely did the same thing and it makes you wonder if this isn't why Trump kept on stalling & claiming it was a hoax in order to give them cover. " Speculation based on what? Pure hate?
" All Canadians appear to be on the same page regarding this and obeying the rules. Meanwhile in the United States half the country is in denial and after having been brainwashed by Trump & Fox News still believe this is a hoax! " Really? I don't know of anyone in the U.S. who believes this is a hoax. This statement is really hurtful. I talked to one of my direct reports today who was in tears because of the stress. She's working from home with three kids who are doing schooling online. They are bored and she is trying to keep them interested in school while doing her job. She also looked at her oldest kid's college fund and its lost 1/3 of its value. Her child starts college in the Fall and she is worried about being able to pay for it. And then to go out grocery shopping and seeing empty shelves. Believe me, no one in the U.S. thinks this is a hoax.
" the government already has a lot of blood on its hands for basically staying put ever since learning about the first infection back in December." Actually January.
" WHO offered the Trump administration their testing kits last January but Trump said he didn't need them " Total lie. WHO never offered the testing kits to the U.S. because they were concentrating on the more needy countries. This is easily verified by a simple google search.
At the end of an exhausting day of work and commiserating with colleagues, I am really saddened by posts like this. I don't know why someone who is such a great poster, who I love reading would write this. I know the other day Fradi said that he thought "Canadians in general are a bit more polite and have a slightly deeper social conscience towards each other." I hope that's true and I hope people will continue in that vein while this crisis continues and affects all of us around the world.
From Chernobyl TV series:
What is the cost of lies? It’s not that we will mistake them for the truth. The real danger is that, if we hear enough lies, then we no longer recognize the truth at all. What can we do then? What else is left but to abandon even the hope of truth and content ourselves instead with stories? In these stories, it doesn’t matter who the heroes are. All we want to know is who is to blame.