COVID-19 Will Rage 'Like A Forest Fire' In Unprepared America, Top Doc Warns

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

COVID-19 will rage “like a forest fire” in a U.S. that has no clear plan to deal with it and has regressed to a dismissive, “pre-pandemic” attitude, a top infectious disease expert said Sunday.

America’s leadership is unfocused, Dr. Michael Osterholm told Chuck Todd on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” unlike other parts of the world that remain vigilant against the pandemic.

The spread of COVID-19 is “like a forest fire,” warned Osterholm, the director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota.

“I don’t think that this is going to slow down. I think that wherever there is wood to burn, this fire is going to burn. And right now we have a lot of susceptible people,” he said.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/covid-19-will-rage-like-a-forest-fire-in-unprepared-america-top-doc-warns/ar-BB15Pa7z?li=BBnb7Kz

So long as shit for brains is president any how.

[soothsayer]

1. We could really quash this with some concerted effort

That’s what’s so sad.

[Initech]

3. Also with competent leaders.

[Initech]

2. Notice the one thing that all the countries that have the most COVID cases have in common.

The US? We've got Trump.
The UK? They've got Boris Johnson.
Brazil? They've got Bolsonaro.
India? They've got Modi.

Yup, all the leaders named are super far right, anti-science climate change deniers. And as long as they're in charge, think of it like putting the Joker in charge of the Gotham Police Department - he'll never put out the fires and make things infinitely worse than they already are.

Maybe the earth is trying to send a message: don't fuck with fascism.

[erronis]

4. Good point. But maybe that's the point. The fascists want to kill the masses.

putin, trump, johnson, bolsonaro, modi.

All feel like they are above/better than the people.

There may even be a pact to encourage the spread of this pandemic, and if it's not enough to encourage more mass deaths.

[Initech]

5. Yeah Trump has another speech planned on Tuesday.

And no one is stopping him.

[uponit7771]

7. I didn't know Modi was right winger ... sucks

[Initech]

8. Yup he was elected on a platform of nationalism and Hindu supremacy.

John Oliver did a piece on him a few months ago:

[uponit7771]

9. 👍

[Delphinus]

10. I had been

thinking the same thing - looking at who the "leaders" were.

[Initech]

11. Yeah countries like Germany or New Zealand...

Where they have competent leaders, have done a pretty good job of squashing this thing. For now.

[C_U_L8R]

6. Don't believe in Darwin? Too bad.

He believes in you, trumpkopfs.