Stop Pretending Pandemic Politics Are the New Norm

Townhall.com ^ | April 1, 2020 | Ben Shapiro

[Alberta's Child]

I hate to tell you, Ben ... but these “pandemic politics” ARE the new norm.

[mosesdapoet]

Our approach to deal with this plague was highly influenced by the death and sickness due to the CCWVI ( Chinese Communist Wuhan Virus) reports coming out of Italy.

Most Americans including this one were not aware that that the Italian socialist government had actually allowed the Chinese communists to purchase thus remove Italian ownership of a large segment of their fashion industry producers. Then replace the Italians working at those companies taken over by the Chinese and have them manned by thousands of Chinese nationals allowed to be brought in to work there.

Those statistics being reported always indicated the casualties were aged Italians no focus was permitted on China or even if the victims were from China and the emphasis was on the speed of contagion. While doing so also ignored the direct connection those producers have with the Chinese Communist government which owns them.

[DoughtyOne]

Thanks for the mention. We are learning a lot more about
Italy, and it isn’t sounding good.

[ml/nj]

Few libertarians would disagree. The hardcore libertarians at Reason magazine aren't spending their days fulminating over the evils of government-required lockdown orders in the face of a fast-spreading, deadly disease. That's because they, like all other sentient human beings, recognize that collective action is sometimes necessary.

Is this an April Fools story?

ML/NJ

[BrandtMichaels]

Good quote! Basically we need simplification, less laws and less power mad politicians who think they need to govern us. We need God to intervene in answering this prayer.

[Buckeye McFrog]

Incompetence is a factor I’m sure.

A HUGE one. The bureaucracy would have just gone churning along with business as usual. A lot less people are going to die because Trump was there to put a foot up their asses 24/7.

[IrishBrigade]

‘We need to develop a better plan for the next time, and
education the public so that they understand we can’t
simply shut the nation down every time this sort of thing
takes place.’

except the ‘public’ is the very entity demanding and applauding the lockdowns; the authorities don’t destroy our freedoms, we do...

[IrishBrigade]

‘We need God to intervene in answering this prayer.’

pro-life people have been saying this very thing...for 47 years and counting...

[Susquehanna Patriot]

Thanks for sharing that info about Sweden. Seems compatible with traditional American values. After what has happened with Wuhan, we’ll see if the citizens here will demand this be the plan before the next pandemic.

[DoughtyOne]

I think he’s a real taskmaster, and an effective one, so I
agree with your take on it.

[DoughtyOne]

I understand where you are coming from. I’m not convinced
you’re wrong by a long shot.

When the public is demanding action, there’s not much you
can do but take some action.

If Trump hadn’t done some of the things he has done, he
wouldn’t stand a snowball’s chance in hell this November.

It’s a sad reality.

[DoughtyOne]

Would like to think so.

Thanks.