Uncle Milty wrote:Wolfgang622 wrote:I will get slammed for this, but of all the appalling things Trump has said and done, the "one day the virus will just disappear" remark is low on my list. He's not exactly entirely wrong, for one thing: when viruses peter out, it tends to happen fast. It just comes across to me as an off-the-cuff remark from a science laymen, which he is.
Granted, the President should not make off-the-cuff unthought out remarks about something as serious as coronavirus, and that betrays his fundamental lack of empathy, but I don't find the remark to be in and of itself as ridiculous as people make it seem.
It's not the comment but the intention and the actions behind it.
Well, and the attaching of the specific date to it. Especially if you want to believe the book excerpts just posted that he was being provided, and actually paying attention to, information about the true seriousness and possible progress of the disease, the vast majority of which were more severe and all of which to this point were very uncertain. I mean, Presidents shouldn't really spout off and make of-the-cuff remarks anyway, since there's always people who will believe them. But if he felt compelled to do so, then simply add "we don't know when-could be months from now." I think it's a very important comment, in tandem with his initial push to open things up by Easter. Both are either willfully misleading or boneheadedly stupid, and sadly many people did and continue to take what he says seriously.
