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> If you quarantine and the virus is controlled, then it looks like you panicked over nothing, because you took this huge reaction and nothing much happened.

Nails it. You could be so good at your job that people think your job isn’t even necessary; or you could be putting out fires caused by your incompetence all day every day and people think you’re a hero.



Trump isn’t looking like a hero.


He is to his base. For now.

His base is, however, going to be disproportionately impacted by this virus.


Why would you think that? The virus is going to hit way harder in dense cities than in rural areas, and cities heavily lean towards the left


It's most deadly to older people.




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