The Soapbox

00 Hoo

Joined: 08/16/1998 Posts: 2850
Likes: 7284


That argument would be a better one if Trump wasn't still saying


"It will go away. Just stay calm. It will go away" after Italy had shut down their entire country (and 2 1/2 weeks after they started regional lockdowns).

By late February I was starting to stock up on household goods and non-perishables in case of lockdown here, since it was clear that inaction and lack of testing in the US was putting us on a trajectory closer to Italy than South Korea. And that's based on what I saw publicly from experts - I wasn't getting government briefings hand delivered to me.

I would argue that he should have been doing/leading *much* more scenario planning and preparation throughout the month of February with the access to information he had, but even if he only started taking it seriously when I did with real world observable information (Italy), that would have meant action 3 weeks earlier. 3 weeks is a *huge* difference for something with exponential growth.

(In response to this post by BocaHoo91)

Posted: 04/13/2020 at 10:40PM



+6

Insert a Link

Enter the title of the link here:


Enter the full web address of the link here -- include the "http://" part:


Current Thread:
  Popcorn and a big coke for everybody. -- Chuck Taylor 04/13/2020 9:55PM
  There were so many people around the world who misjudged this. -- hoolstoptheheels 04/14/2020 08:23AM
  Traitor!!! ** -- ResistHoo 04/13/2020 10:54PM
  You’re still not funny ** -- Hoojack 04/13/2020 11:14PM
  Asian countries were also uneven in their responses. -- hoolstoptheheels 04/14/2020 08:10AM
  The deaths-above-replacement comes down to one factor -- Faz d. Hoo 04/14/2020 12:04AM
  Seething ** -- psychobilly 04/13/2020 9:34PM
  No, that’s what Hoieesith does ** -- HokieSeethe 04/13/2020 9:54PM
  That’s another stupid post ** -- 111Balz 04/13/2020 10:10PM
  Neat. ** -- Hooddihsm 04/13/2020 9:18PM
  Or you could stay ignorant. ** -- Hoodafan 04/13/2020 9:58PM
  Lol... Trump fan calling people ignorant! ** -- Hooooooooooooooo 04/13/2020 10:24PM
  What should he have done earlier? ** -- moohoofus 04/13/2020 9:13PM
  Lol. ** -- hoothat 04/13/2020 9:04PM
  Which part? ** -- Hooddihsm 04/13/2020 9:06PM
  You calling anyone else a partisan hack. ** -- hoothat 04/13/2020 9:08PM
  Yawn ** -- Hooddihsm 04/13/2020 9:11PM
  Check it out. -- Hokieesith 04/13/2020 9:18PM
  Noooooo! Bbbut Trump tweeted! ** -- Hoodafan 04/13/2020 10:04PM
  Lol. ** -- CyberHoo78 04/13/2020 9:11PM
  Nooooooooooooooo!!!!! ** -- Hokieesith 04/13/2020 8:33PM
  Finally, you're correct. -- CyberHoo78 04/13/2020 8:35PM
  Back away. ** -- moohoofus 04/13/2020 9:47PM
  Even a blind 🐿 finds a 🥜 occasionally ** -- TomGlansAski 04/13/2020 8:37PM

Notice: Trying to get property 'queue' of non-object in /data/www/sportswar.com/wp-includes/script-loader.php on line 2781

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /data/www/sportswar.com/wp-includes/script-loader.php on line 2781
vm307