Coronavirus

I don't publish pictures from other websites unless they're identified as being in the public domain. But in this case, I feel compelled. When I opened up my Facebook account this morning, I had a story fed to me from George Lakoff. (If you don't know George, this is an excellent time to get acquainted. His book Don't Think of an Elephant -- https://www.amazon.com/All-New-Dont-Think-Elephant/dp/B00ODI4G82/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=don%27t+think+of+an+elephant&qid=1585129271&sr=8-2 -- is one of the most important books I've ever read...and I've read a whole lot of books.) And it included this illustration:

I don't think this can be said often or loudly enough: Donald Trump does not give one gram of shit about everyday people in the United States of America. We are cannon fodder to him. Can you imagine the horror that would be unleashed if our hospitals became so overwhelmed...which is already happening in several places, of course...that people are just left to die from Covid-19 with no treatment? Have you ever had a hard time catching your breath? Can you imagine dying that way? I watched my father die that way. It was a horrible death...and it wasn't quick. The only blessing for him was that he was unconscious. And he was unconscious because he was in a hospital where they could at least give him that comfort. If the hospitals fail, you won't get that comfort.

And get this: if we would all just stay the fuck away from each other for two weeks, this would all be over. Are we really such spoiled fucking brats, so completely lacking in discipline of any kind, that we can't do that?