You are not alone, Mr. President. I would have fallen asleep, too.
Coronavirus Czar Mike
Pence held a news conference with a bunch of nattily dressed Health Insurance
CEOs. The President attended. At
first, he looked bored. No mirrors for
him to look in? No crowds to cheer.
Then, he fell
asleep. You know… like “Sleepy Joe Biden.” Or Ronald Reagan.
The object here was to
assure Americans fearful of the coronavirus that they’d get tested.
Eventually. If they wanted to. And that
the CEOs had been strong armed out of banning coverage for pre-existing
conditions, big copays and surprise billing.
Who, us? asked the
executives. Then they kissed the president’s rump loud enough for him to
hear as he awakened from his sweet dream. And they left the room. No doubt to return to their offices to think
up new ways to screw you.
Nice try, Pence.
Nice try, trump -- who, by the way, had not been tested at the time of the
midday photo op. And who had been exposed to Senators who’d been exposed
to the virus. Uh, oh. But don’t worry. He’s too strong, he says, to
get sick. Healthy as a horse, doncha know.
Former healthy as a horse horse named Frank.
There was a great
outpouring of sympathy for the people most at risk. People with “underlying
conditions” like old age, for example.
If you’re wondering why
there are so many varying numbers when affliction-totals are announced, the
answer is simple. Some of the results are held by private labs, others by
state health departments and other entities.
By the time they get to the Centers for Disease Control, they’re
outdated. En route, they are corrupted.
Bottom line, no one
knows how many actual cases and no one knows how many recover (the overwhelming
majority) and how many who don’t.
But there are things we
do know.
1.
Early
testing is imperative. And we’re not doing enough of that.
2.
Isolating
cases works. We’re not doing that, either. School districts are shutting
down here and there. But only after the
fact. (Kudos to Scarsdale, NY which shut down before it had to and to various
upscale districts and private schools on New York’s Long Island.)
3.
Concern
about cost over coverage is a “thing.” trump and pence tried to allay fears of
that today. Results to be determined.
The administration wants
--bigly-- to avoid a coronavirus recession. That’s nothing more than an
election day ploy. trump’s only positive is that he’s been able to
maintain the air supply in the Dow Jones Industrial Bubble. This is used to convince the ignorant and the
blind that the economy is doing great. It isn’t. But the market will eventually recover for
the sliver of the population that owns equities or “products” the values of
which are equity-based.
This is a wind machine. It’s used to create fake storms in movies
and on television. This is a wind machine and it’s what the administration is
using to keep the stock bubble from bursting. The stock downturn this week was
saved by one of these and the “buy on the dip” amen chorus which is full of hot
soup, to coin a phrase.
I’m Wes Richards my
opinions are my own but you’re welcome to them. ®
Any Questions? Write wesrichards@gmail.com
© WJR 2020
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