COVID-19 Update

We continue to level off a little. 

There's still a question as to the probability that the actual number of COVID-19 deaths is higher than we think - could be as much as 30% higher, because they can't account for "excess deaths".

The number of kids who've died in the last 4 or 5 months is troublesome as well. There's a bad uptick in the number of cases of "Pediatric Inflammatory Disorders" that isn't being well-explained.

as of 9AM EDT

As things "get better" (and as President Stoopid and his Rube Squad keep pushing the hyper-macho patriot bullshit), we're heading for a time that promises more unnecessary heartache and sorrow.

NYT:

Two of the federal government’s top health officials painted a grim picture of the months ahead on Tuesday, warning a Senate panel that the coronavirus pandemic was far from contained, just a day after President Trump declared that “we have met the moment and we have prevailed.”

The officials — Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, and Dr. Robert R. Redfield, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — predicted dire consequences if the nation reopened its economy too soon, noting that the United States still lacked critical testing capacity and the ability to trace the contacts of those infected.

“If we do not respond in an adequate way when the fall comes, given that it is without a doubt that there will be infections that will be in the community, then we run the risk of having a resurgence,” said Dr. Fauci, the longtime director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, who is at the forefront of efforts to find a coronavirus vaccine.

If states reopen their economies too soon, he warned, “there is a real risk that you will trigger an outbreak that you may not be able to control,” which could result not only in “some suffering and death that could be avoided, but could even set you back on the road to trying to get economic recovery.”
I think we all know a coupla things:

• 45* cares about nothing but his own short term benefit
• People believe what they want to believe, and 45* tells them what they want to hear

We also know that 45* has always ended up making things worse for himself, and he's always had to skate up to his next opportunity to fail in spectacular fashion, in order to escape whatever spectacular failure he's created at present.

Unless Republicans come to their senses and learn to cut their losses, we'll just keep stumbling towards a fully dystopian Daddy State.