"We're Not Going To Control The Pandemic"

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1. Well, Mike Coffman's got it now, along with a chunk of Pence's inner circle. Makes me sad to see a statement like Meadows' on pandemic control, because there might actually be glimmers of hope for vaccines and treatments in the not-too-distant future. Taking the "control" aspect more seriously right now might help more folks reach the time of medical solutions without serious health damage or death, plus reduce the impact on medical professionals and hospitals, some of which are experiencing real tests of their capacity.

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   1. To paraphrase John Kerry, "Who wants to be the last person to die before a vaccine comes out."  These folks simply don't care who dies as long as they hold on to power.

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      1. The Spreader in Chief is killing off his own supporters. He has left a wake of increased COVID19 cases at all of his rallies. It’s a doomsday cult.

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         1. Given their eerily similar position on climate change, this doesn't seem to be a big surprise. This article is from 2014 – you can see how well their plan is working!

            Stay the course! The voters are about to [______________] I'll let Nutter fill in the blank. 

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2. Can't control the pandemic or provide pandemic relief, or reunite children we kidnapped at the border, but we have plenty of time for superspreader rallies, ramming a religious nutjob through to the supreme court, and conducting unconscionable federal executions en masse.  Welcome to the fascist GOP.  Wait, that's redundant now

    

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3. The history books will repeat the sad commentary – it didn't have to happen.  Hopefully, they will tell how the American people went out and turned the tide by voting en masse.

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   1. Here's hoping literacy, a sine qua non for history books, still exists in the future U.S. of A.

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      1. There is a future for recorded history but it has to be rewritten first:

         1776 Commission

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      2. That’s my job, and that of all the other teachers in the world. I’m retired and substituting / tutoring now, so I get to see the spectrum of public education under COVID conditions.
          

         What I see is a widening divide between the literate and the non-literate students, exacerbated by hybrid classes of in-person and “remote” learners.
          

         Students who were literate, motivated and high-achieving before the pandemic love the new normal. Half their week they can sleep in, go to “school” in their jammies, do homework when and where they like. If parents are supportive and able to be at home, parents are pushing these kids o learn and achieve. Half their week they’re in tiny classes. All the distracting kids are at home or somewhere, so school is a much more pleasant experience for those who want to learn.

         But what about those kids who don’t show up online or in person, who are failing in droves?  ( most regular teachers admit to a 30-60% failure rate for online classes held to pre-pandemic standards). 
          

         They will be a lost generation, I’m afraid, half-literate, pressed into service as emergency babysitters for younger siblings, lacking technology and internet access. This seems to be 20-30% of the entire public school population, especially in poor and working class areas. They were already behind, lacking quality preschool experiences or English fluency. Now,in spite of home visits and social services and the best heroic, dedicated educators can do, they’re falling even further behind. 
          

         Not everyone agrees- some take a more optimistic view.  But what I see is a growing chasm between educated and uneducated students. 

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         1. Thanks for the first-hand insight, k-dub, grim though it may be.

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4. Late March Sunday services at The Called Church in Chesapeake, Virginia:

   “Lord, I don’t believe it’s luck or happenstance that even though both he and the vice president have been exposed to the virus, neither of them has it,” Jackson continued. “Lord, we know that is not mere luck. That’s your protection on the leaders of this nation so they can guide us through this difficult time without being hampered by this disease on a personal level.”

   So much for dump's being the 'chosen one'.

   pence needs to reveal to the nation how he avoids infection. If he's using antibodies as a preventative that noone outside the administration has access to that needs to be revealed.

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5. Mike Pence has a COVID spread inside his team:   Chief of Staff, outside political advisor, body man, and at least two others.  Yet he will continue campaigning, claiming the White House Medical Unit was consulted and okayed the activity since he was an "essential worker."

   I've read the document from Trump's own Department of Homeland Security, outlining conditions to determine who is essential and a LONG list of example jobs considered critical.  Vice President going campaigning doesn't seem to be there.

   Those exposed to COVID on the Joint Chiefs of Staff isolated themselves.  Why Pence is more essential than the Generals and Admirals who are Chiefs of Staff, I don't know.

   No wonder the Sad!-ministration cannot control the pandemic — they are acting on their own sense of need and not recognizing public health guidance.

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