Re:California's new lockdown could be brutal for the economy
by archagon on Tuesday July 14, 2020 @03:16PM
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Our federal leaders are clearly trying to pretend as hard as possible that the virus is a hoax (and failing).
Re:California's new lockdown could be brutal for the economy
by option on Tuesday July 14, 2020 @01:06PM
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a good reminder to people to vote in elections based on candidates’ track record and not based on FB/youtube ads
Re:California's new lockdown could be brutal for the economy
by AnimalMuppet on Tuesday July 14, 2020 @02:39PM
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"Who do you want running your country/state when a pandemic hits" is a different axis than most voters have historically decided on. We're finding out that competence matters, not just ideology.
Re:California's new lockdown could be brutal for the economy
by giardini on Friday July 17, 2020 @02:26AM
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AnimalPuppet says>""Who do you want running your country/state when a pandemic hits" is a different axis than most voters have historically decided on. We're finding out that competence matters, not just ideology."<
I am unconvinced that one should choose leaders based on the likelihood of a pandemic, nor do I believe that one can predict competence under such circumstances given our contentious political environment. Its all a crapshoot and someone has stolen the dice.
The public is so naive that they cannot comprehend a monotonically increasing function (e.g., total deaths/cases). The news daily points out "the total number of deaths/cases is increasing &c...", a trivial truism in an epidemic, yet it engenders fear and panic.