Every state in this country has uncontrolled spread

it would be fun to run for government on a "Persecute all officials responsible for covid-19 response" platform.

Ya know one has to wonder what outcome other than "this" gesticulates around the room, could have occurred in this country.

In a country where conspiracy theories about FEMA camps abound. The government couldn't have mandated quarantined buildings, let alone built one in 6 days that would not collapse on the newly acquired residents. In a country where systematic racism is just ever-present, Black and brown families wouldn't have handed over their covid infected grandma to die in a Trump administration quarantine building, or sent their 20 year old kid with covid to sequester away, like they did in Wuhan. The neoliberal austere drones that make up the vast majority of the ruling class immediately shut down the idea of monthly payments, cash transfers that would have kept the vast majority of people at home, job or no job. Companies could have easily upped the "hazard pay" up to maybe a hundred to two hundred extra dollars a paycheck and asked the government for a handout afterwards, to keep the supply chains intact; basically, you can stay home and make 1200 a month or make 1200 a month AND make your regular wage + 200 extra dollars (maybe even more!).

All those people that would suddenly end up unemployed could have been recruited for delivery of groceries and contact tracing positions. Mutual aid networks could have been funded and set up for neighborhoods and check on the elderly. You could have recruited people to work at distribution centers per zip code, or per neighborhood. People could have been hired to help as teacher aids, hazard crews, park beautification crews.

This government, this society has responded so poorly to the pandemic. I found the whole snitching or complaining about neighbors pretty fucking dumb. Like you could have made it less about personal responsibility and more about helping others. But this country couldn't even make that simple messaging fix.

I'm so fucking tired. Part of me, deep down, is just fully jokerfied. Like I don't give a fuck anymore, I'm expecting this country to collapse next year. IT has to fall apart. This isn't functional at all.

I'm not even addressing how obvious it was that as soon as the predominant groups dying of covid ended up being black and hispanic people the government immediately gave up on the lockdown and Trump even said "nobody important" was dying.

Like fuck this country, for real.

I actually told my wife that one of the things that will decide the election was whether people believed the covid death numbers. Polling indicated that republicans think Trump is doing a good job.

Do you think U.S. efforts to contain the coronavirus pandemic are going: Very well 18% of voters 86 13 Somewhat well 33% 78 21 Somewhat badly 15% 24 74 Very badly 32% 4 94

What a fucking hellworld of disgusting pain pigs. I fucking hate them all.