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I wouldn't be surprised if he finally broke 50%. He's reassuring Americans that this will soon be over and everything will quickly be back to normal.

America is open for business on the federal level, nothing preventing things from getting back to normal except Democrats.

Republicans are really big on bloc grants, ergo the money to states and localities.

Dems want direct payment relief for everyone.

He has

Biden's in a meat locker. The Ibogaine hit he got for the last debate has clearly worn off. Sanders has suspended his campaign to raise money for relief.

Conservatives and liberals are starting to float getting people back out to work. The market is demanding it as the alternative is more unthinkable. Any form of planned social distribution that would collide with market fealty, I suppose.

Strong death cult energy in the air now.

I think what you meant to type is, he says this will be over soon etc etc.
There is nothing reassuring about what he is saying. I can very easily see a dystopian future from the actions he has taken and is considering.

People make fun of me mentioning the prospects of the walking dead ... remember ... for every 1000 confirmed cases of corona there are upwards of another 2000 potential cases waiting to be detected

No bill congress passes will have much effect. The important information is in the spreadsheet model above. Considering the relatively poor quarantine we have so far, I suspect we will have nearly 100% infection in about 20 days. Trump can only make that worse. The good news is that by about 14 days after that, we are all either recovered or dead. No more virus in America! Of course, about 6 million or so dead because hospitals will run out of ventilators shortly.

So will people remember Trump's crappy response, resulting in about the same number of Jews killed by Hitler? His main concern, the stock market, is going to fall drastically from where it is now as people panic. We are seeing dead cat bounces from his deluded fans buying. If those Trump fans buy now and panic sell at the bottom, will they blame Trump for having their retirement savings wiped out? Are a lot of Trump voters going to decide "owning the libs" by installing a sociopath as President was a bad idea in November? Are a lot of elderly Trump voters going to be dead?

We shall see around April 14th.

Life is getting complicated at home. My son has been in isolation for 10 days. Today my wife has started exhibiting symptoms (fever, so far low grade), and dry cough (which is hard, when you have a trach) and tight chest. She is the one we've been isolating our son to protect. The local testing location has shuttered because the exhausted their testing supplies. Fortunately, we have three bedrooms and three bathrooms, plus the RV. But trying to keep the three of us separated AND keep tabs on her progress will be difficult. It may just be the season, but given current conditions, we're not taking chances. Plus, who keeps the dogs?

OMG praying for you John...
Hate this helpless feeling, is there anything you need?

Patience. I need lots of patience. I'm not a very passive individual, so this is maddening. I want information. I want to do, not sit. I was planning on donating blood tomorrow, and that now seems foolish.

I just finished cancelling the family reunion, yesterday. That was painful -I've spent a year setting it up. But the safety of the family is paramount. I'd rather we all be here for it next year. But, this is more painful.

It is insane that we can't get her a test to know one way or another. She's extremely high risk. But, she won't even call her doctor, because she's afraid they'll take her to a hospital, and she has good reason to hate hospitals. I just want to KNOW, even if we follow the same protocols either way.

I mentioned it here because you guys know me, and we're already "socially distant". I trust you all, and I need to vent.

I know, and she should not only qualify but she should qualify for drive-through testing...but the tests just simply aren't there yet.

Well, as it turns out...
ALL LIVES DON'T MATTER.