I woke up this morning and started watching the news, much to my dismay...
It's terrible. It's frightening. And to all of the conservative pundits who say "the liberal media is trying to scare you" I say it's THE CORONAVIRUS that scares me. The "liberal media" is doing its job and reporting the numbers, the facts to me. I can ignore whatever political spin is put onto political issues. It's the numbers that are frightening. It's the fact that every time I have groceries delivered or I leave my house or my spouse goes to work - the coronavirus could forever change our lives in a monumentally bad way.
The numbers don't lie. The lack of leadership, from the national level down to the state level, and even at the local level (in many places) has caused us to completely lose control of this situation. Many citizens confuse facts with opinions (which is unfortunate, because schools try to teach the difference between facts and opinions over and over throughout the years). And then there's the difference between facts and outright lies...
Trump thinks he can just make up his own reality. What's scary is that some of his supporters just nod and smile and accept whatever he says, instead of looking at the actual news and numbers. While Trump is trying to convince people that the pandemic is over, the federal funding for testing is being removed. He wants the numbers to go down, whether they are accurate or not. Now that's fear-inducing. He wants to sell the public a false reality. And why does he do this? To increase his popularity and help his re-election.
I'm scared. I'm happy to admit that I'm scared. But I'm scared because of the way our supposed leaders are acting. I'm scared because the virus can cripple people's health and finances and even kill. I'm not scared because "I'm being manipulated by the liberal media" in some way.
Be safe out there (and I'll be safe in here)!
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