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6/ I.e. "Prove that people who were gonna get sick didn't get sick!" That's a nonsense way of framing this. Instead, look to the places already struggling, in the U.S. and abroad, and tell us with confidence that would have happened if we hadn't distanced earlier. You can't.

8/ Yes, you read that correctly. So-called "pro life" conservatives stating we are "overvaluing" the lives of older people. Because fuck grandma, right? When you can have artisanal sourdough instead.

10/ It's very clearly *in* the Imperial report from the 16th March, too. There's no "back track" or "revision". The fact is we have not gone down the "Do Nothing" route. Read for yourself, Page 13: https://www.imperial.ac.uk/media/imperial-college/medicine/sph/ide/gida-fellowships/Imperial-College-COVID19-NPI-modelling-16-03-2020.pdf …

11/ I get it. We ALL want to stop job losses, etc. But inventing false narratives to support this Dow Jones/corporate America line is precisely the reversion to old GOP gibberish that the MAGA world should be seeking to avoid. Cloaking it in pseudo populism is even worse.

12/ So here's the answer. We get through the 15 days. We have less than a week left. Then we can assess opening places that are not inundated with spread. New York is a big no-no. Other places may be, too. But yes, then we have a quick decision and rev the engines.

13/ It would, of course, be far better if this bill that is passing the U.S. Congress wasn't such a dumpster fire of corporate, cronyist trash. We're going to have to take a serious look at ALL politicians implicated is this stitch up. ENDS.