Mnuchin warns lockdown could last until June

[MountainGirl]

From the news we are able to glean, especially from Italy, Iran, and now Spain, . . . this Wuhan flu definitely is something far worse than the normal flu that we see every winter, . . . but I am not convinced it is a full fledged disease able to decimate the population.

It is somewhere in that abyss of the middle of the two extremes of common flu and certain death. The problem is, . . . nobody has been able to put an accurate thumb on just where it lands in that scale between the two.

For that reason I'm in, . . . staying in, . . . and amusing myself with cooking shows and looking at some of the projects I need to get done when (or if) we get some decent weather here in Ohio.

Yes, . . . the president may have gone a bit overboard, . . . many of the state governors as well with their "almost marshal law" orders, . . . but erring on the side of caution is always a good thing.

One of the definitive measuring sticks we will have is "how many elderly will succumb to this virus when their grandchildren come back from the Florida beaches and bring a new infestation wave to their elderly family members??" Scares the heck out of me.

China is right now complaining that the very same thing happened to them when all their foreign sales people were sent home from the other countries, . . . and they brought it back with them.

May God bless,
Dwight

Sounds like a good plan you got there, sir!

LOL re China. They're so full of s*ht the whole world can smell it.

[juskom95]

For that reason I'm in, . . . staying in, . . . and amusing myself with cooking shows and looking at some of the projects I need to get done when (or if) we get some decent weather here in Ohio.

Same here. I'm not in the 'at risk,' group, but my parents are as well as my wife (yet she insists on finding reasons to go out!)

[juskom95]

So...you think, then, that Trump was 'shown the light' - rather than him being right but then manipulated into a different belief? Just trying to understand your thinking.

Not really shown the light, but he strikes me as someone who understands what he doesn't know. Even if he is a bit of a jerk.

I think if he had come right out with everything, there would have been more panic than there was, people are herd animals (idiots) by nature after all. I doubt very much this is the deep state; they've been attacking him for years now.

The reason I'm wondering about this aspect - is after all the Left-Gov's shut down their States, there'll be a LOT of pressure on Trump to lock-down nationwide...and if he was malleable in the beginning...well..

I think these governors (mine included) are fascist by nature, which is driving their decision making and may very well have repercussions both short term and long term.

LOL I can see it now. All the blue states are shut down, all the Red states are doing just fine..leaving as much freedom as possible to their people. No wonder Libs want the whole nation totally slammed.

Overall, their orders are nothing but paper.

If I have a reason to go out, I'm going out.

[MountainGirl]

Not really shown the light, but he strikes me as someone who understands what he doesn't know. Even if he is a bit of a jerk.

I think if he had come right out with everything, there would have been more panic than there was, people are herd animals (idiots) by nature after all. I doubt very much this is the deep state; they've been attacking him for years now.


I think these governors (mine included) are fascist by nature, which is driving their decision making and may very well have repercussions both short term and long term.


Overall, their orders are nothing but paper.

If I have a reason to go out, I'm going out.

Sounds about right. Thanks juskom for the dialogue; it helps my head and is most appreciated!

[juskom95]

Sounds about right. Thanks juskom for the dialogue; it helps my head and is most appreciated!

I'm right there with you. I don't think this is a world ending pandemic, but just a nasty bug. Unfortunately not everyone knows how to take a breath and process a situation, they go out and dump their savings on toilet paper, water and hand sanitizer!

[MountainGirl]

....

The more twisted thing though, might be this.

Recall initially how Trump came out and said, "Hey, calm down, it's just the flu, etc..." ? What if he was right? ... but then..
What if the deep state got to him; dems and rino's, including members of his own team, and convinced him that "No, this is bigger, this will kill you politically for failing to act and more importantly it will kill millions of Americans, the economy, and maybe America itself if we dont take drastic actions and fast!!"

Is that ^^ possible, do you think?
Was Trump's initial instinct overpowered through malicious deception and lies?

Bump - so I can find it again and cause it plays into today's task force statement.

[BucketBack]

I'm just using my supplies left over from the Ebola scare.

[Prepared One]

I'm right there with you. I don't think this is a world ending pandemic, but just a nasty bug. Unfortunately not everyone knows how to take a breath and process a situation, they go out and dump their savings on toilet paper, water and hand sanitizer!

I spent all mine on booze and scratch off lottery tickets.

[juskom95]

I spent all mine on booze and scratch off lottery tickets.

I may have bought some 'ECONOMY SIZE,' bottles of liquor from Costco . . . .