America Faces Two Epidemics
COVID-19, or coronavirus, is an inert, infectious protein molecule to which no one may have natural immunity. The actual rate at which the virus kills remains undetermined.
But, we do know that humanity’s mortality rate is holding steady at 100 percent. People die from natural and non-natural causes every day. Statistics reveal that, despite the coronavirus outbreak, in February and March, overall American deaths occurred at normal seasonal rates.
Once the coronavirus panic has passed – and it will – American medical science must focus on curing another national epidemic: For nearly four years, Trump Derangement Syndrome, a virulent affliction with persistent underlying symptoms exposed by coronavirus coverage, has dealt mortal blows to the credibility and careers of progressive Democrats and national media.
Few of them appear to understand that the coronavirus death rate drops as more people are diagnosed with, but survive it. Fewer have grasped that reporting the most diagnosed cases doesn’t make America the “epicenter” of the outbreak; it only means we’ve tested more people. The statistical interrelationship of population size, per capita testing, infections, survival and coronavirus mortality rates eludes them.
President Donald Trump, cabinet members and medical experts have televised transparent daily progress briefings about and answered questions concerning national policies, commitments and resources available/resources necessary to fight the epidemic. The briefings have encouraged public, private sector involvement and personal responsibility.
President Trump’s highly-visible, hands-on leadership, somewhat-uncharacteristic patience with and direct responses to media questions, and his deferrals to medical experts on testing, treatment and policy matters have inspired viewer/listener confidence. Accordingly, more Americans approve of Mr. Trump’s job performance overall, and approval of his administration’s response to the coronavirus outbreak has spiked.
Conversely, Democrats and allied national media are desperately trying to exploit the pandemic by characterizing things President Trump says as “lies,” and anything he does as “late,” “insufficient,” “wrong” and/or “immoral.”
In January, the left called Mr. Trump “xenophobic” for shutting down flights from China, the source of the pandemic, a measure 95 percent of Americans consider necessary. Then, they declared naming its known point of origin as “racist,” despite having used place names for “West Africa Ebola” and “Zika Virus” during Barack Obama’s presidency.
One outlet claimed Trump lied when he said Google was developing a national coronavirus website. Google did. The Washington Post ran a false piece alleging that Trump dissolved the White House pandemic response office. In February, former-VP and “presidential” aspirant Joe Biden claimed that Trump had cut funding for the Center for Disease Control and the National Institute of Health. He did not.
In late February, the New York Times claimed that the Trump administration had “muzzled” Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Dr. Fauci appears almost daily in televised briefings.
In mid-March, NBC, NPR, Newsweek, Esquire and Joe Biden (again) falsely claimed that President Trump rejected World Health Organization coronavirus test kits and blocked testing.
Last week, the Washington Post headlined, “The coronavirus recession is exposing how the economy was not strong as it seemed.” No, what coronavirus “exposed” are the difficulty of crisis-closed businesses to survive without sales and the Post’s ignorant bias.
Arguably, Democrats’/media’s greatest prevarication is that President Trump called the coronavirus “a hoax.” In fact, while Democrats, media and the nation were distracted by partisan impeachment proceedings, on January 6, the Trump administration was already addressing the coronavirus outbreak, and taking measures to limit its spread here.
Now, certain reflexive critics are throwing shade on promising coronavirus treatments mentioned during administration briefings that are already being prescribed in France and Italy.
Unsurprisingly, Trump-deranged Democrats and national media have become the least-trusted sources for coronavirus information.
His detractors would rather blame Mr. Trump for every death and economic setback than see the nation heal and prosper. By politicizing coronavirus – everything, really – they are failing America and destroying the credibility upon which their careers depend.
Regular Americans want – need – to believe that we are all in this together. We could be again, but only if science finds a cure for Trump Derangement Syndrome.
