There's a point to all this. Bear with me. I think it will be worth it, if only for the entertainment value. Unfortunately, you have to wade through Trump melting down some more to get there. You can do it!
On the same day that fired-infectious disease expert Dr. Rick Bright testified before Congress about the disastrous ineptitude of the Trump administration whose mismanagement has deeply-worsened the spread of the coronavirus to the extent, he says, that if actions aren't taken soon we could be facing the coldest winter in our nation's history -- Trump went on a field trip to Pennsylvania to prove him right. Trump was just warming up in the first video clip below, but he began to hit his stride when talking about testing, a subject he's made clear in recent days he finds literally unnecessary.
To put it as succinctly and politely as possible without one's head exploding, this is utterly insane, even by Trump standards. Hey, if we didn't test children for the chicken pox, we would learn of no cases, it would cease to exist, and that would eradicate the disease out of existence. If we didn't look outside to see if it's raining when it's raining, we would have very few thunderstorms rain and get rid of flooding. If we didn't check the cash register at the end of day and balance, we would have very few cases of petty theft. Best of all, If we didn't weigh ourselves, we wouldn't ever gain weight. But even worse, After veering off-track to rant about "globalists" (which tends to be not-so coy code name for "Jews"), Trump got refocused and went on about testing. And with the same top-notch grasp of medicine that got us a recommendation to drink bleach and disinfectant, he determined the one thing that actual experts say is the most critical thing to do to avert a pandemic is...I have a hard time typing this..."overrated."
Which all culminates in his demeaning the concept of social distancing. But what stands out is not that he veers off and bizarrely speaks out against social distancing -- but why he does so. Because (and this will shock no one) of how it affects him.
So, there was Trump yesterday. Complaining about whether testing is necessary. Pondering whether if there wasn't any testing if there would even be a problem. Whining about social distancing.
And all the while 86,912 Americans have already died. That are confirmed. Which leads me to whole point of this. That I was I was watching this brief video clips, one after another after another, one thing came to mind. A classic song by the great Tom Lehrer. I offer it here --
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